Today at sundown I gave my 77th blood donation (hence the title, ). I’ve been doing this off and on since I was 17, and I have never regretted it. First, I’m lucky in that it never seems to affect me much. Second, my blood type is O negative, which is an incentive to [...]
Archive for September 21st, 2006
77 Sunset Drip
Posted in Canadian Blood Services, Personal Stuff, Volunteer, Volunteering, blood, blood donations, red cross on September 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Banned Book Week
Posted in Banned Books, Banned Books Week, Canada, Freedom, Library, News and politics, Politics, Storytelling, Truths & Lies, Yarns, censorship, civil rights on September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
From September 23-30 is Banned Book Week. I’m going to read either a Banned or Challenged book this week, and I invite you to join in. This type of censorship has annoyed and aggravated me since I was twelve, and anything to fight this movement is a step towards enlightenment.
Here are some of my favourite [...]
Argentia-Long Harbour, Part 2
Posted in Air Pollution, Newfoundland and Labrador Blogs, News, News and politics, Politics, Pollution and Toxics, newfoundland, pollution on September 21, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Further to the post of yesterday, I recently noticed two discussions that add some other useful insights and information, mixed in among some fairly creative theorising.
The first is from the Sir Robert Bond Papers, and is called Monkey Tossing for England. It is fairly insightful and the author’s access to useful information is great, albeit [...]
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