Thursday 1 November 2007

Bedevilled

Now, bear in mind that the Devil's Bounty Hunter - Sam in 'Reaper' - drives a Prius hybrid.
Last Sunday, Kevin and I witnessed a man driving a mini-van down the street with a small child sitting on his lap, a very small child. Spears was arrested for something similar. What relative to the devil must that guy have been?

There's a new series of 'Always Sunny in Philadelphia' starting on Sunday. One of the funniest things on TV and intensely quirky.

The Canadian dollar has reached equity with the American dollar and has now passed it. In order to acknowledge this, certain stores such as Chapters and Sprawlmart, have agreed to sell their goods at the American price, for example on the covers of some of Chapters' books.
It's a start, but it's like pulling teeth.

Last night, a bus driver who stopped for some trick-or-treaters, was dragged from her bus and beaten up. Later, the bus was set on fire on Commercial Drive.
On the radio, Kevin heard that a similar incident happened in Surrey, kids dragged driver from bus and beat him up. It seems that the Devil doesn't drive buses in BC, and maybe doesn't want anyone to travel on them.

But Oregon, Oregon is the Paradise State. Well, in fairness, I don't really know what State it is, Washington is the Evergreen State, in my opinion it should be re-named the Nevergreen State.
But back to Oregon. Oregon is supposed to be supremely beautiful, I hope to see its coastline and its desert one day.
I was up at something after five to take Kevin to the airport today, he was flying down to Oregon on business. He certainly didn't get to see any of the beauty of Oregon on this occasion, but he did experience some of the things that impress us up here.
They are green. They have amazing recycling facilities and ones that are easily accessible. They have genuine - ie not just lip-service - schemes to allow people to rent, buy and win, and of course ultimately ride, bikes.
AND....in Oregon, the price you see on something, is the price you pay. For some reason, both shopkeepers and consumers are able to cope with the alien practice of including the tax in the price.
How bizarre, how bizarre.

1 comment:

Sleepy said...

I frigging knew it!
The Devil drives that bus to Steveston!

Euew, Euew, and he wears shorts with sports socks pulled up to just below mid calf!