Well? What are you gonna do now?

30 Jun 17
05:00 hrs

     Well, you voted for a change in government on the Left Coast (well, I hope you voted) and now the torch has been officially passed to a coalition government. It should be interesting as to what will happen if the minor portion of the union feels stepped on. They might just bail on their agreement and join forces with the opposition which would lead to another vote of non-confidence and another election.

     Now, in an attempt to remain in power and actually get some mutually beneficial work done, Outgoing Premier Crusty Clark gave in to all most all of the her opponents wishes to the point that the the Speech from the Throne was almost a  mirror image of the Oppositions election platform. If the Opposition had accepted the Speech, Crusty's minority government would have remained in power but would have been held to task under a constant threat of non-confidence. It could have worked. Traditionally, minority governments do get more meaningful work done because they have to.

     Nope!

     The Coalition was bound and determined to remove Crusty and end her Party's sixteen year reign. Take note. The reason they had been in power for so long is because the last time the Opposition Party was in power they screwed the province like a pig stuck in an Kentucky fence line.

     Li'l Sis is travelling home to be with her friends and the Sages for the Canada Day celebration. Hope she has fun. Here at the Wayward Inn, we'll probably head to 5th Ave to see the big parade. What the heck. It's not a Capital City parade by any means  but it does have that local flavour. Come out and watch. You might even see a neighbour walking by.

     The Junior Loin Fruit came out with a comment the other night that must be shared. We had finished having supper and went for a walk. We had planned to have some ice cream later but I had neglected to pick some up. No big deal, we could have it tomorrow. Couch Monkey #2 says, "You want dessert? You went for a walk. That's your dessert."

     I have submitted the title for the next book to the National Library and Archives for the ISBN. Yes, I am still piecing it together and yes I am still looking for an editor. Worst case scenario is I have it professionally edited and I write off the expense. Personally,  I would rather not put out the monies but if I have to I will. As soon as this is out the door I'll start strong arming the family for their submissions for the next one. I don't yhink a lot of them understand what I want/need. I'll probably have to write out a couple of examples for them to latch onto. I'll have to give them a dead line and if I don't receive it then it will not be added in.

01 Jul 17
12:15 hrs

     My Lobster and I went to see the Canada Day Parade on 5th Street.  There were some entries that we had not seen on previous years. Saratoga Speedway had a couple of floats. Then again so did the Mustard Lady. The people from Edible Island, the Valley's Uber-Granola-Vegan store, were all parading in their costumes. I thought they were actors from a local production of Veggie Tales while my  Better Half said they gave the parade the look of the Greater Gray Squash Festival from the movie "Doc Hollywood"