1. Got my second shot of moderna. Was starting to feel the side effects. Decided to get a pizza rather than go to bed without food. Locked myself out. Then it started to rain. Got caught in it, when all I wanted to do was go to bed.
2. Called, texted, emailed, my landlord, but he wasn't checking for messages this evening oh, so I sat slightly sheltered from the rain storm for 3 hours, before resolving myself to book a hotel.
3. I've been going through all the side effects, sitting outside, shivering, wet, hungry, tired, and finally this evening is going to cost me over $140.
I should have just gone to bed without dinner.
4. Finally reached the landlord. I should be back in within 2 hours.
All is good.
Thanks for the concern.
I'm just very pissed off.
One of the most unpleasant nights of my life, hands down.
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1. A group of self-selected ultra-militant francophones have decided the first ever appointed GG (a position about which they've never cared because it represents the English Queen) of Indigenous heritage in our history is an insult to them because she doesn't (yet) speak French.
2. Since 1959, Canada has adopted a convention of alternating nominations from our 2 main linguistic groups.
BTW, when Georges Vanier became the 1st francophone GG, similar determined to be unhappy ultra-militants labelled him « Vanier vendu »/«Vanier fou de la Reine »
3. We've recently had GGs of German-Australian (Schreyer), Ukrainian (Hnatyshyn), Haïtian (Jean), and Chinese (Clarkson) heritage, but the FIRST time in 154 years we name someone of Indigenous background, they lose their minds!!
1. There's a HUGE difference between legitimately critiquing the government/offering solutions to make things better and actively trying to hinder progress/convincing Canadians they are in more danger than they really are (aka lying).
2. With the temporary vaccine production slowdown, our nation's opposition parties (including, surprisingly, the "we do politics differently @CanadianGreens) have slipped into doing more of the latter than the former.
1. This is a great international leadership initiative by Canada that, though it did not at all mention #China, had #DishonourableChina leaping out its seat to protest.
Someone appears to feel 'targeted' by this; hmmm, #GuilyConscience, perhaps? 😘
2. “Let me tell you what this declaration is. It is a statement by 58 countries that the practice of #ArbitraryDetention is totally unacceptable. It goes against human rights and it is immoral and it has to stop." - Cdn Foreign Affairs Min. Marc Garneau.
3. The ONE thing #BullyChina fears most is concerted action by a collection of nations against it, because that takes away their Sun Tzu "I will crush the small nation to get the rest of you to fear me/Divide and conquer" strategy.
1. Those who do not have to #MaketheToughCall have the luxury of being sanctimonious about #PMTrudeau, upon learning of yet more #Moderna delays, going to Plan D (?!?) to access the portion #COVAX that serves as an emergency bank in exchange for the ~$440M we've put in.
Given widely varying global capacity to produce, transport, store, and administer mRNA vaccines, the more strategically these are directed to those most able to help others in places with ready infrastructure to give shots, the better.