Thinking Aloud

Yes, that is melted cheese on left over roasted potatos on a bun.  Sorry carb avoiders.

http://www.timescolonist.com/Juan+Fuca+officials+galvanize+battle+stupid+move/6067011/story.html

This is the kind of story that really makes me frustrated.  Basically they are planning to decommission a dam that supports a coho run that has been built up by the sooke salmon enhancement society. Why?

Reasons: Suspected Liability forcing a decision is a exceedingly frustrating reason for a decision.

Really bad communication between the parties regarding the removed valve is frustrating (since when is a repaired valve considered vandalism?!? Since when is it hard to guess who may have repaired the valve you removed on a dam with the purpose of salmon enhancement?!?) Communication has never been easier then it is now, and still we can’t keep people in the loop, or reach out when it would be helpful… Sigh…

Finally, if the allegation, that it is being decommissioned simply because it is a dam and DFO doesn’t do dams anymore, then it would be worthwhile to recognize that those kind of one size fits all decisions are almost always a bad idea. I don’t know any engineers that speak about an engineering related topic without weighing their words, and if he reckons that even a catastrophic dam break is unlikely to affect the nearest house (8 km away) then I’m inclined to bet that he has a pretty reasonable sense for it. I’m tempted to sharpen my pencil, but I think the DFO ought to have a few guys who can do an in house estimate to see if the risk is significant and get that estimate out to the press.

I may not have all the facts, heck this is the only article I’ve read about the issue, but even if it is half as bad as this, its still worth trying to point out that we need to at minimum communicate better and at most swallow a big enough dose of common sense to realize that blanket decisions are a bad idea for this situation.

–end rant.

Disclosure: As the son of a fisherman I’ve never had any real love for the DFO.

…happy!!

Does anyone know the age when, for the sake of your health, one should definitely (except for special occasions) stop eating fries?

Only answers greater than 33 will be accepted.

After watching some youtube and reading a few blogs for most the “free time” portion of the night I tend to concede that I’m probably not the creative genius that I always kind of thought I was. 

This post probably cements that fact.  Over.

Giving some nice smiles in the morning.

There a lot of way to see 4am
A lot of angles to approach it
4am its just not often widely seen
But more regularly now, so it would seem

I think I used to just sleep through it
never seeing or seeing to it
that 4am comes as it should
just appreciating that it probably would

But these days are different see
4AM is haunting me
making up for times I miss
Seeing the hour in sleepy bliss

And for those who enjoy exciting new sound in the folk tradition
Here’s a little something to think on
Wednesday morning 3AM, since 1964, immortalize
but Wednesday Morning 4AM, waking child and tired eyes.

Is it astounding Andy Rooney died and I realize it’s
just 60 minutes.

Black ice, thats who.  And me on my bike.

Well biking season is wearing a little thin but at this point I’m soldiering on.  Why not? Too cold and wet… My new fenders protect me.  And besides I feel this new commutacycle makes me feel much faster

If need a fun, upbeat, poppy little rap number with horns and scat, youth chorus backing and synth I’m happy to point you in the right direction.

Download the track and Listen here: http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/trackoftheday/CBCR3Track_2011-07-26.mp3

Or visit the cbc radio3 track of the day page… : http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/podcasts/CBC-Radio-3-Track-of-the-Day/Socalled—Work-With-What-You-Got