Well, we’re down to the wire here, folks. My daughter has made great strides over the last few days, rocketing up from 268 to 539 in the Harper-Collins “Share the Reading” contest, but is still inexplicably trailing by about 50 votes to a witless person who adores puppies and thinks the book adaptation of “Marley and Me” is a literary wonder.
So now it’s all down to the proverbial ground game and turning out the votes. Today is the last day to cast a ballot. Essentially, it boils down to this choice:
Need I say more?
By the way, if you’ve already voted… no problem, you can vote again!
https://hccsharereadingcontest.com/mobile/profile.php?entry=503300352
And if you can pass that link on after voting via email or to your social networks that would be terrific. I would love nothing more than to help score a win for her and the worthy charitable foundation she’s competing for.
Well done, and good luck to you all.
Oh nuts, sorry Red, I had a week of not checking in, and I missed this! My apologies good sir. I am glad you are still kicking. I know it is depressing these days; there seems to be little refuge from it all (though here is a nice place).
I would like in my heart to believe that justice will prevail and that your daughter will win; however, my head tells me that she will not. A sad commentary …
haven’t checked your site our for ages. I voted have voted for the flower pot… NOT!
Your daughter seems very sweet and I’ve never hear of Marley and me. So, she would have my vote … if I weren’t so late (Dad notwithstanding).
Politics has become more than a drag. It now seems beside the point. We are fucked regardless.
FYI, she lost out to the flower pot. Well, such is life.
And to Nomennovum, I second that emotion. It’s why I haven’t bothered dealing with the blog for a long while. Politics in the Great White North has been a drag… a Conservative majority with all the thrilling excitement of cold tapioca and here at “home” an inertial NDP government sitting on a 14 year incumbency (how dynamic do you think THAT is?). I’ve just had better things to.
But hey, I may get more engaged. I do sort of miss this place.
“Politics in the Great White North has been a drag… a Conservative majority with all the thrilling excitement of cold tapioca and here at “home” an inertial NDP government sitting on a 14 year incumbency (how dynamic do you think THAT is?). I’ve just had better things to.”
If you want to get wonkish, the PST hike’s been a fascinating and controversial topic. There’s also been the clusterf*ck of LGTB rights opposition coming out of the less savoury circles of Manitoba.