Cardinals Threaten Vatican Strike

Pope John Paul II ruled the Vatican with an iron stick.

The cardinals (not the football Cardinals, nor the baseball Cardinals, nor the actual bird species) have been practicing Catholicism without a contract for over 2,000 years, and many are now saying enough is enough.

Although the cardinals aren't in a union, per se, they feel they have a collective agreement through custom, tradition, and belonging to a college.

When did Apple iPhone Users Become Buddies?

I like to think of my coffee time as my quiet time, a contemplative period where I can sit down and relax, thinking about the amazing things in life (like drink-holders on boats that swivel around so your beer doesn't spill when the waves get rolling). So this one day I was sitting quietly at a local Starbucks, pondering away about odd things, and flicking about with my iPhone 3G, bookmarking my location on the map (so that I could store all of the locations I've visited), when another coffee customer, who was sitting across from me, started waving at me to get my attention. I looked up at this guy, who then started pointing at my iPhone, nodding approvingly before going back to his newspaper.

I wouldn't have thought that this gadget bonding moment was too weird, until a second customer walked by me, flashing his iPhone back at me while toasting me with his green tea frappuccino.

Okay, I thought, what is this, some sort of Apple owners fraternity? Am I now some part of a quasi-brotherhood, like a bizarre cult of Volkswagen fanatics, where I must now go through my days acknowledging everyone else who owns an iPhone with a wave and a nod?

But Everyone Gets A Purple Ribbon!

IN MY ARMCHAIR-- I've been following the Olympic games in Beijing (on television, not actually from Beijing), and I must admit that I'm mildly disappointed in the lack of podium finishes (that is to say, none) by Canada, my home and native land. I say mildly, because there are plenty of beach volleyball matches to distract me from my moderate pain.

I've watched numerous hours of broadcasting on the CBC, and I think there has been more content about China, than actual events. However, whenever I do get to see Canadians participate in various swimming and rowing and other Olympic events, and I see them finish fourth or fifth or last, or whatever, I keep hearing the same thing over and over again: "Well, we're just happy to have been able to compete" and "I think that every Canadian deserves a medal just for getting here".

WHAT????

I'm Always Pondering About Death

Pondering Death