Close Calls

My roommate walked out the door this evening around 6:30. I immediately thought; music! I got up and grabbed my cd changer and popped it in. P!nk, just what I needed. I was about to start cooking when I decided to straighten up the dining room table. One thing lead to another and next thing I know I am in full swing clean up mode.

Every trip downstairs was in full capacity; taking something down when I needed to get something to bring back up. I had the vacuum cleaner in hand on one trip and next thing I know, I am using it to dust the shelves. As I was cleaning my car collection I realized, this cleaning thing might just be an avoidance tatic. Although my place is in need of a deep spring clean, I thought, I might be in the grip of a distraction that is taking me away from the real issues.

As I realized this I quickly brought myself out of clean up mode. I finished the shelves I was working on wrapped things up. I took the garbage out and I put a pot of water on to boil. I took one more trip downstairs, to have a shower. I came back and made a quick dinner. As I sat down to watch an episode of Xena and eat my meal I thought, wow that was close. I almost got lost in that clean up frenzy at the expense of just sitting back and having a quiet evening.

Hospital theft follow-up

According to the National Post, one of the two bottom dwellers has been arrested. He is on probation. No surprise there. I wonder what his sentence for this crime will be? If there is any justice he will be behind bars for a few years, but why do I think he wont be? Let's get the second guy so both of these losers are accounted for.

A Special Category

I read this article this morning in the Globe and Mail. I really believe that people like this desire a special category of punishment. I wonder why we moved away from shunning. This is such a despicable crime; stealing from old dying people. I have no idea the deep character flaw required to do such a thing. I am reminded of an episode of Star Trek TNG where Worf suffers the fate of the dishonorable. All the other Klingons turn their back on him and his family name is never to be spoken again (of course, Worf was wrongly accused and accepted "discomendation" to preserve the Empire). I think they are onto something, the Klingons, shunning the dishonorable. When these two are caught they should be publicly shamed, imprisoned for a very long time and then shunned.

Photo: A surveillance photo released by Toronto police of suspects in the Mar. 16 robbery of a woman in palliative care - Taken from the Globe and Mail

Some People

This article inspired a blog entry. I have to wonder about people that actually thought the family in the Tim Horton’s commercial were real, real as in a real family. It is called marketing. When I saw the commercial, I did not notice that it said “based on a true story” regardless, I would have dismissed that. Based on means just that and the commercial likely only tells us that part of the “true story” that will get us into Tim’s buying coffee.

Further, why would anyone want to know where the family is now? It is a Tim Horton’s commercial. If I was so inclined, Tim's would be the first place I would look for them. Are we so bored that we are moved by commercials? Really people, get a grip, it’s not about the touching little “based on a true” story it’s about selling coffee and donuts. I figure these same people spent much of their time looking for that poor little Ikea lamp that was abandoned, in the rain, curbside.