Another day, another dollar

Yesterday was not a good day, food-wise. The beef cubes for my stew didn't thaw properly, for starters. Then when I was browning the beef I recalled that the last time I had done this I had made a mental note not to use the smaller pan, because it's not big enough for all the meat and onions. Guess which pan I was using yesterday? Yeah.

Then I burnt the bottom of my chili. Normally I do it in the crock pot, but the crock pot already had stew in it. I didn't scrape the bottom, and at first taste the burnt taste doesn't appear to have permeated it, but one can never be sure. I did add extra jalapenos (I can't find the little squiggle on this keyboard, blast it), and that may have burnt off all my taste buds. Oh well.

Anyway, I salvaged all the food from disaster, did a load of laundry, and managed to watch three movies while I was procrastinating (for the curious: "Night of the Living Dead," "The Princess Bride," and "The Magnificent Seven"). Not too shabby. ;)

The lovely luvenditti stopped by for a quick visit in the evening, too, and the feline forces of entropy threw themselves at her shamelessly. My cats are whores.

I went to bed too late again, because my body refuses to go to sleep these days, and now I am tired.

A "stiff" sentence?

Clearly, the news' definition of "stiff" sentence is not my definition of a stiff sentence. Granted, I don't know much about the details of penal law in Canada but fifteen years in jail for murdering four RCMP officers doesn't seem all that harsh to me.

I'm disappointed, frankly, and angry. This is only slightly more than a slap on the wrist. It's basically giving a green light to people to go ahead and murder our officers and expect only mild repercussions. Fifteen years, but they've already served five, and with good behaviour they might serve even less.

Four young officers were gunned down in the prime of their lives. One of them was a cousin of one of my OCC colleagues. He had a wife and three young children. I'd like to know where the justice is here.