http://www.brianporter.ca/ranting.html The rants and ramblings of a grumpy man; thousands of words of intolerance. en-us Copyright (c)2003-2010 by Brian M. Porter webmaster@brianporter.ca webmaster@brianporter.ca http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2011-04-01.html No foolin' ... helping is often about the helper, not the helpee ... brian@brianporter.ca Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:27:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2011-01-24.html Just one thing, though ... who the f%@& is Floyd??? brian@brianporter.ca Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:47:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-12-18.html A five year old prediction comes true. I ruminate on friendships and the fact that they really are worth something to me. brian@brianporter.ca Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:46:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-11-29.html Well, to quote REM, 'There's something going on that's not quite right.' brian@brianporter.ca Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:26:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-11-04.html We were all told something like, 'Nothing you learn is a wasted effort,' and for so long we've accepted that rather murky truism at face value that we've forgotten that, sometimes, a waste of time is just a waste of time, no matter how one spins it. brian@brianporter.ca Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:29:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-10-21.html Her life may be coming apart at the seams, but we can use her miserable train wreck of a life to divert our attention away from the financial disaster of the 21st century. brian@brianporter.ca Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:10:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-09-29.html Normally I leave the 419-ers alone ... but this time I just couldn't resist. brian@brianporter.ca Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:09:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-09-22.html Neither apologist nor environmentalist. It's a pointed little fence to sit on, but who knows where the truth really lies? brian@brianporter.ca Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:24:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-08-23.html Nothing, and I mean Absolutely Nothing, infuriates me more than the abuse of power. So my dander was raised after, in rapid succession last week, I saw three stories of overzealous police and/or peace officers using excessive violence. brian@brianporter.ca Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:50:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-08-12.html What I'd like to see is a definitive report stating everything known or *honestly* theorized about global warming in one concise paper, with none of the obvious fudging, cooking, and just plain dishonesty we are seeing from both sides. Is that too much to ask for? brian@brianporter.ca Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:07:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-07-16.html You know the folks I'm talking about ... the unhappy ones who nevertheless 'know' just what you need in your life. These are the people who think 'you should' are two words that form a perfect union as long as they are coming from their mouths. brian@brianporter.ca Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:47:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-06-21.html Life after death is an unknown, of course; however, what to make of those eerily consistent reports relayed by people who are returned to life after clinically dying? brian@brianporter.ca Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:06:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-06-07.html Raising children is not as much about the children as I thought it would be: It's just as much about learning about myself ... and in a way that gives me a second chance at the things I missed the first time around. brian@brianporter.ca Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:52:00 PDT http://www.brianporter.ca/rants/2010-05-31.html The final push to the end of the sessions for the new CD, and the electric magic that resulted in one of the latest songs. brian@brianporter.ca Mon, 31 May 2010 16:11:00 PDT