You have to see this place- July 5, 2008 to believe how bad it really is. I have no sympathy for the landlord on this one at all. The smell walking by it is enough to make one gag, even in winter.http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/you-have-to-see-this-place.html Evacuation- July 5, 2008 I am not going to be blogging much as the next couple of days are all going to be spent at the SaskTel Soccer Centre dealing with the almost 1000 evacuees coming to Saskatoon from up north as they flee the forest fires. Most of the evacuees are women and children along with the sick and the elderly. Most able bodied men are still trying to save their communities from the fires. The Salvation Army is serving food in two different locations. The SaskTel Sports Centre and..http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/evacuation.html Needles- July 5, 2008 A couple of people have told me that a tremendous amount of needles given out do come back. I tend to see a lot of them because there is a pay phone and a couple of drug purchasing spots on the block. From what i was told by readers and a health district official yesterday, most come back but the problem is if you look at the map, even if 99% of needles come back, because of the incredible amount of them out there, some are going to end up in a parking lot which probably skews my...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/needles.html Contextless Links- July 4, 2008 Why Green Bay shoudnt return Brett Favres phone calls Why the auto industry isnt in trouble, just the auto makers who cant adapt to a changing marketplace. The Shaping of Things to Come: The death of the suburbs :: While the foreclosure epidemic has left communities across the United States overrun with unoccupied houses and overgrown grass, underneath the chaos another trend is quietly emerging that, over the next several decades, could change the face of suburban American life as we...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/contextless-links.html What Would Republican Jesus Do- July 4, 2008 This comes via Scott. While I had to laugh, this was posted as a response to this interview with Mark Driscoll and others in Relevant Magazine. I thought I had just missed it but not a lot of people linked to it according to Technorati so I thought I would link to it here. I generally dont care that much about what Mark says but after reading his comments, it almost sounds like he has William Shatner disease, that is he is becoming a parody of himself.http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/what-would-republican-jesus-do.html Why Bother- July 4, 2008 I was thinking of this quote by Steve Jobs today. "We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. We could be sitting in a monastery somewhere in Japan. We could be out sailing. Some of the executive team could be playing golf. They could be running other companies. And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/why-bother.html Rehab- July 3, 2008 I remember reading an article years ago where former Secretary of State George Schultz among other elected officials were suggesting that the War on Drugs in the U.S. had failed and drugs should be legalized, regulated, and taxed. As a non-drug using kid, that sounded interesting. In Canada we had a similar discussion when the Rt. Hon. Jean Chretien de-criminalized pot and in the process offered up one of the greatest one liners in political history. "Perhaps I will try it...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/rehab.html Home at last- July 2, 2008 After a long false start yesterday, Oliver is finally home today after 22 days in the NICU at Royal University Hospital. We picked him up at 3:30 today and we had several requests to take him by the Centre. After I was diverted to deal with a flood we had (someone soiled their clothes and decided to flush them down the drain). Wendy and Mark took him home. Mark who has been so excited for so long, finally got to hold him for the first time, the dogs checked him out, and..http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/home-at-last.html |