Keep the cash with my compliments and best wishes. Keep the November buspass, you're welcome! Hey, I was the one that dropped it, you just found it right? Just send the rest back to me.

Please. Pretty please. That's a week of my life and even more money replacing all of that stuff. There was stuff that is worthless to you but invaluable to me. Please!

Just pass it to the nearest Mall's lost and found or give it to the next busdriver you see and say you just found it. Please!

Good vibes for you AND you get the cash. Good deal, right?

(OK, not a Bitch per se, but I figure most people read this sectiojn first.)

Thank you.

For all those suffering of the flu this fall and are afraid of it possibly being H1N1 (even if you are labeled "high risk"), stop. Do not go get tested. Do not go to the hospital. Do, however, get some Tylenol and go home, because that is all they are offering at Halifax's hospitals today.

I only tell you this after my far from enjoyable 12.5 hour wait in emergency last night, where due to my "high risk" status (asthma), and after reading the "what to do" section of Canada Health's recommendations, I thought it was the best thing to do. Clearly I was wrong. They took on 5 patients during my time there. FIVE! For the mathematically inclined that is one patient for every 2 and a half hours.

Oh yes, and here is the kicker. They refused to test any of us!! Why? Because they tested too many already..230 samples the doctor said.

Anyways, fuck our local health organization.

Why does a school get to say whether or not to allow the police into the school when a crime has happened on school grounds???? My daughter has been the target of bullies for over 2 years, we have been working with the school to get her some help, all with nothing to show for it. The school says they are working on it but everytime we have a meeting (at least once a month) they tell me they have things in place to stop the bulling, but nothing has come of it besides more broken glasses, bruises, and gashes.

Today just broke the camels back. My daughter (9yrs old) was attacked in a locker room by 4 girls. It was a crime pure and simple, so, I do what I think I should do, I phone the police to get an officer to meet me at the school. The school then tells me and the officer that it is against school district regulations to let the police on the grounds. WTF?????? She had a tooth almost knocked out, clothes stolen, beat in the head, and the school says it's not a crime because of the ages involved. This makes no sense to me. We have gone through the proper channels so where do we go from here?

Entertainers spend a lot of time honing their craft. They perfect it until it is ready to take onstage. When they are up there, they deserve our attention and respect - even if they're not as good as we'd like. Until you spend your time putting something together (besides Lego), I'll thank you to at least be polite to the people who have the balls to get out there to make a living as an artist. Here are a few pointers.

*Just because YOU were too cheap to pay cover, and came in halfway through the show, does not mean other people don't want to hear/see what's going on. Some of us paid money, and would actually like to feel good about having spent it.

*Think about what you want BEFORE you sidle up to the bar. Make your order as quick, and as quiet as you can - this is the polite thing to do. Some of us don't want to waste the bartender's time, and we'd rather you don't waste it either.

*You have two hands. When they are held out flat, perpendicular to the floor and brought together quickly, they make a “clapping” sound. Doing this several times in succession is called “applause”. If there is an act on stage, use this particular method of showing your appreciation. (I know, I used the words “perpendicular and “succession”, so I realize this might be a stretch for some of you, but when you’re out in an audience, just watch what other people do that makes the performer happy – you’ll get the hang of it.)

*If you can't hear the act well enough to react in the right places, you're talking too loud. When the venue you are in bursts into laughter or applause, it's probably a pretty good indication that people aren’t there just for the ambience. So shut the hell up and you might see some pretty decent entertainment.

*Cell phones are not a right, they're a privilege. They can be checked like coats if you’re too stupid to figure out that your ringers can be made SILENT. Unless you're expecting a birth or a death in the family, turn the damned thing off. And while we're on the subject, if you're expecting a birth or a death in the family, maybe a live show is not where you should be.

*If you are speaking, and you hear someone say "Ssh!", don't turn around and ask "Was that directed at me?" assume it was, and shut the hell up. Don’t wait until the performers actually have to yell into the microphone and say “if those $&*#@ would shut the $%@# up, I could continue”.

Last but not least, if you can’t manage to do any of the above things to make the entertainment scene a better place, I’m going to start indiscriminately smacking assholes at an entertainment venue near you, only I will wait until a break in the enmtertainment...