Posted in Pets, Syd's Rants on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since the recent pet food recalls, I’ve been taking the time to research what ingredients go into pet foods, and have been both surprised and disgusted to learn what I’ve been feeding my good friends.
It was easy to switch my two little dogs over to homemade food. They took to it right away, and as [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants on July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, I rendered my resignation to the paper. I was having a lot of pain in my right shoulder, and one Mon. morning, it became critical when I couldn’t move my arm at all without sharp pain. I didn’t know how long I was going to be down with it, and [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants on June 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I feel like I’ve been running, and now I’m slowing down; out of breath. I’ve never been forced into a postion where I had to write every day before. Since I’ve been with the paper, that’s pretty much what I’ve been forced to do – so like a runner who is out of shape, I’m [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants on May 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When I was still squeaky new at the reporter job I’m still doing, a guy from the forest industry came into my office to talk to me. He had charts and all sorts of facts and information and wanted me to write an article about how great the forest industry is. I figured I’d give [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants on May 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I entered the job, knowing it was a temporary position. I figured the newspaper could help me as I was helping it. I want to publish some of my short stories, but I was terrified to send them off. Reporting has helped me over that hump like a huge hand that has shoved me unceremoniously [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants, health concerns on May 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the worst of modern expressions we’ve recently acquired as a culture is: “suck it up.” We’ve got to stop telling each other this. What do we mean? It implies a lot of nasty messages, such as ‘hold it in,’ ‘tough it out’ and ‘don’t express your feelings.’
Not only is this ultimately impossible to [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants on April 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I might actually have an entire day off. Haven’t had one of those in awhile. The reporter job is taking over my life. The garden is a mess with tulips coming up through last year’s old stalks. At least I got my peas, carrots, onions and spinach planted. That’s a big deal, but there are [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants on April 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been writing quite a lot of ‘green’ stuff as well as health related stuff on this blog and for the paper. However, I feel a need to explain something: although I try hard to be ‘green’ in my daily life and eat a well-balanced diet that is low in bad fat and enough good [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants on March 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Now that I’m working full-time – at least for now – I must say that it’s much tougher to find the time to spend with my doggies. The garden needs attention too – getting ready for the season ahead.
The job’s been very interesting and fun so far, but tiring. Most of the real work [...]
Posted in Syd's Rants, political rants on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What’s happening to ‘accountability’? The lack of it in the
US government seems to have influenced every aspect of US and Canadian thinking. Today’s blog is about that ripple effect.
I heard part of an interview with Steve Moore – the hockey player who was high-sticked by Todd Bertelli and suffered a spinal cord injury. It’s [...]
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