Shortly after I put up my previous post I came across a discussion about merit pay for teachers on CBC’s The Sunday Edition.

Last week Kevin Falcon went on record with adding merit pay for teachers as part of his platform for his leadership bid.

I did my last few chores before Christmas this morning, including getting food for our xmas eve dinner. I had to go to Kits and I decided that not only did I not want to deal with traffic and parking on a busy, rainy day, I also could use a bit of exercise.

This week has been a culinary treat so far. On Sunday night I had my first Dosa. I bought them from Noor-Mahal on Fraser Street: one lamb curry and one veg masala.

Some people… The Daily Show I don’t know if this is a sad statement about me or a sad statement about the US Media, but I find that I turn to the The Daily Show for my news from the US.

courtesy of Stephen Colbert PS if you can’t see the wonderful animation I created it’s because you drank the Apple anti-flash Kool-Aid

i·ro·ny 1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning 2. Go to an Apple Store to upgrade and activate an iPhone4.

If you were asked what the most significant Global event of the last 10 to 11 years was, what would you say?

I had big plans to go to Bella Coola last weekend. There was talk of great coho fishing and I was keen to do some spey casting and landing some bigger northern coho.

Mercy, Sheryl and Oliver all have birthdays close together, and what better way to celebrate than to give them each a new classy t-shirt?