Well, it's been a while, but here I am- the first blogpost of 2011!
I guess I couldn't think of anything to blog about, or maybe I was just lazy... But that doesn't really matter, does it?
Before I begin, I'd like to wish everybody a somewhat-belated happy 2011. Everyone's made their transitions quite nicely in our family, except for the amount of more snow we've had to shovel. Boy, do we need a snow blower!
There's already been two cars stuck in front of our house, and the towtruck service is taking literally DAYS to get to some victims of the cruel snow, as you probably can't imagine. Of course, my mother has been phoning our city councillor Don Iveson every day to make sure the snow at the end of Westbrook Drive is graded. They finally came over yesterday, but they did almost no work on the condition of these roads. But who I'm really mad at are the two rich people close to were we live, the founder of Saville Systems and the first investor in the Boston Pizza franchise. Saville has people coming to his place to get rid of snow all the time. You think he could do a bit of a good deed and let these snow people get rid of snow at his 80-year old neighbour's houses. Trust me, there are a lot of 80-year olds whom the Youngs help out in terms of snow shovelling or snow removal. You'd think Saville could press a button, or make ONE phonecall, and, it's magic, the snow is all gone! Or the Boston Pizza guy. Give the workers a coupla meals on the house, and I'm sure they'd be happy to come on over and remove snow. Some people.
But seriously. We've been down all kinds of residential streets, and 95 % of the time, the snow that was there has been either graded or removed. You would think that they would offer a little service to the people who are forced to pay ridiculous, through-the-roof property taxes. Some people.
Let's move on, though. How about sports teams? The Toronto Blue Jays traded away Vernon Wells for a bum and a has-been. Some people. The Oillosers? They've won one game so far in 2011, maybe two. Some people. The Raptors? I can't recall a single game they've won in 2011! SOME PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE!
