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Ian tipped me off about the GPS device that is coming factory installed now in some VWs in Brazil in an effort there to combat theft and reduce insurance costs. So if you've ever heard my business plan of 6 years ago tha…
The free market imperative: "Innovate!" [1] Communist China's political idea: "Continuous revolution". [2] The Presbyterian motto: "Ecclesia Reformata, Semper Reformanda" [3] Within all three of t…
I was going to put on a compilation of Wagner compositions, but found my Phoenix CD a little faster. Why do so many French bands sing or have their lyrics in English? Air, Phoenix... two exampes... that's all I need to p…
Rather than talk about Andrei Tarkovsky's film "Stalker", I'd like to go to sleep and enter a lucid dream where this film's main character, Stalker, would guide me out of the complex world of harsh human systems, throu…
"And you, do you have a job?" the interviewer asked me after asking Erica. "I've had my work authorization for less than two weeks," I replied. And that was about as intense as it got. I have been officially approved. …
Erica and I are leaving in 15 minutes for Tukwila. There Homeland Security will evaluate my eligibility for permanent residency. I've spent some time today making sure our papers are together. Some of it involves proving…
Myth #7: The methods used to kill seals are far less humane than those used to hunt or slaughter any other domestic or wild animal. Reality: Hunting methods were studied by the Royal Commission on Sealing in Canada and…
The Board of Governors at Trinity Western University names Jonathan Raymond the new President. - twu.ca (thanks, maple_leafs_forever) In other news, here's my take on this weeks blogosphere highlights: Queenlinnea hos…
The flesh of new born baby calves are in your cheese!

Do you like cheese because it is nice and soft, but not mushy? Is cheese a comfort food? Does it just warm your stomach? Well, thank little baby calves for donating their fourth stomach for your culinary pleasure. Ren…
What to see: The Fremont Sunday Market. I had no idea that cigarette packages were always so informative. But unlike today's Canadian packages that show what your lungs look like after smoking lots, these packages fro…
Trinity Western has at last made it into Macleans. Best lines from the article: To an outsider, the disco was more like a Grade 8 dance than anything one sees on a college campus. Instead of beer and shooters, there wa…
The word has come to set me free. I have been granted work authorization... apparently since January 11th. But there was no way to know for sure until yesterday's notice. While this ought to be a happy day, it is rath…
There are those who have, through hope and through despair, Clung to what was not, trusting it would be. Mid frowns and scorn in silence they did dare, To defy Chance and Circumstance. - Jan Smuts I can't figure out i…
Tokyo police officers have compiled a glossary of juvenile jargon to help them decipher what Japanese teenagers are saying. And one of the best ones, reports Language Log, is: Zenbei ga naita â€” literally, "the entire …
Sticking computer generated images' aspiration towards photorealism in they eye, Olivo Barbieri is snapping photos that make the real look genuinely fake. Here's some more. I found out about this in Spiegel.Originally…
It has been four months and I still do not have work authorization. I finally got fingerprinted last week at Homeland Security. There the officials laughed at the official taking my prints - perhaps they thought she w…
Can an artist or a system builder create without having within them some sort of restlessness or in them conflict or against them oppression?Originally published at christodeklerk.com. Please leave any comments there.