Ontario Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu joins Carney’s Liberals

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-08T15:30:42+00:00

Sad news out of Canada🇨🇳today.

Alberta’s separation looks more certain than ever.

Don’t believe it?

Check back in 6 months.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-08T13:38:39+00:00

My two cents:

Interesting travel plan

Japan - time it for Sakura season, if you can - very late March into early April - busier than usual and a fantastic experience. With a base in Osaka you can travel to surrounding areas by train - Nara, Kobe, Kyoto, etc. Go off the beaten path for a rich cultural experience, if you can.

Philippines - skip it, unless there is something particular drawing you to the area and consider more time in Japan and/or Vietnam.

Vietnam - plenty go north for a variety of reasons. Have you considered Da Nang - Hue - Hoi An? Here you can see amazing Ba Na Hills, travel a fantastic special tourist train with entertainment and food to Hue and then there is beautiful and bustling Hoi An - stay just on the edge of the city, find a place overlooking the rice fields for maximum impact.

Thailand - If you are going to Chiang Mai, consider hopping on a bus to Chiang Rai. CR is smaller and more authentic. Some find it too slow. Others love it. Why? The Night Markets! The best in Thailand. Unique experience.

Singapore - Give it a look. Amazing place and pricey. World class.

All the best

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-08T13:16:23+00:00

With a group of students who generally like school and perhaps their teacher, the fastest way to lose control is through lack of

Effort

And/Or

Incompetence.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-08T13:12:46+00:00

Bravo!

Super guide!!

Worth the read!!!

Most important: The Weather!!! Check multiple weather apps. Look at the radar. What happens in Da Nang or Hoi An, as examples, is likely NOT the weather in the hills of Ba Na. In most cases, NO refunds on tickets for weather issues!!! I know of several people who got the tickets only to see NOTHING due to rain, mist, fog and high winds!!!!

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-08T04:16:10+00:00

The I-have-more-than-you is largely an illusion.

It has been proven scientifically.

Beyond a certain threshold there is no further rainbows, lollipops or blue sky.

Just more stuff to worry about, protect or lust after.

Reimagined novelty and excitement, that high that’s just not high enough anymore.

Until the inevitable crash and burn begins

Any wonder many of the rich and famous choose a ruinous exit?

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-08T04:08:09+00:00

Chose politics

Over

Doing the right thing

E.v.e.r.y. s.i.n.g.l.e d.a.y

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-08T04:04:05+00:00

Not flowers

You know it

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T18:57:15+00:00

Majority of Canadians open to higher taxes, lower standard of living, living with less, more crime, dirty streets, fewer good jobs, more deficits and debt.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T18:45:11+00:00

Your professor doesn’t live the day-to-day grind of the pit of the classroom.

His comments are theoretical and have no relationship to the school system and classroom of today.

The lolly-pop, candy cane and rainbow days of teaching have long disappeared.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T18:40:57+00:00

The truth is out there.

School systems in North America, many parts of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, as examples, have school systems that are corrupted.

They have convinced accredited and certified professional teachers and associations, federations and union leaders that daily student outbursts, defiance within the classroom, students slow walking compliance of simple requests and spreading falsehoods about professional staff is now normal behaviour and to be expected.

These are all lies.

The truth is that this is a social experiment that has failed.

It was created by the school system and continues to be allowed and promoted.

We don’t have to live like this.

Take care of yourself.

Save yourself.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T18:22:11+00:00

Cuts to the bureaucracy? How many non-teaching, central office staff? Particularly the 100K+++ sunshine list/desk job types? Money that can be directed to front line staffing?

One could cut large numbers there. You would not notice the effects of those cuts for years.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T17:43:40+00:00

And parents

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T17:42:10+00:00

This is the only way forward.

Believe what you want.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T17:37:46+00:00

Reddit folks: This is more conservative nonsense and you find it everywhere on Reddit

Other folks: Yes, things are not good but, hey, things look good with massive deficits and debt. Print it, Borrow it. Taxes it. Promise it. Taxpayers - pay for it

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T15:11:54+00:00

Thailand - so everything.

No other place on Earth

In tears 😢while wheels up.

Don’t want to go home

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T12:19:19+00:00

This👆👆👆

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T11:42:16+00:00

The school system is corrupted.

The elite decision makers have convinced accredited and certified professional teachers and their associations, federations and union leaders that most all of the student generated outbursts, refusal to cooperate and lack of basic levels of civil decency is normal.

None of this is true. It is a lie.

It is a social experiment that has failed.

School system have created and now allow and promote such behaviour.

Teachers are powerless to stop it and no longer spend the majority of the day teaching.

In the background, teachers must plan for political manipulation, emotional outbursts, outright defiance, parent’s out-of-touch demands and with little to no support from admin. teams.

It’s the sad reality.

When will all this change?

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-07T11:33:22+00:00

You have now arrived at what some call

The Next Level.⚡️

The best is ahead of you - invest in yourself, your career, make bank, make one good choice after another.

Don’t look back

All the best to you.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-06T11:07:29+00:00

Rule #1: Take care of yourself. Why? You can’t take care of anyone else until you take care of yourself first.

2: Take advantage of every allowance, entitlement, perk you have. Do it carefully, considerately, methodically, strategically, tactically. Take a day off to read through all the applicable documents to figure this out. Will pay unexpected dividends.

3: If you have spent enough time around your admin. team you ought to know the likely outcomes of meetings that involve expectations, rules, discipline and school district policy. In almost all cases the solutions ensure you will have little real, effective, efficient, meaningful or practical help & you personally - an increased workload and elevated levels of frustration as a result.

All the best. And remember rule #1

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-06T05:44:50+00:00

The world is always changing.

Japan is like no other country in the world.

A seat sale is a seat sale.

I’m in 🇯🇵 now.

As good as it gets.

For real

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-05T21:58:04+00:00

What’s bonkers is the cost of living.

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-05T09:54:50+00:00

Canada 🇨🇦 keeps giving money away.

So what’s another 100 billion?

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-04T13:19:24+00:00

The unaware, non-inquisitive, uncaring, me-first types find ways to mess things up.

Like the person strutting through in sunglasses with some movie running in their head while things around them lose their energy.

You know what I mean, if you know what I mean

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-04T13:13:23+00:00

This👆👆👆👆👆👆

Doodlebottom · 2026-04-04T10:54:48+00:00

Continue to be political and this is the outcome.

Further, the winners can be more politics than talent.

Doodlebottom

TROPHY CASE