A Little Environmental Issue

Okay - So I'm having a little environment issue here in Canada
(again)

Weather alerts, storm warnings...

Yesterday when I got up and went outside - no traffic was moving on the street in front of my house, the emergency vehicles were out and it was a crazy way to start a day!

A TREE fell across the road, crunching some poor guy's truck...

What the heck!?

No - it wasn't a drunken tree.
No the tree wasn't tired.
It wasn't even a lazy tree.

It snowed so wet and heavy within a few hours that the weight broke the tree! Okay so it wasn't the entire tree - just enough of the tree to ruin a guy's pick-up completely and shut down the whole block entirely because there was NO PASSAGE route THROUGH.

Welcome to Canada - don't park on the Street!

LOL

It's MAY!

TBC - did you order this storm and send it up to Canada?

I will kick your behind if I find out you did lol Ya know, you're not supposed to use your credit card to order stuff like that!

Is this your Global Warming? You'd better STOP THAT! lol

If you're gonna order freak accidents - next time, order Accident call number DRIDIOT001THD01 and deliver to the aparment next to mine, okay?

That's "DRIDIOT" (Drunk Idiot) 001 T.ree H.it D.runkard - 01 (Once) - just one time - before he passes out and nearly starts a fire like he did last week okay? Please have it delivered during the 6pm - midnight delivery time - that's when he usually passes out with food in the oven. Just don't send to the wrong apartment number - I already have a full shelf of 'freak accidents' this week. Gotta use 'em up before I stock up on more.

LOL

Sorry - was holdin' that back for almost a week.

Have had a li'l stress here in Canada and have been away from the blog...

Now you know why.

I figured it was pertinent to the blog...I have had 2 ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS this week that are completely outside of my control.

That's all for now - back to you, TBC...

Love Addict Just Struck Me, TBC!

Whoa! I must have been all caught up in the serious biz of this blog for a while because I completely overlooked about a paragraph-length worth of words that TBC used to talk about LOVE ADDICT details...

TBC - do you know something about love addiction, or what (I think you do)?

Ya know...
I think that you are on to something again, my good American friend!

Cho got dumped - so he shot up the campus?

Well - not exactly. I'm not really taking this as lightly as it seems (however, you know that I am Canadian - and we Canadians do have a 'different' sense of humour eh?).

Cho was fried on prescription drugs - plus he got dumped by a pretty girl - so he shot up the campus.

Wait a sec...
There's more.

Cho was fried on prescription meds, was a visible minority who sometimes experienced the receiving end of bullying, was a loner, got dumped by his girlfriend - so he shot up the campus.

Cho was fried on meds, was sometimes bullied, was a visible minority, was a loner, was stressed at school, had financial problems, got dumped by his girlfriend, got his hands on guns - so he shot up the campus.

k - you know there's a LOT MORE, right?
However...the question is:

Which intervention - for which serious PROBLEM - could have been the solution to prevent the Cho-Vi-Tech Massacre?

I have decided to take just ONE DAY and not have an opinion on this matter anymore. This means - my TV channels will be promptly changed to an American Bandstand Re-Run station if any 'investigation updates,' any 'reports,' or any 'expert opinions' come on the Great White North Canadian Snow-TV-Broadcast News (haha - yeah that's our only station in Canada on Sundays - not) over here!

My mind is blown now by the sheer count of PROBLEMS that 'boy' was having - but moreso - by the fact that there are OTHERS in North America who are lonely, minority, have had their fill of being bullied, are on anti-depressants or other 'mood-affecting' medications, are having school difficulties, are having financial difficulties, have access to weapons - and of course - might have girlfriends who just don't understand them and who might break up with them tomorrow (Monday) - or Tuesday, Wednesday, you know - anytime.

I am going to retreat into my igloo very soon with the TV shut off so that I can think about the complexities of this whole deal.....(Or, I might nap for a while and take the sled dogs for a run later on lol)

In the meantime, TBC - please type me what you know about this 'love addiction' stuff! I think you're on to something.

And.....this is what has me the most WORRIED of all, TBC - your mention of this love addiction. How many people are out there who expect another person to make them happy, expect love relationships to be fulfilling? How many people do you think out in America and Canada alone have the traits of a 'Love Addict'?

I know an awful lot more than I need to about 'addiction,' myself - so I'm not taking your comments about love addiction very lightly. Partly, I don't think it's something that people think IS AN ADDICTION in the first place. Second thoughts have me wondering - where in the heck do ya go if you're a 'love addict' - to get help?

Not like you should ask someone for a supportive hug or what-not, eh?

So - when it all comes down to it - I am really retreating to my igloo all just to think about what 'love addiction' is - and about what Love Addiction might have to do with insane massacre crimes.


(Psssssssssst hey tbc - ya never figured for your whole life that we would have 'sled dog' as a keyword eh? lol)

teeray~~

The weather is good......

Well, I'm sitting here in Central Illinois Teeray, and the weather is not too bad. We just went through a cold spell here the past week or so, although by cold spell I mean 50 degrees fahrenheit. At the moment it is around 75 and sunny, and I think springtime is finally here, which is nice. Sorry about the weather up there, but its always cold in canada right? Haha, just kidding. Anyways, yes I will read the Kurt Vonnegut book too, although I've been researching on him a little and I kinda think I would like to read a book by him called "Breakfast of Champions". So anyways, I'm sitting here in a t-shirt and shorts in Illinois in quite a chipper mood at the moment. As far as your Virginia Tech post, I have to think about my reply for a bit longer. Rest assured it will be a good one though.

Snowing In APRIL!

Thomas!

I'm comin' over!! Right away.......

So that I can ESCAPE CANADIAN WEATHER!!!

Oh wait! I cannot do that - there are weather warnings. LOL I am not supposed to travel unless it is absolutely necessary!

It's freakin' 2C (35F??) and nothing is really FREEZING, but we still have a 'Flyin'-freakin'-precipitation' warning!

Today's forecast: Snow
Today's Evening forecast: heavier Snow
Tomorrow's forecast: Snow!
Haha - check this out.....For Friday -
- forecast "day"=snow, "evening" forecast, 30% chance of Snow!
Saturday forecast: cloudy with chance of precipitation!

Lemme see - 'precipitation' might mean 'snow,' right?

Anyhow - hows YOUR weather, Thomas?

Good Questions, Thomas!

Imagine, Thomas C (who is an American citizen).....asking a Canadian (Peacekeeping) gal to comment about the topic of 'War'!

Actually - combination topic - 'War,' 'Terrorism,' and 'Religion.'

How perfectly CURRENT!

Like Thomas, almost everyone is always talking about, gaining an opinion about, changing their opinions about, standing up for their opinions about, and thinking about their opinions on these three topics!

I believe that it's hard to learn from mistakes and that, as Thomas said, "...if you don't then you are destined to repeat the same mistakes over and over."

I'm aware that I'm not in the position to be able to solve the world's problems - but if I was suddenly MADE TO (BTW, I would never ask for the job - it would be an overwhelming burden) FIND A PIECE OF THE SOLUTION that would help resolve global conflicts, counter terrorism, and allow various religions to exist peaceably side-by-side, I would only be able to point out several things for people to think VERY SERIOUSLY about...

Here it is:

Laws are made for individuals (all over the globe) so that each person has a guideline for behaviors and what is lawful - and mostly what is unlawful...

People know that if they cross the line and break the law, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.

Individuals understand this. Most individuals remain within bounds of the law.

WHO MAKES THE GOVERNING BODIES, WORLD POLITICAL, TERRORIST, and RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OR POWERS ADHERE TO THE SAME LAWS?

Is there anybody? Is there any organization? Is there any kind of power at all that can ensure that LAWS ARE MAINTAINED?

If there were - if there is - also then - WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES IF POLITICAL POWERS, TERRORISTS, AND RELIGIOUS POWERS WERE TO BREAK THE LAW?

Even if laws are made and even if a society believes they are living under a certain type of government rule, how can anyone be sure?

America is HOME OF THE FREE, but people are ENSLAVED in several realms of their existence - through jobs, families, races (segregated), status, all kinds of things (and each of these items, an unsolved issue in itself). WHERE IS THE FREEDOM? Where is the 'government elected by the people'? While America is collectively very unhappy with the way their country is run, the officials and authorities in power continue to emerge, effectively refusing and denying the will of the bulk of American population!

Canada has similar issues, a model closely resembling America's government, America's social structures, economy, and almost every other thing important in life.

In all this confusion and despite all the struggle in North America, I think that people need to STOP THINKING ABOUT who is right and who is wrong all the time. Instead, if they focus on just following the laws that are already in place, following the principles set in place within the 'code of conduct' of America and Canada, then perhaps some vast improvements would be made.

If you understand the documents that are the backbones of America and of Canada, you will see that despite a few inconsistencies, the PRINCIPLES outlined in the Constitutions of both America and Canada make SOME COMMON SENSE.

Most things written as the backbone guidelines for how Canada and how America should be governed, how the people should respect each other, how the government should enforce the law - IS MOSTLY COMMON SENSE.

The 'guidelines' have become insignificant, and have been blatantly IGNORED!

Even in this age we live in now - with its technology and scientific advances, I think that 'the guidelines' have intrinsic value, however, if they're not being followed or adhered to, they have no 'utility'! That is - they exist and are GOOD, but they're not being applied well, so the GOOD results they should offer - cannot be realized!