Pot of Stew

Odds & ends - the Canadian constitutional crisis seems, for the time, to be settled. Our newly elected government will be allowed to continue to govern until parliament is recalled January 26. They are to present a budget the next day and face a vote of non-confidence at that time. May sanity prevail.

Another library visit - picked up Hunter S Thompson's 2nd compilation of letters; 'Fear and Loathing in America.' Also, a bunch of music. Leonard Cohen's '10 New Songs'; Melissa Etheridge's greatest hits package 'The Road Less Travelled'; another compilation 'African Guitar Summit'; and Canadian rocker / bluesman Colin James 'Limelight'.

Blogland seems relatively quiet these days; so am I. The recent events regarding the federal government boggle my mind. So has last weekend's murders here in town. For a city of 150,000 we have a very low murder rate - including these two we have a total of 7 this year to date - so I imagine when these things do happen it really grabs one's attention and shakes up the emotions. I know it has gotten to me.

The job hunt continues - I spoke to a small business owner the other day who is ramping his business back up after an unscheduled hiatus. The timeline is sketchy - we shall see.

Later......