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Ah, Christmas. The capitalist wet-dream. An entire season dedicated to materialism, over spending, commercialism, spending, massive debt, over eating, excessive travel, and traffic accidents.

Oh, and family, and love, and the birth of Christ and all that.

I'm not saying I don't like the spirit of the holiday - I do. I love Christmas. It's just that somewhere along the lines we kinda went overboard.

But everybody knows that already - that's not what this is about.

It's about political correctness.

Somewhere along the lines, Christmas became a non-PC term. Okay, fair enough, it's one of the most important Christian holidays after Easter - but is it really such a taboo to say "Merry Christmas"? I've grown up saying it, almost everybody I know says it, even if they aren't Christian.
I have Jewish friends who say Merry Christmas, rather then Happy Hanukkah
I have Muslim friends who say it, I have Atheist friends who say it, I never even once considered not saying it when I started following Taoism. I have yet to meet somebody who is willingly saying "Happy Holidays".

So why is it such a taboo lately?

This strikes me as a bad idea...

So, Interac is going to roll out PIN-less debit cards. You have them over a flash reader, similar to a PayPass card.


That's it, no PIN, no ways to prove that you're the owner of the card - just tap-and-go.


Now, does this not strike you as a really bad idea? They just made it a hell of a lot easier to steal and use debit cards.


The security measures they implemented? The same as before, but the maximum amount of money you can use with these cards is $50.


SO YEAH! They aren't secure, and the seem to think that people will notice immediately when their card is missing.


This is SO not a good idea.

Well, I never promised regular updates, so yeah...

The past couple of weeks have been a bit hectic. I was pretty much buried in assignments and lab reports. Last week was actually homework-free, but I used the free time as a recovery period. Now I'm good to go and ready for action once more!

I'm also, surprisingly, not hung over as a result of my birthday.

That was a fun gathering. It was not only mine, but also one of my roommates', so we had an epic gathering for dinner at Sapporo's (which is, obviously, a Japanese restaurant) then we headed for the nearest open pub (since our usual place is closed on Sunday) In the end, going to Reilly's instead of McThirsty's was a good idea, since I prefer those "un-manly" fruity drinks as opposed to beer - but I'm the one drinking more alcohol in the end, and I'm comfortable with the size of my penis, so I'm okay with the drinks being "un-manly"

Anyways. Not much else has been happening - started going to the Athletic Centre again - my muscles are, surprisingly, not in as much pain as I'd expected them to be - so I'm pleased.

That's about all that's been happening.

kthxbai