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The Budget That Missed

January 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Musings!

Yesterday’s “something-for-everyone” budget can be described in a single word: underwhelming. Yes, the headline numbers ($85B in additional debt over five years, $20B in tax cuts . . .) were huge, but this budget lacked a key ingredient: vision. Look at the spending priorities: tax cuts, infrastructure, home renovation, job retraining, culture – can you [...]

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Downsizing

September 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Musings!

I have too much stuff, and it makes me sick to look at it. Not a figurative sickness – no, a claustrophobic, stomach-churning, on my knees “Oh my God I’m going to scream, I’m drowning in stuff” sickness. My possessions don’t just take up space in my room – they

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Street Photography is not Voyeurism

June 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Musings!, Photography

I can sense the discomfort when I talk about street photography. Not my own, but of the other person on finding that it means taking pictures of people in public spaces. I’ve never received a coherent explanation for their unease, just the slightly wary, discomfited look to their eye, the muttered statement that they wouldn’t [...]

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