The following is taken from the June ‘09 edition of Reader’s Digest here in Canada and are the survey responses to two questions of who/which Canadians do we trust the most. They are the two categories i found the most interesting.

Most Trusted Professions:

1. Firefighters
2. Ambulance drivers/paramedics
3. Airline pilots
4. Nurses
5. Pharmacists
6. Doctors
7. Police
8. Armed forces
9. Veterinarians
10. Dentists
11. Teachers
12. Judges

and the least…

29. Lawyers
30. Print journalists
31. Actors/actresses
32. Car mechanics
33. Investment brokers
34. Taxi drivers
35. Psychics/astrologers
36. CEO’s
37. Real estate agents
38. Home building contractors
39. Politicians
40. Car salespeople
41. Telemarketers

Top 5 Most Trusted Industries:

1. Medical research
2. Technology
3. Food
4. Airline
5. Tourism

and the bottom 5 (least trusted)…

25. Automobile
26. Cellular phone
27. Tobacco
28. Oil
29. Advertising

inneresting, eh?

’cause i’m not ready (nor inspired) to write on my absence (and maybe won’t), here’s a couple of the best ‘recut’ trailers on the web…

first The Shining as a romantic comedy (yes, i know, just watch it…)

and now Mary Poppins as a horror movie…

trying to work on somethings that have slammed me again. will be back to posting soon i hope.

I only saw bits of the American version of this show (the grand finale of any episode is worth searching for, i couldn’t find any tho), but this is a clip of an awesome elimination round in the original UK version i saw some time ago, and now reprise here for your enjoyment (and cringing at times ).

Note: it is fairly long if you watch all the way to the end, but to the end of the paintball part is definitely worth your time ).

Ready?

GO!

and in case you’re interested, the host is Jimmy Carr, acerbic stand-up comedienne and worth a watch all on his own (check out his annihilating a heckler clip on you tube – really good stuff).

i’ve been ’sitting’ a friend in the hospital for nearly a week (surgery kept getting postponed, and their lovely ‘bed in the hallway’ room was just the thing). That and i’m now getting daymares (nightmares when i fade out in the daytime), now none of my ’sleeps’ are the least bit restful anymore.

so expect posts and replies to be a bit sporadic for the next while, ok?

thx

My brother sent me an email with these in it the other day (among others). Now that I have my ‘Fun’ blog (for the lighthearted stuff) I can now go more this way with the humour i put on this blog.

See if you can guess which one i ‘dedicated’ to each of you, and why

(hint: you can put your cursor over each picture for the answer …once you’ve guessed)

i’m not going to be dropping humour from this blog completely, but it will get a little harsher in nature at times… check back in a couple of days for what i mean by that

this blog, like my life, has turned into an effort to be all things for all people and thus rarely serves it’s original purpose anymore. This was a slowly creeping self-decision that (as always) i didn’t see myself making …until now. As such, i am looking at starting a new blog focusing on the fun/funny stuff and will take this one back to it’s dark and light insight(s) into my struggles with anxiety, depression, extreme loneliness and need to connect with others who understand and maybe can help me.

Once i have the URL for the new one, i will email it to anyone who posts a comment here requesting same. (yes, i’m going to make you ask for it, i do have some pride left you know, as miniscule as it is )