The Daily Habit

Kickin' it old school!!

Unfair tax grab

Click on the link below and sign the petition if you don't want to pay more for these services (just an example).

www.unfairtaxgrab.com

What will be taxed
The goods and services below were not taxed under the provincial sales tax (known as the Retail Sales Tax) but will be subject to the HST making them 8% more expensive::
• Gasoline
• Utilities (heating/hydro/natural gas)
• Internet bills
• Prepared foods under $4 (e.g., coffee and doughnut)
• Newspapers and magazines
• Adult footwear under $30
• Admissions under $4 (e.g., pool)
• Veterinary care
• Personal services (e.g., hair stylist, massage)
• Professional services (e.g., legal, accountant, mutual fund fees)
• Membership fees (e.g., gym)
• New homes over $400,000
• Real estate commissions
• Commercial property rentals
• Landscaping
• Vitamins
• Postal stamps and courier fees
• Green fees
• Most admissions to live theatres
• Taxi fares
• Conferences and seminars
• Dry cleaning
• Carpet cleaning
• Funeral costs
• Labour costs related to home renovation
• Motor vehicle services (towing, car washing)
• Ice rink rental
• Hotels (tax rising from 5% to 8%)
• Overnight summer camps (tax rising from 3% to 8%)
• Campgrounds
• Domestic air, rail, and commercial bus tickets

"It's business time....." (sung in a high pitched voice like Flight of the Conchords).

The snow has already made it's first appearance of the season and the daily temperatures are fit to send snowbirds south and parents scrambling for toques and mittens. So without further adieu, here is the first blatant attempt at brand brainwashing of the season. Celsius has shipped their dealers in full and while each week more are joining the bandwagon there are those out there who have already started making little pavement pounding appendages happy. You too can do your feet a favour by visiting any of these retailers; Broken Board in Shelbourne, Dogbowl in Brooklyn (Ontario you idiot!), Fathom in Collingwood, Kahuna in Orillia, Sign of the Skier in Toronto, Slaysh in Ottawa, Surfside in Ottawa, Thread Shed in Innisfil and Vertical in Owen Sound.

Oooohhhhhh....to be Ken Block for just one day!

On second thought a day wouldn't be enough. It would take at least a week to cover just the highlights.

Better late than never!!!

I guess the summer can lull a person into a false sense of relaxation BUT!! Summer's over and the pre season rail competitions are well under way. So without further adieu I want to announce offically the addition of Patruck D Hrivnak to the Vert Agencies family. Pat got his first Signal board last week (153 OG) and Celsius Cirrus boots and promptly put them to good use at the Georgian College jibfest taking home second place!! Here's a short edit from Pat's season last year. Sit back and enjoy.

Untitled from Pat Hrivnak on Vimeo.

An early start......

Well, October is barely over and this is what the Dialogue crew has to show for it so far. Can't wait to see what they get up to with real snow and a few more months.

2 Weeks of October with Dialogue from Dialogue on Vimeo.

Westbeach Airtime for November

Here is the latest Airtime release from Westbeach. What on earth will they do with all the powdered riders?? Go to the website and sign up to win free shit!!

Westbeach November Airtime from Eric Weber on Vimeo.

Georgian College Jibfest on Halloween

The annual Georgian College Jibfest went down this past weekend on Halloween day. Signal and Vert Agencies riders Brandon Morris, Mark Goodall, Brady Swartz, Pat Hrvniak and Sam Denena were all in attendance and placed well. Congratulations to Mark for taking first and Pat for taking second as well as Sam for finishing second in the ladies division. Will post some photos next but in the meantime here's some video that Mark sent me a link to. Mark is in the blue (?) hoody, Brady is bright blue pants and Pat is dressed in the Caveman costume.

Georgian Jibfest 2009 from Tommy Keith on Vimeo.