“And I have high hopes that commercial uses of space will become profitable beyond Earth orbit. Maybe the time has come.“ That quote’s from Andrew Cheng in an Associated Press article discussing the next step in the space race; asteroid mining. Man, I remember when it was just enough to get to the moon, now we’re going mining too. I wonder if Cohaagen will be more generous with the air than he was in the past.
I caught most of the Dave Rutherford show this post-election morning and to no surprise, he and the majority of his listeners (re: callers) were beside themselves with amazement that the Wildrose missed the mark by so much. Of course even then, it’s more the case that the rest of the province are just idiots. It’s expected though …surround yourself with like-minded and supportive views and the world becomes a much, much smaller place. The Edmonton Sun must know of small places too, as they also went out on a limb by endorsing Danielle (who’s husband happens to be one of their executives). But that unbiased-ness should be expected from a newspaper who’s readers still clamor for scantly clad girls to brighten up their day. Yes I know, we have all sorts of culture in these here parts.
Speaking of culture, they had jazz playing in the gym tonight. I know! The speakers were quieter than normal though, which is probably a good thing as I don’t think jazz is the sort of stuff you want to work out to. Of course I don’t mind it cause I’m one of those super ‘block everything out of your mind’ guys (I have my gigs to thanks me for this acquired skill) so it’s all background crap to me regardless of what it actually is. ‘Gentle Rain‘ to blast your delts? …not bad.
Last but not least I got a parking ticket a few weeks ago. It was for $52.50 with Diamond Parking Ltd. How long was I parked you ask? About 35 minutes. I have no defense though …this parking lot used to belong to a grocery store (and it still does I assume) but a few years back you could just park there for a bit and then pick up something quick from the store so it looks like you were shopping. No more though. I missed the Pay Here signs too …I just assumed it was business as usual. Anyway, I tried the ol’ “Cashing this check constitutes payment in full and releases all claims you may have related to this account.” along with an accompanying note saying that my 35 minutes was only worth $25 to them. Turns out they too thought it was a nice compromise, so they cashed it without any ‘nullifying’ additions on the check. Yea me :) I don’t think the City of Edmonton would be as accommodating though.
