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Haiti Quake: Day 7

I went to work today wearing a red shirt under my work shirt to mark the 7th day since the earthquake that shook Haiti last week.
I didn’t sleep much last night, partly tormented by terrible stories I’ve been hearing all weekend long. The children are a huge story this week: the orphans who were [...]

Twelve-year Old Saves Child from Drowning

Now I don’t know all the details as I’ve got most of them second-hand. In addition, I won’t mention anyone by name, because I haven’t asked permission to talk about it. However, I happen to know all the protagonists, and I am both very proud and a little emotional about it, and I [...]

From the Kitchen: Tourtière! (Meat Pie)

Last year, in a fit of homesickness, I decided it was about time we have a Christmas meal that was more French Canadian. My eldest children are Québecoises, after all, and hadn’t enjoyed a Québec style Christmas in ten years. So I looked up recipes for things like Tourtière and creton (something similar [...]

Ninety-Nine… One Hundred Days!

I want you to hold your government accountable. I want you to hold me accountable.
~Barack Obama
Ok, we will!
~PolitiFact.com
100 days after taking on the mantle of the Presidency, it’s time (at last!) to do just that.
Like most everyone, I imagine, I’ve been watching what President Obama has been up to. Trying to remember that [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

[ 10 May, 2009; 31 May, 2009; ]

Mother.
Mom.
Maman.
Mama.
Mutter.
mor.
Or even:
أم (in Arabic, if is translates correctly):
母 (“Traditional” Chinese)

No matter what you call her, she is the most important person in your world, for without her you wouldn’t be here.

This is my tribute to my mom.

[caption id="attachment_1137" align="alignleft" width="165" caption="Rollande Brédy, age 2"][/caption]

My mother was born August 21st 1930- something (what, I don’t have [...]

Swine Flu: the Beginnings of a Pandemic?

A Depressing Anti-Depression Stimulus Package

(UPDATE: I’ve added a link to the current stimulus package, H.R. 1, as passed in the House on 27 Jaunary, 2008. It’s a full PDF text, all 647 pages of it. May comment on it later, as I’m currently attempting to pour over it).
As the economy continues tit’s downward spiral amid news [...]

Obama’s Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009

My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the [...]

In Memoriam

As the years go by, I find myself cataloging more and more people I knew who are passing on to the next plane of existence. This year, I’ve decided to start keeping track. Here they are, in reverse order:

December 6, 2008, age 82:Antoine G. Petit, second-cousin to my father, part of his youth was spent [...]

GA Rules of the Road

Sharing the Road With Pedestrians
Georgia’s Law Concerning Pedestrians
The driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a crosswalk:

When the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is
traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the [...]

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From the Kitchen: Tourtière! (Meat Pie)

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Swine Flu: the Beginnings of a Pandemic?

A Depressing Anti-Depression Stimulus Package

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