It is now official and very real. Smoking in public places is not allowed anymore in the province of Quebec. I present my condolences to every smoker out there that will have to grief their cigarette during break times or will have to bend to extraordinary circumstances to get their smoke. I won’t hide my joy, I do not believe smoking is good for our health especially those of us that don’t usually smoke and are imposed upon. The government seems rather serious since if you are caught smoking in front of a building less than 9 meters from the entrance you get a $500 fine and the building a $1000. Every time they pick someone who outlaw he’ll fuel the province with a fresh $1500 that will help paying for the health care system.
But no matter how great it is for non-smokers to visit bars, pubs and restaurant that are smoke free, there is something much more important being that law. Are we finally considering all the negative effects of smoke? Why not extend it to the massive pollution we initiate as humans, by cars, industries and such. We might finally become responsible and slowly start kicking out bad habits for our own good and the well being of everyone else. I must state once again that you can’t compare smoking to other habits that are putting your health at risk because all the other ones (junk food, alcohol, sleep depravation, and lack of physical activity) do not involves directly the health of the others. Smoking was the first target but there is still work to be done to take care of our collective health.
After all those years I never realized how much looks can really be deceiving. Just this week was the season finale of the second season of Desperate Housewives and believe I became an instant fan. It’s obvious that soaps are always over the top dramatic but this one is in a fact a good comedy. I’m not sure if it’s the kind of humor I’ve been acustomed too but every time I watch an episode I laugh out loud on one or two occasions.
Ever since last year I was intrigued by the success of Dan Brown novel. When I had heard they were making a movie I decided I had to read the book first. A year went by and I missed that opportunity. I didn’t care much about the international success of the book becoming a movie but thanks to a friend I went and saw it. First off I’ll say it’s a good movie. You start off with a simple murder that hides a much bigger conspiracy. Allies, traitors, mischief and riddle solving is present to give you a rather enjoyable time.The movie stars 
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From now on, up to the end of 2006. SkypeOut calls made from US & Canada to US or Canada land line or cell phones are free. You read right! In order to make free calls you had to have two Skype accounts using their computer. You also had to pay a small fee to make calls outside the Skype network. But in a mind blowing move, Skype owned by eBay gives more free calls! Now through my initial testing of the feature one call I made to a friend was even clearer that using my regular phone. I called her with Skype and at the same time used my regular phone. She stated no one would notice the difference since the Skype call was loud and clear. However it seems the first few minutes are not at optimal quality.
