Proud Displays

Some bullets:

• Added: Sometimes we think about leaving Kitchener for Waterloo, the trendier, younger, richer, prettier, more prosperous, more dentally-attended sibling of Kitchener. leapfish sent me a link to this house today, not because it's anything great, but because of the description. Highly recommended reading.
• I've seen more people without sleeves on their shirts in Kitchener than in any other city in which I've lived.
• Added: Kitchener used to be called Berlin.
• I've seen more swastikas and iron crosses tattooed on sleeveless and shirtless individuals in Kitchener than in any other city in which I've lived.
• A boring grey sedan drove by me the other day with a 50ish man driving. It was decorated with those hubcaps that spin independently from the wheel rim, typically meaning they actually stay still. They were Iron Crosses.
• There's a town in northern Ontario called Swastika*.

Sometimes I feel so disconnected from other people around me and I just can't make that leap to understand where they're coming from. As a trainer I feel bad when I can't empathize with my students.

I definitely don't feel bad about it when it's some Nazi sympathizers.

* Swastika, Ontario was not named in honour of Nazism, it's older.

Telemarketing Survey

No no! Don't hang up! I'm wondering what you do, if anything, to combat telemarketing calls in your home.

1. listen to the whole spiel, then say no as much as necessary
2. hang up once they say something to show it's telemarketing
3. hang up when nobody says "Hi!" when you answer (i.e. computer is routing call because you answered)
4. never answer the phone
5. at first opportunity, ask to be removed from call list
6. remove your number from the call list because you work at the telemarketing company
7. use complicated math equations to get them to stop bugging you
8. other