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Iceland - Democracy
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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Yeah, I like Iceland. If I wasn't moving to Nelson I'd be moving there.
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Review - Literary Death Match
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Theatre
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So, made the Nephew close and found myself at Literary Death Match. All sold out. Wait around 10, 15 minutes, get a last minute ticket, whew, I'm in...
Careful what you wish for...
Amusing, but not so, glad I'm saw it but don't think I'd see it again. Authors, by dress and appearances, appear to be largely a homeless lot, while all were clearly good, even very good at their craft, this was largely about performance. And here they all did well too, only expecting authors to perform is a little like expecting integrity out of lawyers, clearly it's not their job, if they have it, great, if they don't maybe they still have merit. So, all in all, a silly night out, really didn't have to see it but I did and I'll know better for next time. Readings would have been just fine...
Gaming the System
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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One of Trump's lines that attracted a lot of attention in the restaurant was when Hillary accused him of paying not tax for 20 years, to which he replied "That Makes Me Smart!". Well, sorry to disagree, it means that you have smart accountants and investors working for you. But I was struck by how many of our customers - those in business, especially, but quite a few who aren't as well - agreed with him. I beg to differ. It's called "Gaming the System" - moving your offices to Ireland - think Apple and Facebook - to take advantage of greatly reduced taxes - is shit. Companies do it all the time. Good business is not good citizenry.
If people demonstrated the same integrity that business do no taxes would ever be paid. We'd have a nation of people on EI, getting welfare, Subsidized housing, child support, free dentistry and be using the food banks and subsidized school and luncheon programs for our children. People who do this we realize intuitively are shitbags. We all collectively pay for so that they don't have to. Businesses that use similar loopholes, only many orders of magnitude greater - are shitbags as well. Trump, by his own admission, is that shitbag.
Downhill...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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(Strange dreams as of late....put it down to the stress of moving)
#1 - I'm in an apartment or office building off of Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, maybe 10 stories, I'm taking the elevator but it disconnects from the building, falls over like a spring, and when it's swinging near to the ground I get out, decide to walk back to the building, take the stairs...
#2 - I've been working in an Alpine resort, high altitude, high in the mountains, lots of exposed timber and logs, leaving now and taking the long, winding road home...fall colors, leaves, the road is winding downhill about 30 miles ... I come to an icy slick in the middle of the road, embedded within it, some twigs, leaves, a rack of antlers from a moose and the associated skeleton...I get out to take some photos...
...against the escarpment, the road-cut, a mattress leaning, a blue tarp, I'm noticing something with the tarp, something is moving behind it, something...well, evil, and the tone of the dream changes, from behind the mattress appears D**, the daughter's mother, thin, face pinched, maybe dead, I'm not sticking around to find out and I'm searching for a way to get outa there...
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