After spending a couple hours biking through the lovely Toronto nature paths (which are really nice, I think, especially considering they’re right in the middle of a huge city), I felt inspired to check out the Green Party’s web site.
Well, how about that–they have a full-fledged <a href=”http://www.greenparty.ca/platform2004/en/”>platform</a> that includes more than just the einvornment. [...]
Archive for June, 2004
Green Party
Posted in Politics on June 27, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Politics
Posted in Politics on June 27, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
With the Canadian federal election coming up tommorow, I’ve been trying to figure out who to vote for. This is an excerpt from an email exchange I’ve been having with a friend of mine, who lives in Thunder Bay, who is voting Green:
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It’s great to know you’ve been able to get to know your local [...]
Bat-Mitzvah
Posted in Family, Home on June 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
One of my cousins had her bat-mitzvah on Sunday at a brand new sanctuary in the new Hillel building at the University of Toronto. It’s a beautiful building, and the sanctuary is on the third floor, with windows on all sides that have faint images in them that look like shadows–a unique and very neat [...]
Neighbours
Posted in Friends, Home, Media on June 17, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Walking the dog on a regular basis gets me out into the neighbourhood, and lately I have noticed that I’ve been spending time stopping and chatting with the neighbours. We talk about neighbourly things: my lawn, your garden, the area, the weather, dogs, cars, work and life in general. There is something oddly satisfying about [...]
Friends’ Wedding
Posted in Friends, Uncategorized on June 13, 2004 | Comments Off
Yesterday was the wedding of two friends of ours. I have known the groom since high school, and Merita has know the bride since childhood, so we were in the wedding party, and I was the best man. The wedding was beautiful from start to finish.
We start off at 7am at the bride [...]
Friends’ Wedding
Posted in Friends, Uncategorized on June 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was the wedding of two friends of ours. I have known the groom since high school, and Merita has know the bride since childhood, so we were in the wedding party, and I was the best man. The wedding was beautiful from start to finish.
We start off at 7am at the bride and groom’s [...]
Family Housewarming
Posted in Family, Friends, Home on June 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
We had my side of the family over last weekend for the first of three planned housewarmings. It was a good time; a little funny to actually be hosting a family event at our own place, but nice at the same time. The house was a hit, which was satisfying considering the amount of work [...]
