http://mainprize.ca/writ "Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world — except for a nice MLT — mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe" — Miracle Max, The Princess Bride Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2011/08/jack-laytons-funeral-procession http://mainprize.ca/writ/2011/08/jack-laytons-funeral-procession#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:03:02 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=701 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2011/08/jack-laytons-funeral-procession/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/06/shake-rattle-and-roll http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/06/shake-rattle-and-roll#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:06:35 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=582 We just felt an earthquake in Toronto. I happened to be against a doorframe at the time and it pushed me! I was on the ground floor at the time. Co-workers on the sixth floor say the shelves shake and stuff nearly fell off, while the window blinds rattled madly. In about 10 minutes, the info was available on the internet. The epicentre was near Ottawa at a magnitude 5.5 at 01:41:41 PM. We felt it a few minutes later. The US Geological Survey has more info and ...]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/06/shake-rattle-and-roll/feed 1 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/06/youre-a-grand-oily-flag http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/06/youre-a-grand-oily-flag#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:34:54 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=570 Photo was taken in the Gulf near the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. It seems almost like the discarded flag was staged, but wow, what a powerful message! Photo credits to Press-Register/Ben Raines. ]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/06/youre-a-grand-oily-flag/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/03/healthcare-passed-in-u-s http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/03/healthcare-passed-in-u-s#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:29:12 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=390 Finally! I don’t understand why it was such a problem to get this bill passed. Actually, I do understand. A lot of idiots went ballistic stating that this was gonna bankrupt America and lead to government control of the quality of healthcare. And this somehow was against the very nature of the American dream. Anyways, it clearly fixes a lot of problems with the current system and introduces a slew of regulations that control the behavior of intransigent insurance companies to provide coverage for low-income and for those ...]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/03/healthcare-passed-in-u-s/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2007/03/starbucks-too-far-too-fast http://mainprize.ca/writ/2007/03/starbucks-too-far-too-fast#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:18:10 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=242 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2007/03/starbucks-too-far-too-fast/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/09/good-samaritan http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/09/good-samaritan#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:13:17 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=246 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/09/good-samaritan/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/01/nukuler http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/01/nukuler#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:15:28 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=278 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/01/nukuler/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/09/an-editorial-on-new-orleans http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/09/an-editorial-on-new-orleans#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:55:08 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=471 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/09/an-editorial-on-new-orleans/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2004/11/bush-wacked http://mainprize.ca/writ/2004/11/bush-wacked#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2004 11:46:37 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=117 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2004/11/bush-wacked/feed 0