Guelph snaps

Images from my photo exhibition at the Red Brick Cafe (show's over).

Guelph... at the Red Brick Cafe

Death (or Demise) by a thousand cuts!

Well, maybe not a thousand. How about eight... and counting.

What do the following have in common with each other: Jason Kenney, Bev Oda, Elections Canada, "harper government" (as opposed to "Federal Government"), Statistics Canada, Canadian Veterans, F-35 fighter jets, and G20?

These are the ethical potholes that are undermining the chassis of the souped-up clunker that is the Conservative Party of Canada.

Almost two weeks ahead of the 2011 Budget announcement, the Liberals will "put forward a motion that could make it morally impossible for any opposition party to support the March 22 Conservative budget". This political maneuver on the flanks of the Conservative Party will effectively divert attention from the "it's the economy, stupid" strategy of Harper & Co. What Canadian with  a modicum sense of decency and fairness will deny the ethical malpractice involved here?

Read this... your happiness depends on it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/premal-shah/kivaorg-and-the-ripple-ef_b_833127.html

If reading this link fails to inspire you and leads you to action, not just tomorrow but also for the rest of your life, then you're missing something really significant. And that is just pathetic.

Kiva and celebrating the women of this world

Today is the 100th International Women's Day! Today we celebrate the economic, political, and social achievements of women past, present, and future.

Over 80% of Kiva's borrowers are women: women who are feeding their families and communities, starting businesses and providing jobs. Women who are mothers, sisters, daughters, and grandmothers. Women whom we are proud to support.

Since the beginning, Kiva has worked hard to help women improve their lives in places where any advocacy for women is rare. As you can see in this video, women perform 66% of the world’s work, produce 50% of the food, but earn just 10% of the income and own 1% of the property. At Kiva we celebrate them.

Listen to their stories, and today remember all of the women who have touched your life.

- from a message sent to Kiva.org participants

iPhone Diaries #315: "Even more frost"

See the blog entry previous to this one. March 7th.