http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress Part of the GEOFF SMITH experience! Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:13:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dedicated to the NIMBYs of Barriefield Village and to CIty Hall, both needing constructive ways to engage with the need for reasonably priced housing. ON THE BRINK OF POVERTY BY GEOFF SMITH ON THE BRINK OF POVERTY, WERE IT NOT FOR FORTUNE FOR YOU AND FOR ME, WE’D FIND OURSELVES, DELIVERED AND SEALED, TO A ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2010/01/26/on-the-brink-of-poverty-a-poem/ RETURNING FROM CALIFORNIA a few weeks ago, I've been remiss in failing to get back on line with the usual views and shrews. Much to relate about the Golden State, most of it baleful reflections on huge failures in state politics and economics, and the political system itself in ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/10/27/around-this-towne-27-october-2009/ ANOTHER GORGEOUS MORNING in K-Town, with mere gossamer wisps sullying blue pastel, and the promise of another run of summer days in the week before autumn begins. You gotta love it, and wonder, with Huw Davies, why we did not have this weather in July. LATE SUMMER is ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/09/14/around-this-towne-14-sept-2009/ Sitting here at home, gazing out the office window, musing a la blog on the glories of retirement, thinking of how lucky I am to be in this burg, rather than TO or Montreal. I must be strange, but there is something about K-town when the weather is good, ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/09/10/around-this-towne-10-september-2009/ THIS RETIRED PROF DOES NOT THINK SO...... RECENTLY I RECEIVED A QUESTIONNAIRE FROM THE QUEEN'S GAZETTE: "HOW ARE WE DOING?" IT INQUIRED. NOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO PAY ATTENTION TO SUCH MATTERS KNOW THAT THESE ARE PROFORMA ACTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE NEW (SMALL) CORPORATE EMPIRE THAT STILL ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/06/12/is-the-queens-gazette-asking-the-right-question/ Faith in ignorance GEOFF SMITH March 18, 2009 Kingston -- So Pope Benedict is in Africa, ministering to the sick, and observing that condoms will not help allay the HIV/AIDS crisis. This is the same thing as arguing that quinine does not help with malaria, that quitting smoking does not lessen chances for ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/03/18/god-pope-benedict-is-perfect-for-the-16th-century/ Stenson's strip tease actStenson's strip tease act Tiger's opening round By Simon Evans MIAMI, March 12 (Reuters) - Swede Henrik Stenson briefly took the limelight from Tiger Woods when he stripped down to his underwear to play a shot at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral on Thursday. Stenson’s wayward drive on the third hole ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/03/13/a-chip-shotwardrobe-malfunction/ Police: Woman drugs boss's coffee so he'll 'chill' Friday, March 13, 2009 (03-13) 18:18 PDT Bryant, Ark. (AP) -- Police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly slipping some tranquilizers into her boss's coffee because she felt "he needed to chill out." Police said the 24-year-old woman admitted to detectives that she ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/03/13/america-america/ FROM THE GUARDIAN, AND THE GUARDIAN KNOWS..... Transplant row over organs for drinkers • Alcohol abusers receive 1 in 4 livers • Doctors 'can refuse to do operations' Jamie Doward and Denis Campbell The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009 Heavy drinkers are receiving nearly one in four of the UK's liver transplants, it was revealed last ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/02/14/liver-er-duh/ APOCRYPHAL, SOMETHING THE ONION MIGHT DREAM UP, BUT WITH ITS WEIGHT IN INSIGHT...... (reprinted without permission -- The Brushback knows......) Public domain after 5 minutes AMES, IA--Members of the Make-A-Wish Foundation struggled to come up with a response to a dying 9-year-old boy’s request that they punch slugger Barry Bonds in the nuts ... http://www.geoffsmith.org/blog/wordpress/2009/02/06/find-bonds-nuts-theyre-diminishing-in-size/