http://vius.ca If you aren't staring Death square in the eyes, you aren't trying hard enough Sun, 20 May 2012 11:03:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://vius.ca/2012/05/email-to-peggy-nash/ http://vius.ca/2012/05/email-to-peggy-nash/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 23:06:48 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1925 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/05/email-to-peggy-nash/feed/ 0 I just sent the following email To:   Peggy Nash CC:   Jim Flaherty Subject: Statements to Flaherty I recently read an article on CBC regarding a debate between yourself and Flaherty, in which you stated: If you are a … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/05/sam-harris-is-a-scary-man/ http://vius.ca/2012/05/sam-harris-is-a-scary-man/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:47:55 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1872 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/05/sam-harris-is-a-scary-man/feed/ 0 Sam Harris is a Neuroscientist who actively advocates for a scientific approach to Morality. I recently watched a presentation by Mr. Harris that he gave at TED entitled “Science Can Answer Moral Questions”. While I agree with his overall point, … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/03/global-warming-and-nothing-happened/ http://vius.ca/2012/03/global-warming-and-nothing-happened/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:48:05 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1828 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/03/global-warming-and-nothing-happened/feed/ 1 I’ve been reading a lot of Global Warming articles over the last few days, and suddenly a few events over the last few years coalesced for me: Woman goes hysterical at a town hall meeting. The meeting is regarding what regulations the … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/03/maple-syrup/ http://vius.ca/2012/03/maple-syrup/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:36:17 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1801 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/03/maple-syrup/feed/ 0 The sap started flowing on Saturday. We tapped two trees behind the barn. The big one fills two pop-bottles twice a day, the other did not seem to produce anything. No other trees seem to be doing anything in the … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/02/firefighter-school/ http://vius.ca/2012/02/firefighter-school/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:27:22 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1807 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/02/firefighter-school/feed/ 0 I just got back from my first weekend at firefighter school. What a blast. This is going to take a long time: every other weekend for 6 months. This is hard work, a lot of valuable time, and (most importantly) takes … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/02/response-to-bill-c-10-video/ http://vius.ca/2012/02/response-to-bill-c-10-video/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:39:11 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1776 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/02/response-to-bill-c-10-video/feed/ 11 A friend of mine recently posted this video on Facebook. As I am currently boycotting Facebook, I have to bitch about it here: I’m no fan of minimum sentencing, I think it is a terrible idea. But, that video had … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/02/is-alberta-leaving-your-personal-information-insecure/ http://vius.ca/2012/02/is-alberta-leaving-your-personal-information-insecure/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:53:07 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1734 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/02/is-alberta-leaving-your-personal-information-insecure/feed/ 0 The Government of Alberta, Alberta Health Services (AHS) does not take your privacy or security seriously. Oh, they say they do: At AHS, everyone, including our staff, physicians, students, volunteers and contracted affiliates, is responsible for protecting the confidential health … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/02/mentioning-wwii-is-not-racism/ http://vius.ca/2012/02/mentioning-wwii-is-not-racism/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:11:20 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1717 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/02/mentioning-wwii-is-not-racism/feed/ 0 I just read an article about a Catholic Bishop that compared modern schools in North America to the school system that was attempted under the National Socialist party in Germany. These statements were critisized as “raising the spectre of the … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2012/01/cartels-in-canada/ http://vius.ca/2012/01/cartels-in-canada/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:02:02 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1715 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2012/01/cartels-in-canada/feed/ 0 Given the rate of unemployment in the world, why do governments think mandating high food prices is a good idea? Given its “Jobs Here” program, why does the Government of Nova Scotia make it illegal to produce food? As someone … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/12/how-to-sell-a-tax/ http://vius.ca/2011/12/how-to-sell-a-tax/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:00:41 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1683 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/12/how-to-sell-a-tax/feed/ 0 Nova Scotia is run pretty much on the Black Market. While the province is considered to be poor because little economic activity occurs, it is difficult to say how true that is since most of the economic activity occurs off … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/10/this-thing-we-call-science/ http://vius.ca/2011/10/this-thing-we-call-science/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:19:19 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1631 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/10/this-thing-we-call-science/feed/ 2 I recently read the article “Independent, skeptic climate change study finds global warming is real” from ZME Science. So even this open source study … finds that global warming is a major issue, you would expect people to just back off … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/10/corporatism-and-fascism/ http://vius.ca/2011/10/corporatism-and-fascism/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:00:53 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1612 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/10/corporatism-and-fascism/feed/ 0 Some years ago, I was humming and hawing over whether I should purchase a first edition copy of “Facism” by Benito Musolini. I spent two weeks trying to decide if I should drop the cash for what was really a … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/10/still-no-job/ http://vius.ca/2011/10/still-no-job/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:14:52 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1592 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/10/still-no-job/feed/ 0 I have really been looking forward to a job interview that I have had scheduled for the last week. It was for an office building cleaning job. Basically, I would go in and vacuum, wash windows, and wipe down various … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/10/councillor-mcwade/ http://vius.ca/2011/10/councillor-mcwade/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:00:31 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1405 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/10/councillor-mcwade/feed/ 0 [Originally Written 2011-09-07] A couple of days ago, I went to a town meeting involving the Annapolis County Council. What a horrifying group of people! We have placed these people in a position of power in the hopes that they will … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/10/first-snow/ http://vius.ca/2011/10/first-snow/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:19:57 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1572 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/10/first-snow/feed/ 0 A friend came over for a visit today and as we were all sitting around having coffee and cookies, my jaw dropped. The ladies looked at me and asked what I was staring at: snow. There was a fine mist … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/10/mens-rea/ http://vius.ca/2011/10/mens-rea/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:23:35 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1560 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/10/mens-rea/feed/ 0 Can you be found guilty of committing a crime if you didn’t know you were committing a crime? That it is possible to plead innocence based on insanity, is based on the principle the people must be able to comprehend that they … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/09/in-praise-of-lawn-farmers/ http://vius.ca/2011/09/in-praise-of-lawn-farmers/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:46:38 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1498 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/09/in-praise-of-lawn-farmers/feed/ 0 The back-to-the-landers, small-holders, self-reliance, hobby farmers and homesteaders are a pretty small community, while each of the categories of small farmers tends to have its own reasons for why people started their journey, and widely different ethics and political frameworks, … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/09/bicycles-vs-autos/ http://vius.ca/2011/09/bicycles-vs-autos/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:35:28 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1489 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/09/bicycles-vs-autos/feed/ 0 I just read an article regarding the antagonism between Cyclists, and Auto Drivers. The author views the subsidies towards drivers to be the proble, and proposes increased subsidies to bicycle paths, public transit, et cetera. This antagonism [between car driver … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/09/first-pipe-smoke/ http://vius.ca/2011/09/first-pipe-smoke/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:09:51 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1459 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/09/first-pipe-smoke/feed/ 0 I just got my shipment of tobaccos, and lit my first pipe. I got a sampler of tobaccos from an online supplier, it came with 5 x 1oz packages of various types: Prairie Wind, Alamosa, Bakerstreet, Imagine, and Weysbridge. I gathered … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/09/pipe-tobacco/ http://vius.ca/2011/09/pipe-tobacco/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:12:40 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1449 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/09/pipe-tobacco/feed/ 0 I have quit smoking. I once swore I would never quit smoking. When The Wife and I started dating, I had a discusion with her about hte fact that she better be alright with me smoking because I wasn’t going … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/09/i-got-a-job/ http://vius.ca/2011/09/i-got-a-job/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:58:39 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1441 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/09/i-got-a-job/feed/ 0 It’s only a temporary contract, but its something. I am currently painting a local bed and breakfast for minimum wage (just a little more actually). Interestingly, I am making more per hour more by painting the house than I was … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/09/annapolis-countys-political-incompetence/ http://vius.ca/2011/09/annapolis-countys-political-incompetence/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:50:54 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1435 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/09/annapolis-countys-political-incompetence/feed/ 0 While at an Annapolis County Advisory Comitee meeting, The Wife and I watched councilors argue vehemently about whether to impose bonds on Wind Farm opperators. Councilors also became enraged with members of the public for daring to question the hard … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/09/laytons-beatification-is-premature/ http://vius.ca/2011/09/laytons-beatification-is-premature/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:59:26 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1289 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/09/laytons-beatification-is-premature/feed/ 0 Canada is in mourning this week as Jack Layton was laid to rest in a state funeral. This is the first time in Canadian history that this honour has been bestowed on a Member of Parliament (that is not a Prime Minister). … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/08/expensive-to-eat/ http://vius.ca/2011/08/expensive-to-eat/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:18:25 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1296 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/08/expensive-to-eat/feed/ 0 The other day, The Wife and I were in the grocery store. For the most part, I don’t pay attention to prices, but the Wife is pretty value concious. So when she pointed out that chicken was ridiculously expensive, my … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/08/dont-call-us-well-call-you/ http://vius.ca/2011/08/dont-call-us-well-call-you/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:31:30 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1270 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/08/dont-call-us-well-call-you/feed/ 0 It has been a while since I have last written, I’m not sure I still have the knack of it, but here we go… In my last post, I discussed that some of my writing seemed to have gotten me … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/02/this-is-my-last-post/ http://vius.ca/2011/02/this-is-my-last-post/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:00:06 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1167 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/02/this-is-my-last-post/feed/ 0 Many years ago, I was having a discussion with some guy at a party on some issue or another. It was a really interesting debate with fascinating points flying back and forth between the two of us. We had accumulated quite a crowd around us. Eventually, as the discussion grew more and more heated, he stated, “I don’t think we are in the same ball-park on this one”. One of the guys in the crowd burst out laughing: “Jeff isn’t even playing ball. He’s off in the forest communing with the wolves.” Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/02/asbestos-underwear/ http://vius.ca/2011/02/asbestos-underwear/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:00:57 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1121 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/02/asbestos-underwear/feed/ 1 Thursday was our weekly run into town to pick up things we didn’t realize we needed until we didn’t have them. Today’s grand purchase, that I am very excited about, was Asbestos Underwear! Ok, so they were fire resistant gloves, … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/02/managing-two-thermostats/ http://vius.ca/2011/02/managing-two-thermostats/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:00:20 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=981 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/02/managing-two-thermostats/feed/ 2 Having a wood/oil combination furnace is a bit of a juggling act. The idea is to burn wood: it’s cheaper. Unfortunately, at some point during the night, when I am not actively tending it, it runs out of fuel and … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/02/evicting-squatters/ http://vius.ca/2011/02/evicting-squatters/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:14:50 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1105 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/02/evicting-squatters/feed/ 0 I’m a terrible neighbour. That’s why I bought a huge property, it puts a little bit of a buffer between me and my neighbours. So having some squatter come along and start building a home right next to my home … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/02/snow-management/ http://vius.ca/2011/02/snow-management/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:00:30 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=1043 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/02/snow-management/feed/ 0 A couple of days ago, we had a snow storm. The snow is waste deep; it’s going to rain tonight; and some dough-head put all the firewood in the barn. I just spent the entire afternoon digging out a trail … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/02/firearms-farms-and-family/ http://vius.ca/2011/02/firearms-farms-and-family/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:00:03 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=852 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/02/firearms-farms-and-family/feed/ 5 I was recently reading an article on firearms in Switzerland and was surprised to learn that their firearms laws are very similar to Canada’s. What was so surprising about it is that the public perception of firearms in the two … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/02/my-wife-doesnt-want-me-around-anymore/ http://vius.ca/2011/02/my-wife-doesnt-want-me-around-anymore/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:00:08 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=971 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/02/my-wife-doesnt-want-me-around-anymore/feed/ 0 I don’t think Sharon loves me anymore.She doesn’t seem to want me around. Every-time she’s in the kitchen baking sweat, succulent, tasty smelling bread, she yells at me and tells me to get out of the kitchen. I’m just trying … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/01/our-oceanfront-property-in-alberta/ http://vius.ca/2011/01/our-oceanfront-property-in-alberta/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:59:21 +0000 Jeff http://vius.ca/?p=900 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/01/our-oceanfront-property-in-alberta/feed/ 0 Sharon and I sold most of our investments years ago. We had both entered a phase of our lives where we had saved enough money to think about investing and not just day to day expenses. First we did our … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/01/happy-pets-unhappy-me/ http://vius.ca/2011/01/happy-pets-unhappy-me/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:00:42 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=748 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/01/happy-pets-unhappy-me/feed/ 0 For those interested, I recently added profiles for our two pets: Chimutisk, and Stew. Before we left Calgary, I wrote about being grateful for having healthy pets. After watching the animals for the last couple of weeks, Sharon and I … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/01/visitors-and-eggs/ http://vius.ca/2011/01/visitors-and-eggs/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:00:49 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=723 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/01/visitors-and-eggs/feed/ 0 We had visitors this past weekend. How exciting! Before we made the move to Nova Scotia, we did a lot of research about how people felt about living in Nova Scotia. One source of information came from the guys at … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2011/01/stupid-little-necessities/ http://vius.ca/2011/01/stupid-little-necessities/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:41:29 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=706 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2011/01/stupid-little-necessities/feed/ 0 The devil is in the details. As with any new undertaking, you find there are those stupid little details that nobody bothers to mention because they are so blindingly obvious to someone who is in the know. Living in the … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/12/fish-ponds/ http://vius.ca/2010/12/fish-ponds/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:00:42 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=679 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/12/fish-ponds/feed/ 1 Quite a few years ago, I went out with some friends hunting for Crayfish in a river near their home. After we cooked up a large number of them, I took five home, and put them in a fish tank. … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/12/moved-in/ http://vius.ca/2010/12/moved-in/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:23 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=783 http://vius.ca/2010/12/moved-in/feed/ 1 We are now moved in Full-Time. We have no further ties to the city. Just a quick photo tour of our new home. These pictures were taken a couple of days ago. http://vius.ca/2010/12/operating-a-wood-furnace/ http://vius.ca/2010/12/operating-a-wood-furnace/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:00:25 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=685 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/12/operating-a-wood-furnace/feed/ 0 Well, its time to start making confessions about how little I know about what I am doing. Unfortunately, I am quickly finding, experienced people don’t think to mention important details; those little details that are so obvious that you don’t … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/12/storing-wood/ http://vius.ca/2010/12/storing-wood/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:51:18 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=649 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/12/storing-wood/feed/ 0 Our new home has a Wood/Oil combination furnace. This means that we can burn oil on one side, and start a wood fire on the other. This is great for us because we have 100 acres of woodland out behind … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/12/firewood/ http://vius.ca/2010/12/firewood/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:42 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=641 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/12/firewood/feed/ 0 Coming from Alberta, home heating in Nova Scotia caught me a little off guard. In Alberta, heating your home is done through Natural Gas, piped to your home through underground pipes and is magically injected into your home as you … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/11/opinionated-asshole/ http://vius.ca/2010/11/opinionated-asshole/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:00:46 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=639 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/11/opinionated-asshole/feed/ 0 It has been a long time since I have made any posts. After a while of maintaining the blog, I realized I did not like the direction the posts have been taking since we stopped travelling. They have been getting … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/09/general-update/ http://vius.ca/2010/09/general-update/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:57:44 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=624 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/09/general-update/feed/ 0 Well, its official, we have the keys to our new place and have been out to visit it for a weekend. We haven’t yet spent a night, but instead drove stuff out each day. We have really enjoyed the 7 … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/08/curb-shopping-and-yard-sales/ http://vius.ca/2010/08/curb-shopping-and-yard-sales/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:04:02 +0000 Sharon http://www.vius.ca/?p=573 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/08/curb-shopping-and-yard-sales/feed/ 3 When we left Calgary, we left all our furniture behind. Our daughter claimed anything she could fit in her apartment, and the remainder was given away to anyone that was willing to come pick it up. Now that we are … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/08/a-day-at-the-beach/ http://vius.ca/2010/08/a-day-at-the-beach/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:17:04 +0000 Sharon http://www.vius.ca/?p=576 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/08/a-day-at-the-beach/feed/ 0 44.642729268187 -64.013230204582They say, if you don’t like the weather just wait 5 minutes. They say this in Alberta, they say this in BC and they say this in Nova Scotia. But I’ve been waiting, I’ve been really patient, I’ve crossed my … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/08/we-have-our-new-home/ http://vius.ca/2010/08/we-have-our-new-home/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:09:20 +0000 Sharon http://www.vius.ca/?p=580 http://vius.ca/2010/08/we-have-our-new-home/feed/ 0 We have purchased our dream. A house, over 100 acres of land, ponds and several barns in the Annapolis Valley. We now have our very own ‘Hundred Acre Wood’… http://vius.ca/2010/08/halifax-setup-for-a-plague/ http://vius.ca/2010/08/halifax-setup-for-a-plague/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:13:22 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=555 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/08/halifax-setup-for-a-plague/feed/ 1 Whenever I go to another place, I suffer a little culture shock. When we first arrived in Nova Scotia, the culture shock arose with their “Green Carts“. Green Carts are part of Halifax’s (and Nova Scotia’s in general) effort to … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/08/shit-disturbers-reinvent-the-wheel/ http://vius.ca/2010/08/shit-disturbers-reinvent-the-wheel/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:44:58 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=544 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/08/shit-disturbers-reinvent-the-wheel/feed/ 2 Automated testing of systems is my pet peeve: I think every computer system should have a series of tests that get run by another computer that test every problem ever thought of. My current employer has asked me to start … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/07/hedge-laying/ http://vius.ca/2010/07/hedge-laying/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:36:16 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=511 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/07/hedge-laying/feed/ 2 I have always thought hedges are dumb. They serve little purpose, look like crap because people don’t take care of them, and get trashed when kids cut through them. Apparently that’s only because I live in North America. About two … Continue reading → http://vius.ca/2010/07/student-loans-pumpkin-i-told-you-so/ http://vius.ca/2010/07/student-loans-pumpkin-i-told-you-so/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:57:55 +0000 Jeff http://www.vius.ca/?p=484 Continue reading →]]> http://vius.ca/2010/07/student-loans-pumpkin-i-told-you-so/feed/ 2 Our daughter has finished her schooling, and now has a trade she can ply to earn a living. She has done this without a single scrap of student loans. This was not easy. During the entirety of her schooling she … Continue reading →