Quite the expedition to attempt discover the fabled Northwest Passage to the Orient.
The almost three year journey - beginning in 1803 and ending in 1806 - had Meriwether Lewis and William Clark....
....brave two severe winters in bitterly cold conditions.
Few people realize that they had attempted to find the Northwest Passage the previous year.....
It's not enough to steal some guy's bike....
...but the thief leaves the guy's lock there.
Almost as if to say, "Buy another bike and lock it up again."
"Thanks"
Of course it had to happen.
Apparently it is called "species dysphoria".
Teachers in this UK school are using a “wellbeing wheel” to support this student as he faces "barriers to learning."
The wellbeing wheel is used in helping children “overcome inequalities”.
Hs has been offered “personal support” and “specific support” from a “wellbeing worker”.
But the school acknowledged, “There is very little specific guidance on species dysphoria.”
That's because, according to a clinical neuropsychologist, there's no such bloody thing thing!
“Now we have a council which appears to accept at face value that a child identifies as a wolf, rather than being told to snap out of it and get to grips with themselves, which would be the common-sense approach.”
Right on! We need more of this.
But, back to when you see me next time.....
...while I was working?
Brilliant!
So Toronto Animal Services has come under fire for ages for not picking up dead racoons and other assorted varmints within the allotted time.
They are supposed to pick up roadkill within 48 hours.
One of the most famous fails - that was posted on this very blog! - was Conrad the, well, dead racoon.
Conrad languished on Toronto's main artery, Yonge Street, for almost a full day. (I think the 48 hour target is based on collecting these unfortunates from some side street or park.)
For a refresher on the sordid tale, click here.
So Toronto Animal Services made a presentation on how to improve their performance.
And what they tell the City of Toronto's Service Excellence Committee to eliminate the problem with not meeting the targets - change the target!
Brilliant!
They proposed now picking up cadavers within 5 business days.
Who would have balls big enough to go before the Service Excellence Committee and tell them, "We've fixed the problem."
"Great, let's hear your solution."
Boy, if only I'd thought of that for all my years of poor performance reviews......
Another approach could always be.......
Not hard to tell that this is Jimmy Buffett's signature beer.
And what better way for this handsome young man to enjoy finishing his Landshark Lager.
....but, unfortunately, not surprising.
They are calling it a crisis of affordability.
From food to shelter to gas to clothing, everything is up in price.
And to make it worse - or actually, what is making it worse - is Canadian incomes are definitely not keeping pace with inflation.
Especially compared to our southern neighbour, where a lot of our goods come from, priced in US$. [click graph to zoom in.]
But since about 2015 (no editorializing, but who became Prime Minister then....?) our real income has plateaued.
So while our incomes have been essentially flat inflation has been a real killer.
Although a lot of folks I know are retired and are on fixed incomes, maybe we're not as bad off as some.....
What's the solution....?
Who knows......
Finally, finally! Ontario is allowing beer & wine sales in convenience stores.
And right on cue, the usual "health experts" are predicting death and destruction!
They are claiming this will result in untold number of deaths and would overwhelm our healthcare system as more people descend into alcoholism.
Sweet Mother Mary, how embarrassing are these people. The rest of the civilized world has been doing this for decades without their society's collapsing.
