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The Hatred for Tiger Woods

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:26:34 EST

Since the news of Tiger's horribly bad choices which led to his infidelity, I have been shocked by the outpouring of hatred directed at him and even more shocked that some years later, this hatred has not abated in the slightest. In fact, this hatred seems even stronger now.

I struggle to find an answer. One would think that he was the first man to have ever done such horrible things. In addition, the vehement outcries I have read in so many posts seem to imply that in some way Tiger PERSONALLY hurt or affected those who react in this manner. Odd.

Several US presidents were known for similar indiscrections, including, Franklin D Roosevelt, John Kennedy and most recently, Bill Clinton, just to name a few. Let us not forget a certain govenor of California. Countless other US politicians, corporate icons, sports figures, Hollywood actors and actresses, not to mention millions of regular everyday people have done the same things down through the ages. I canot recall any of the more well known or famous perpetrators that were ever villified to the extent that Tiger Woods has been.

Blessings

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 4:07:32 EST

On August 24, 2011, my dearest friend of 27 years, Elmer Klassen passed away in a tragic accident.

Since his tragic and untimely passing I have had the opportunity for much reflection, with the greatest part of that reflection devoted to the long and happy friendship my wife, daughter and I shared with Elmer.

We were destined to meet and our connection with each other was almost instantaneous. Our friendship blossomed quickly as we shared many common interests such as the love of music, both listening and playing, particularly jazz. We also shared an intense love of boats and water, technology, electronics, doing work with both our brains and hands, and of course beer. This included reading about beer, talking about beer, making beer, and, it goes without saying, drinking beer.

Open net cage fish farming

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 5:20:58 EDT

I realize this blog is in no way related to sport but I must get this off my chest.

The waters of my ancestral home in the Broughton Archipelago, a part of Kingcome Inlet in British Columbia, Canada, are rife with vile open net cage fish farms. These fish farms are owned and operated by Marine Harvest, a Norwegian company plying their trade in our waters because what they are doing is illegal in Norway.

Our governments, on all levels and in particular at the provincial and federal levels have played a masterful game of misinformation. With this tactic and the aid of a few corporate scientists they have managed very well to misinform the public about the dangers of this type of aquaculture.

These fish farms have caused the collapse of the pink salmon run in the Broughton Archipelago and the people who live in this isolated area have watched it happen before their very eyes while people living thousands of miles away have made the decisions that have brought about this horrible result.