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905 days ago
From our Prime Minister: "Just as the Stone Age did not end because the world ran out of stones, the carbon age will not end because the world runs out of fossil fuels," Harper said. So even though we run out of fossil fuels... we will still be living in the "carbon age?" I would like to know when the "Green age" will begin. In my opinion, the government should take a hard stance on industry even if it affects the economy and add support where needed by helping workers find jobs, creating opportunities in the "green energy" sector and environmentally friendly industries. No matter what, industry will have to take a hit for the planet, it's inevitable.
939 days ago
Came across this website on Facebook. Yes, Facebook, which is where I spend all my time online these days and why I haven't posted on here for such a long time. A good satirical website criticizing the Conservative governments stance on the environment. It's still in its infantcy but give it some time. http://www.ecofraud.ca/
994 days ago
This beautiful afteroon I was downtown so I decided to stop and have lunch at a ubiquitous donut and sandwhich restaurant. Before I sat down to eat, I decided to go to the bathroom and wash my hands since I had been practicing all morning and most likely I picked up all the germs of everyone else who had touched that piano before me. After scrubbing my hands clean I started drying my hands under the drier when I heard a toilet flush and the door to the bathroom stall open. Out walked a man in his late forties or early fifties. Being the courteous and polite person I am, I made sure I was out of the way so that the man could reach the sink (it was a rather small bathoom) but instead, the man walked briskly past me and turned the corner. Gross. Someone of his age should know better to watch his hands after doing whatever he did in that stall (I'm assuming the worst because he didn't use a urinal). Still worse: when I left the bathroom I noticed that the man left in the direction ...
1001 days ago
This is just a random rant while I sit here at home, having just completed my online component of "ethics training." Yes, the University of Alberta decided to complicate my degree further by adding an ethics training component which supposedly aids grad students should they ever find themselves in a variety of situations that could compromise their academic reputation and credibility. Fortunately, making it an online webct component allows you to skim the readings and try the tests multiple times until you get 100% on each one. Unfortunately, none of the questions were pertinent to my degree so it was essentially just another unnecessary hurdle to jump over while the powers that be dangle my university degree in front of me. I'll admit that the training would be helpful to those in a research-based degree but "Piano Performance" doesn't not exactly fit into that category. Just another example of why the fine arts does not belong in a post secondary ...
