I'm told it's a civic holiday here in Ontario. I've forgotten that fact at least twice in the last week, including during one really impressive conversation with a customer in which I forgot her name, told her she'd be getting a delivery on Monday (today), and generally sounded like a blithering idiot (which, just to be completely clear, is not usually the case).
This is kind of depressing. Is becoming a 'black' disease a step up or a step down from being a 'gay' disease? Does this garner more or less attention for people suffering from AIDS? I have to wonder, given the penchant for being on 'the down low' that I keep hearing about, maybe the reason there isn't more attention being paid is that a lot of black American men don't want attention for being HIV-positive or having full-blown AIDS. Or maybe it's And the Band Played On all over again.
While I'm on the topic, the Black Coalition of Quebec is going ahead with plans to launch a new drug-fighting initiative despite a lack of public interest. Dennis Muhammed, who has apparently set up similar programs in Detroit, is mobilizing adult community members to patrol the streets and act as watchdogs to deter gang members and drug trafficking. They'll also report anything they notice to the police.
I'm really not sure I like the idea - it smacks of vigilanteism to me, even though it's a community effort rather than a solitary or small group of whackos. And community effort is good. In any case, I remember when I was living in Montreal not so many years ago, and Little Burgundy was not a place I would want to walk alone at night. Or even during the day, sometimes. As long as I can remember, the neighbourhood has been a sketchy, dangerous place, and anything that reduces that is a good thing.
I will cheerfully admit that I know nothing about Moveable Type beyond filling in the blanks in the template. I want to know more! So of course Learning Movable Type, the website recommended inside the Movable Type updating interface, is down. Of course! Good thing it's down for server issues rather than coding, or we'd have a textbook definition of irony on our hands.
This is kind of depressing. Is becoming a 'black' disease a step up or a step down from being a 'gay' disease? Does this garner more or less attention for people suffering from AIDS? I have to wonder, given the penchant for being on 'the down low' that I keep hearing about, maybe the reason there isn't more attention being paid is that a lot of black American men don't want attention for being HIV-positive or having full-blown AIDS. Or maybe it's And the Band Played On all over again.
While I'm on the topic, the Black Coalition of Quebec is going ahead with plans to launch a new drug-fighting initiative despite a lack of public interest. Dennis Muhammed, who has apparently set up similar programs in Detroit, is mobilizing adult community members to patrol the streets and act as watchdogs to deter gang members and drug trafficking. They'll also report anything they notice to the police.
I'm really not sure I like the idea - it smacks of vigilanteism to me, even though it's a community effort rather than a solitary or small group of whackos. And community effort is good. In any case, I remember when I was living in Montreal not so many years ago, and Little Burgundy was not a place I would want to walk alone at night. Or even during the day, sometimes. As long as I can remember, the neighbourhood has been a sketchy, dangerous place, and anything that reduces that is a good thing.
I will cheerfully admit that I know nothing about Moveable Type beyond filling in the blanks in the template. I want to know more! So of course Learning Movable Type, the website recommended inside the Movable Type updating interface, is down. Of course! Good thing it's down for server issues rather than coding, or we'd have a textbook definition of irony on our hands.
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