Saturday, August 30, 2008

Word Cloud

I found a neat website at www.wordle.net

It analyzes text files and creates "word clouds." These "clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more often.


Here is one that I created using the sermon I plan to preach tomorrow AM.

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Kinsman Redeemer


I also made one from the Sermon on the Mount

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The Sermon on the Mount

You can find a bigger version here.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Discdrive

After 23 years, Jurgen Gothe has signed off for the last time. Since 1985 he has cooled road rage with his drive home radio show on CBC Two. However, it seems that Canadian culture is dumbing down. The CRCT approves a Canadian content porn channel, which undoubtedly would be applying for government arts grants if PMSH had not cut them off. (Go Harper Go! No more money for that kind of stuff!) and classical music and lovely jazz is sacrficed to multi culti fringe stuff. Too bad for the country!

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

quango

I love new words. Here is a great one!

"quango" (quasi-autonomous non-governmental agency)

I saw it in a column concerning the propane blast in Toronto.

Strange new protocols have arisen to deal with the murky circumstances, such as the habit of officials at public meetings to automatically look sideways, to the representative of some other government, agency or "quango" (quasi-autonomous non-governmental agency) when challenged by a fair question from a shaken citizen at a public meeting.

I think we should call all human rights commissions, "quangos"!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Highway of Heroes




On Wednesday afternoon, we were returning home from Ottawa along the 401. I had heard how when Canadian soldiers who died overseas are brought home the bodies are transported from Trenton to Toronto along the 401. Some time ago, whenever there was a "ramp ceremony" in Trenton and the families receive their dead, and then are escorted to Toronto, Canadian citizens of all kind began to line the bridges and overpasses for 150 Km along the 401. We witnessed this on Wednesday. I think that there were two soldiers coming home to be brought to their final resting places. It was quite moving to see how many of our fellow citizens came out to salute these families and show their respect for the dead.



Often on the overpass there would be an emergency services vehicle. We saw ladder trucks, foam trucks, ambulances, and other emergency vehicles, their crews standing at attention. Not soldiers, but men and women in uniform, who protect us here, saluting those in uniform, who die overseas.

Some bridges had only a few ...



On one bridge there was only one ambulance and one paramedic standing at attention.

Others had many people.



For more than an hour, we saw men and women. We saw veterans with banners from the Legion. We saw children. Hundreds and hundreds of ordinary Canadians, in a spontaneous outpouring of honour, respect and thanks to men and women who are willing to die and give their lives that others may live free from Islamic oppression. What is so remarkable is that there is no official organization for this. Just citizens of our fair land showing respect for those who die in battle far from home and loved ones. Let no one say that patriotism is dead in Canada. There were a lot of flags out on the 401!