http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/ennoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2012-05-08T18:40:36-07:00tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456195232930698844511125http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/10/angelheaded-hipsters-burning-for-that.htmlsmokingTorontostuff white people likegentrificationBloor West VillageTTChipstersnoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-10-23T12:12:00-07:002011-10-25T05:07:19.475-07:000Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; ...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/10/eddie-punchclock-takes-pass-on.htmlMain StreetFrank ZappaWall StreetoccupysocialismoccupationEddie PunchclockprotestLeonard Cohennoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-10-16T09:22:00-07:002011-10-16T09:29:46.168-07:000I was a “maybe” on Facebook for our local occupation. The coverage in our city paper said that 73 people confirmed they would attend but only 30 made it. 43 said maybe. One of the maybes was me. Not to get too personal but this is the first weekend that I haven’t had some kind of family obligation or pressing project to work on before the snow hits. So I occupied the couch with a couple of cans and some back episodes of Time Team. Some of my more radical compadres might be surprised at this...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/10/recurring-nightmare.htmlSid Ryanworkplace accidentsworkplace safetyOHSAarc flashCLACPPEhealth and safetynoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-10-15T06:12:00-07:002011-10-15T06:27:36.970-07:000I had a job interview this past Tuesday for the first time in a lot of years. I didn’t think I was stressed, wasn’t feeling it at all, and yet somehow I managed to get a bit wound up and had a fitful sleep. I don’t often dream anymore because I’m usually too damned tired but I had a vivid technicolour blowout in which Toronto’s CN Tower collapsed like one of the Twin Towers but I felt totally safe because I had my workplace Personal Protective Clothing on. I didn’t think much of it until I got...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/10/now-that-endangered-birds-are-being.htmlevictionurban renewalgentrificationGuelphFamily Thrift StoreJane Jacobsnoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-10-01T06:38:00-07:002011-10-01T07:12:05.198-07:000Now that the endangered birds are being moved out, the Family Thrift Store and Lee's Convenience in downtown Guelph will feel the wrecking ball in short order. I wrote this in 2009 shortly before Ray's eviction but it was never published. In memory of my favourite downtown shop and hub of the arts which we are not likely to see again anytime soon, here's a look back. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/08/reflections-of-nra-trained-bike-riding.htmlSlobodiangun controlUtoeyaNRAlong gun registryMichael CorenBreviknoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-08-11T04:05:00-07:002011-09-08T07:10:56.792-07:000Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; ...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/07/american-idolatry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-07-13T17:57:00-07:002011-07-13T18:02:00.087-07:000Stomping Tom Connors was on our nation’s radio station Canada Day morning, our most famous self made national icon. Tom is a Canuck country/folk legend who has traveled the entire length and breadth of this gigantic nation in his 75 years and has penned a song or ten about most of it. There is far more to his repertoire than his most recognizable “Hockey Song”, as Tom has released 20 full length albums since the late 1960s. He was lamenting the Walmartization of Canada, that inescapable cloning...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/06/there-will-be-mud.htmlMelanchtonGuelphHighlandbrownfieldgravel pitpotatoesurban developmentnoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-06-28T04:19:00-07:002011-09-08T07:14:27.759-07:000Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; ...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2011/02/get-out-of-my-county-you-multinational.htmlbottled waterGrand River WatershedGuelphAberfoyleNestle Watersexploitnoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2011-02-22T17:31:00-08:002011-02-22T17:37:24.517-08:000Here is my submission to the MOE about renewing Nestles' water sucking permit: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2010/12/normal-0-false-false-false_29.htmlIslamreligulousChristianHitchensfaithnoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2010-12-29T14:50:00-08:002010-12-29T15:01:31.292-08:000Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; ...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2010/12/normal-0-false-false-false.htmlmallanti-capitalistnegotiatemammonunionKing Jesusworknoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2010-12-19T07:35:00-08:002010-12-19T07:47:48.748-08:000Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; ...http://spannerbook.blogspot.com/2010/12/welcome-to-spannerbook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scotty Hertz)2010-12-19T06:14:00-08:002010-12-19T06:17:33.811-08:000The problem with free blogs is that eventually they get nuked somehow. I think Im going to stay here for a while. Welcome to Spannerbook!