Hooray for moms!
I was on a flight from Toronto to Vancouver last Sunday and there was a woman with two small children. She was a little overwhelmed – I'm not 100 per cent why; possibly lack of sleep, missing family, her littlest guy crying and running around, who knows?
All I wanted to say I thought you did great! From the little I saw you were a great mom, smiling and kind even though you were stressed. I hope nobody gave you grief for him running around or crying; we all paid too much for those crappy seats anyway.
–Keith
When everything is a crisis, nothing is
Re: Rant/Rave, July 28, 2016.
Paul Richards’ rant about sidewalk safety is well taken. There are definitely times when some idiot rides their bike past me on the sidewalk. However, using comments like, "Sidewalks are not safe for walking anymore" is just such nonsense and screams of desperation to make a point that I am beginning to find this aspect of modern culture kinda irritating.
Is it so bad that I am in danger every time I leave my West End home that I will be hit by a cyclist? I walk everywhere, so am I risking my life doing so? There is just so much hyperbolic language these days from “That was the most amazing weekend of my life!” to “So-and-so is the stupidest person in the world” and “That was the worst movie I have ever seen” to what Paul does – inflating an issue to make your point of view seem relevant by shock and scare tactics.
I realize this is a place to rant and therefore vent, but if people could just dial back the emotion for certain issues that would be like soooooo amazing!
–Brian
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