Random thoughts over the past week I tried, and failed, to post over the last week because I couldn't find anything truly interesting to write about. I'm one of those strange people who enjoys election campaigns -- there's always things to write about and in this post-election refractory period, it's, well, kind of dull. And the federal stuff just isn't interesting anymore... Another Conservative minister accused of improper travel. Harper's trying to control the media (which is so 2006). The Tories are bullying the unions again. Yawn. So here's just a few things I thought about in the last week: My Blackberry is feeling neglected. While RIM was on hiatus, I uploaded the new Apple iOS5 to my iPhone -- love it! iMessage works great, the push notifications are awesome and new emails show up on my home screen (I no longer need to refresh to see new mail). Having mastered the Apple keyboard some time ago, I'm now preferring it to my berry. Oh, and there's an app called "Friend Finder" that Champ and I have renamed "iStalker". Now I just have to figure out how to install it on my kids' iPhones without them knowing about it... This still bothers me . As the mother of teenagers, including a son who's into punk rock and skateboarding, there are times they wear things I disapprove of and, even though I want to, I rarely intervene. Unless a skirt is too short or too much skin is exposed or if