From an article by the Canadian Press, reprinted in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, on rising gas prices:

"It's outrageous," said Vancouver's Maria Manalo, who has watched prices rise by 10 cents in recent days. "Soon, we'll probably just be walking or taking the public transit."

O THE HORRORS.

I walk and take the public transits to commute. It truly is outrageous that we must be forced to stoop to such things! I suggest general unrest and rioting! Also, furious letter writing and the usage of strong words to express displeasure!

In this blog, you can see whatever progress I’m making with the first book of Vol. 1. Yeah, I know, and I feel with you. Recently, I’ve been spreading myself thin between promoting the German book (now available, btw., for example at my Lulu site), the English book (after all, I promised), and the first [...]

This week I learned what it means when a rich person tells you that they went on safari in Africa and camped out in a tent in the wilderness where they could hear wild animals howling while they sleep.

It means they paid several hundred dollars a night to stay poolside in the equivalent of a 5 star hotel room that just happens to be made of canvas, though it's encased in another structure, under a roof, and in a resort filled with non-indigiounous plants imported to make it look Jungley, all behind an electric fence to keep out scary animals.