But didn’t the Patriot Act create a massive new bureaucracy to provide us with more security and stability? And doesn’t the Republican Party line support the Patriot Act?

So, I’m confused here: the big problem with the current Health Care reform bill is it will create a new bureaucracy, and bureaucracy by definition can’t secure us, BUT we need to keep the bureaucracy of the Department of Homeland Security bcause it’s the only way to secure us?

Dear politicians and talking heads: let’s all get on the same page:
1) come to concensus on the project *goals*
2) debate the project *plan*.

For me? I’d like to know that I will have health insurance after I am hit with an errant stick while playing hockey, and not have to worry about it being denied for some legal mumbo-jumbo.

According to my analysis of the twitter Company “Personalities” I’m a fan of (@ramon_deleon, @marriott_intl, and @colonelTribune) – the requirements for a “Social Marketing/Media Expert” are:

1. Engage people as a person, not just as a corporation
2. Don’t just talk about the business
3. Respond to others with real information
4. Don’t put links in every post/tweet

So, apparently, you just have to be human. That’s it. So, from now on, I’m going to start calling myself a Social Media Expert, too. Ha!

Written in a “Scottish” bar: Mosaic, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Not sure how authentic it is.

(written on my 7 year anniversary date)

Oddly enough, however, I probably only have a glass of Scotch every 2-3 weeks, unless one of my “Scotch buddies” is in town.  The price is high, and there is such thing as “too much of a good thing” I believe.

Later I’ll explain why, but when I have a new Scotch, I write limericks about it.  They will start to appear here.