Colds suck

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That's how I feel right now. I can't remember the last time I was awake at 4:30 in the morning. I have to wake up in 3 and a half hours to go to a meeting, followed by a shift at work.

I wonder if it's safe to take the vacuum to my sinuses, I'm guessing it's not. Ah well, I'm going to attempt to get some sleep, just thought I'd share my misery with the world.

Now that's interesting

So I hear today that Belinda Stronach has moved from the blues to the reds just 2 days before a house of commons vote on the budget that could take down the government if it does not pass. Currently the Liberal/NDP alliance has 152 votes (including Stronach's), and the Bloc/Conservative alliance has 152 votes (obviously excluding Stronach's). So assuming everyone votes along party lines, everything falls to the 3 independents:

Chuck Cadman - former Reformer, Alliance, and Conservative party member.
Carolyn Parrish - 10 plus year liberal before leaving the party over the sponsorship scandal (if memory serves me).
David Kilgour - 14 plus year liberal before leaving the party around the same time Parrish did.

One would think that even if the former Conservative (Cadman) were to vote with the government, that at least one of Parrish/Kilgour is still holding a grudge with the Liberals and will vote against them. If at least two of those three vote against the budget then it's election time. Although I wonder if there will be any more crossing of the floor between now and Thursday, this stuff seems to happen in streaks. It'll make for an interesting vote.

Thunderstorms make for some amazing pictures. I stole this off Matt's blog. He's taking this picture of Jay taking a picture of me flaked out on the little deck thing.