SaggyBalls

I am often dismayed by the attitude that the consumers of energy are more at fault for the way the electricity is being produced when alternative technologies exist and could easily be proliferated worldwide in a few short years. International climate treaties, 'targets' and still no large scale infrastructure spending and alottment for R&D...unless I missed the geothermal electricity plants that could be built anywhere for example (or more specifically, a lack of examples that would shoot down my perspective and lead us to not 'have' (barf) to change to toxic fluorescents to 'save the planet'. Considering that large scale industrial agriculture is far more energy intensive and wasteful than incandescent bulbs, then where's the new law banning potatoes, wheat, and ethanol fuel? I have a couple of full spectrum CFL bulbs from Verilux and I really like them but I still prefer incandescent lights. LEDs flicker and are still expensive. I'll try them but not until they're priced within reach. If we actually move to ban incandescents I'll be buying cases of lightbulbs. I can't buy into the farce that climate change is my fault when there's still a significant demand for electricity outside of residential use. I wonder how much things will change when people start driving electric cars en masse. How much 'fossil fuel' is burned when we do a google search?

Peter MacKays? Come on...we NEED nuclear submarines. Peter needs to take a ride on an underwater ship and all the diesel subs are drydocked.

The last consistent politician.

Looking at tablets, I liked the size of the Playbook as compared to the iPad. easier to hold and was a manageable size for taking on the go. I like the iPad but if she were to want to take it with her she might need a bigger bag. Apple stuff is pretty idiot proof but it'd be great if they made a smaller iPad.

Cause you like having hook ups for great food type stuff?

interesting approach!

Glad this show's over and done right. Best show, best ending.

The world needs Ron Paul.

When I play a disc in some CD players it tells me the track names and artist information but when I rip a disc I need to query an online database? This strange question has both bewildered me and left me pissy on more than one occasion and I was hoping that someone could help me with a couple of other questions: 1. What is the name of the type of tag that gets digitally imprinted as track info? 2. Which media player reads that instead of an online query (or can be set to do so if the CDDB fails)? Thanks in advance (I'm sure this is annoying beyond all get out for other people as well), as this kind of peeve makes me feel like a lunatic.

What a great weekend.

Hornsby was at least as great as I'd expected but I was really impressed with the Punch Brothers. That fiddle player...wow. Their version of Ophelia made me wonder why their band bio talks about the mandolin being virtuostic. Thoroughly impressed. Here's to the weekend starting off with record numbers in attendance thanks to City and Colour's audience and fans of Steve Earle. Hoping that I'll be able to pry myself away from the RavenLaw stage to catch some of those sets.

I'd probably start with everything I was hoping to listen to that I haven't already, with the ryan adams/gillian welch/wilco/up bustle and out/greyboy favourites I find myself going back to again and again finding their way back to me. Starting fresh is pretty exciting.

All those records that were bound to be forgotten will now never get the chance. Here's to bands that tour for a living.

Looks like Gentlemonkey was in the middle of busting his Vic Chesnutt when this thread started.

Here's to that ^^^ Esau, you're great.

I thought that the NCC demanded a higher caliber of employee (considering the costs and perceived pedigree of office) than is obviously working there lately... "Have you noticed the iconic Canadian Muskoka chairs in downtown Ottawa?" myCapital Since the 'Muskoka' chair is nothing more than a Canadianized term for the quite American Adirondack chair, one should expect that this wouldn't be lost on the NCC. I like sitting in Adirondack chairs and have always called them that and somehow from a young age knew they were called that. Should I expect everyone to know? Maybe not, but before calling something 'íconically Canadian' they should at least double check. "The NCC believes that the Capital should also be a living place that shows the way Canadians enjoy life." Yeah...we like to sit in comfortable chairs. Iconically Canadian? Nope. Does the NCC still ask for donations for the Rideau Canal Skateway while raking in $millions in annual income from property leases? What a waste.

Trade for the godin and a few hundred buckeroos if you're not in love with this guitar and upgrade your amp if you're still on a starter amp. I like teles though and it'd take a really great setup to make that godin play the way youd want it to. Great guitars, just not for everyone.

I hope this troll is at least friendly and maybe even hilarious.

They're finally free!

i second the jaunt to point clark

I spent about 5 minutes at the start of the MMJ set at bluesfest wondering why I didn't see a Siegmund Sound King amplifier in the backline with the 'all seeing eye' Turns out it's not EXACTLY the same...pretty close though, eh?

Freaky.

My landlord told me his company is in need of a programmer with C+ and .NET (dot net?) This isn't my thing but I thought that someone might want a job at a company in Nepean South/collonade.