the flying squirrel

I don’t talk about my work much here. That’s intentional. I don’t think it’s appropriate. Sometimes, though, my work life encroaches on my personal life and I have to at least say something. Like today. My (now former) employer of 11 years and I have parted company. Thus, I am unemployed. The offers of help [...]

Can’t sleep. Posting this might help. I wasn’t going to talk about the election results, but given that the results for Kitchener-Waterloo were a tiny bit extraordinary, I felt I should really say something. Rather than the comfortable Liberal win that most people were expecting, it turns out that Conservative Peter Braid won the riding [...]

Polls close in about an hour. For the record, I’m done with politics until the next election. Unless maybe I feel compelled to comment on the US election, but what more could possibly be said? I think we’re good. I’m back from Thanksgiving weekend in Belleville. Technically, today is a vacation day, but I am [...]

I’m gonna make this all official and stuff: This blog endorses Andrew Telegdi for the riding of Kitchener–Waterloo. This was actually a tough choice. I thought the Liberals in general haven’t been holding up their end as Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition the last two years. I do think they have a really good platform this [...]

I’m in Belleville for Thanksgiving. I think I’m just going to take the time to relax. I’ve got a presentation at work as soon as I get back. I don’t want to think about that. I don’t really want to think about the election either. Or anything else. I just need a break. I do [...]

I’m still feeling kind of miserable (physically and existentially), so I decided to skip the all-candidates at UW this afternoon. Denver Gingerich from the Waterloo Students for the Information Commons was there, and posted some notes from the debate on their wiki: