Rebecca's neice is visiting with us right now, and has brought along her two daughters, aged three and six. Our dogs have never spent much time around small children and are as fascinated with the girls as the girls are with them. They follow the girls around, wanting to play, and they keep licking the girls' faces and hands, which leads to squeals and shrieks from the girls, which leads to... You get the idea. We attempted to all watch The Incredibles last night, a movie I've wanted to see for a long time. I've been around kids before and I didn't expect them to sit quietly through the whole thing, but I thought we adults might at least get through it with a few interruptions. Nope. Dogs barking, and kids shrieking and running around made it impossible. We gave up at what I'd peg as the half way mark, with no clue really about what was going on.
It's been a while since I've been in so much commotion. Don't get me wrong, the girls are cute and sweet and very good with the dogs. The dogs are probably very happy to have new playmates as well. I'm not sure how long they'll be here. Probably until the middle of next week. I'm trying to sneak in here every once and a while, while I need a "Timeout" for myself, but I think substantive posting will be unlikely until things return to normal. I may be able to share links and comment on things and I hope to do so. I may even have pictures to post at some point.
Makes room for CanWest to join the majors
Kudos to CanWest for calling a terrorist a terrorist . Many, including The Last Amazon , will be happy to hear it. Reuters is among the worst of the major western news services, where I would also place the BBC and the CBC.
Unsurprisingly, Reuters is not happy about the changes CanWest made to Reuters wire stories:
Our editorial policy is that we don't use emotive words when labeling someone," said David A. Schlesinger, Reuters' global managing editor. "Any paper can change copy and do whatever they want. But if a paper wants to change our copy that way, we would be more comfortable if they remove the byline." Mr. Schlesinger said he was concerned that changes like those made at CanWest could lead to "confusion" about what Reuters is reporting and possibly endanger its reporters in volatile areas or situations. "My goal is to protect
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