Chronicles of Twatrick: Um ... wut?

Busy day ahead, but an anonymous tipster brings to my attention this truly weird publication by Patrick "Super Nexus Bikini Combat etc etc ..." Ross, where Patrick apparently does not appreciate the possible legal consequences of what he tweets and, given that I am not a lawyer, I will simply speculate:

First, I think we can all agree that, given that Patrick has already publicly stated that he thought a recent visitor to the ol' Ross homestead was for nothing more than to ascertain his location, to suggest he is going to ground to escape imminent "physical harm" is more than a little drama queenish. But let's ignore Patrick's egregious misrepresentation of the situation and concentrate on something that might be more significant to his plight.

You see, Patrick keeps threatening to sue your humble scribe and, as he insists on doing that himself without legal representation, and given that he does not have substituted service for me, he is legally required to serve me properly and legally via a process server -- he knows full well where I am available for such service. But here's his problem (and I suspect some smart cookies can already see where this is going).

If Patrick insists on representing himself without the aid of a lawyer who (unlike Patrick) actually understands law, then he must, by law, make himself available for return service; that is, he is required to provide a proper and legal address for service such that I can respond in kind if and when I am properly served. And now you see Patrick's dilemma.

Even if he hires a process server, it seems to me that Patrick cannot serve me without providing a correct and current address so that I can serve him back; in short, if Patrick chooses to remain in hiding, there is no way he can serve me in a legal way that does not allow me the ability to reply. (If Patrick had a lawyer, that would not be a problem, but given Patrick's insistence on doing things himself, I don't see how Patrick thinks this is going to work.)

As I admitted, I am not a lawyer, but it seems that, having blown this one incident wildly out of proportion and insisting he needs to go into hiding for his personal safety, Patrick has sort of fucked himself out of the ability to do, well, anything. I will, of course, be passing this on to my lawyer, who can decide what consequences this is going to have.

Now, if you will excuse me, unlike Patrick, I have an actual job.

P.S. I predict that Patrick, given an impending deadline of tomorrow, Friday, April 28, to fill out and return the Saskatchewan sheriffs' mandatory financial questionnaire pursuant to my collection proceedings against him, will suddenly argue that he has no obligation to do so given that he is in fear for his life, or something equally ludicrous.

He's done this sort of thing before, and I predict he will do it again.

Let's watch.

P.P.S. As I do not have a Facebook account, I can't check in on whether Patrick has published any more disingenuous nonsense to the Facebook group "Your Lloydminster", so if anyone who has access can poke their nose in there and take a few screenshots for me, that'd be great, thanks.

Perhaps my favourite pic of what someone has already sent me is one "Zevin Kindrachuk" patiently (and quite correctly) explaining that there is nothing even remotely illegal about taking pictures of whatever you want as long as you're not trespassing, with Patrick refusing to have anything to do with logic or reality or, you know, facts:

So appreciate that, even in Lloydminster, people are telling Patrick he's full of shit. I will have more to say about this exchange in a subsequent post.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Let's talk about license plates, shall we?

Apparently, fugitive from bankruptcy Patrick Ross is still whinging on about the nefarious masked man that had the effrontery to (*checks notes*) stand in a public roadway and take a picture of the family property. Amusingly, Patrick's most ballyhooed bit of evidence of the maliciousness of this individual is that the associated vehicle did not have a license plate, indicating clearly the evil intentions of the driver. Patrick goes on and on and tediously on about the significance of this fact.

I have subsequently come into possession of photographic evidence that said vehicle did, in fact, have a license plate, just not where you would normally expect it, but it was indeed present, so that entire line of argument has just collapsed like a flan in a cupboard.

Thanks for stopping by.

P.S. No, I don't owe anyone any evidence; I've seen it for myself and I am satisfied.

LE *SIGH* ... Apparently, for the benefit of the hard of thinking, I need to explain this yet again. At the moment, Patrick "Mom, he's looking at me!!!!" Ross is currently whinging on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about the obviously nefarious intent on the part of someone who shows up in a vehicle that he claims had no license plate.

Now, unlike Patrick, I am actually interested in facts, so I dug into the matter and was subsequently assured that said vehicle was indeed licensed, the proof simply not being in the normal place on a vehicle that one expects to see it, but it was there. Patrick is invited to continue screeching dishonestly about this; I, on the other hand, took the time to check this out and am satisfied that Patrick and all of his ignorant, hillbilly neighbours are simply idiots.

P.S. We are not done with Patrick yet, as it appears he might have filed a false police report with the Lloydminster RCMP. I currently have a call in to the officer handling this alleged report, and am waiting for a callback.

Here is an abridged screenshot from a post Patrick made to a Lloydminster-wide Facebook group:

I think you see Patrick's problem here ... if he was convinced that this person was simply someone acting on my behest trying to track him down for purposes of collection enforcement (as he is in fact claiming), then the above (very public) accusation that the person was "suspected of planning burglaries, thefts or other crimes in the area" is wildly defamatory.

When I chat with the Lloyd RCMP, I will specifically ask to see the police report Patrick claims to have filed, and if Patrick did indeed insist that he had evidence that this person was a suspect in criminal activity, well, I don't think that will end well for Patrick. The cops take a very dim view of police reports filed for the purpose of childish retaliation.

Chronicles of Twatrick: A simple resolution.

In case you missed it, over the last couple of days, undischarged bankrupt Patrick "Quintuple Mullet Greaseburger Boy" Ross has gone pretty much batshit crazy on social media, reacting to someone driving by his father's residence in Lloydminster and taking a picture. Based on what appears to be a single incident of someone trying to verify Patrick's presence, Patrick claims to have made an official report to the Lloydminster RCMP, insisting that the entire neighbourhood is now living in fear, and that there is evidence that said individual is suspected of having already committed crimes including theft and burglary. He also accuses me of being the driving force behind this, and having paid someone to do this (I have not). But here's the thing, and I'm going to try to stay focused.

I am perfectly willing to admit that I have asked all and sundry to help me track down Patrick Ross, and there is a reason for that.

As most know, Patrick currently owes me over $100,000 for defaming me maliciously back in 2010 and, in the intervening years, Patrick has been remarkably successful at evading service and hiding assets. Over those years, Patrick has been served with numerous legal filings, which he has for the most part ignored or pretended he never received, and this is why this fact is important.

Given Patrick's years of non-compliance, a while back, I filed for -- and was granted -- substituted service for Patrick, which means that, rather than having to serve him personally via a process server, I am entitled to serve him by using both of the following approaches:

1. emailing him, and
2. sending registered mail to his alleged primary residence, where he is expected to sign for it.

As long as those two things happen, Patrick is considered by the Court to have been properly served. But here's the problem.

Over the last while, Patrick has both refused to reply to properly-sent emails, and has refused to sign for registered mail that is sent to the Lloydminster address that he insists is his primary residence for the purpose of proper and legal service. Because of this, I -- as someone who very much wants to be able to serve him -- have every right to question whether that Lloydminster address is Patrick's actual residence, and that is why I have resorted to the perfectly legal strategy of asking others to poke around and see if they can educate me on Patrick's current location. But Patrick is not taking this well, and it seems he might be crossing the line into defamation.

You see, based on what seems like a single incident of someone checking out the driveway of where Patrick claims to live, Patrick is publicly accusing the person involved as "suspected of planning burglaries, thefts or other crimes in the area." 

This is a serious and potentially defamatory accusation, and if Patrick has nothing to back it up, he could be in a truckload of trouble. But I have a truly simple resolution for all of this.

The only reason I am asking others to help me locate Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen is that, despite being legally obligated to honour the substituted service I have for him, he is hiding and refusing to reply to email or to sign for the registered mail that shows up for him. As long as Patrick insists on being hard to find, I plan on continuing to look for him, and to ask others for assistance. And if Patrick wants all this to stop?

Easy.

All it would take for all this to cease is for Patrick to inform my Saskatchewan lawyer of his actual primary residence where he is prepared to sign for registered mail, and to have the courtesy to reply to emails. That's it ... it's really that simple. If Patrick simply acted professionally and honoured his legal obligations under the substituted service I have for him, none of this would be necessary. None of it.

I will say that again so that even truly stupid people can understand it: If Patrick continues to dodge and weave and evade his legal obligations, I will continue asking others to help me find him. On the other hand, if he decides to act like a grown-up and accept the properly-served legal documents sent to him, all of this stops since it becomes entirely unnecessary.

As I know Patrick reads this blog, the ball is now in his court. He can either decide to deal with this like an adult, or I will keep looking for him with every conceivable and legal means at my disposal.

It's his choice.

BONUS TRACK: In the midst of all this craziness, Patrick is once again promising to sue me for ... I have no idea, but given the current situation, he's going to have a bit of a problem.

See, Patrick does not have substituted service for me, which means that if he wants to serve me, he has to do it properly via an actual process server. Fair enough, but here's his problem.

Since Patrick insists on always representing himself, he is required to provide a proper address for legal service; that is, an address at which he is available to accept legal service. And I suspect you see what's coming.

If Patrick insists that his address is the Lloydminster one, I will dispute that, pointing out that registered mail sent there is never accepted by him. Quite simply, by concealing his actual address, Patrick has effectively disqualified himself from being able to represent himself. And if he provides a legitimate address where he really lives, I will promptly hand that over to the Saskatchewan sheriffs to do with what they will.

I guess we wait.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Back in the low life again?

One of my crack, elite, secret, elite and crack confidential informants sends me this pic of some definite activity at Casa Ross in Lloydminster. (I have cropped the pic to remove license plate numbers but, rest assured, I have them.) As Patrick's father Ken ostensibly lives alone, the most likely explanation for two vehicles in the driveway is, well, Patrick has moved back into the basement.

Note that neither of the vehicles is a Ford Escape (Patrick's last known set of wheels), but the juvenile Autobots decal on the blue Chevy strongly suggests an owner with the emotional maturity of a 12-year-old, so ... draw your own conclusions.

My CIs will be making occasional passes by Casa Ross and checking on the regularity of that vehicle's presence. And there are other developments in the works but I'll keep them to myself for now.

Stay tuned ...

P.S. It is entirely possible that I was wrong about Patrick once driving a Ford Escape ... perhaps it's been the above vehicle all along. In any event, I will have my spies checking out that address now and again and taking notes.

Chronicles of Twatrick: (Real) happy interestversary, and tracking Patrick's sorry ass.

So it being the 19th of the month, today is the actual monthly interestversary (20 months now) since a judge told Patrick Ross how much he owes me and simultaneously cranked up the interest rate on that whopping amount from 2% to 5%,

making undischarged bankrupt and collection enforcement fugitive Patrick "Kid Cash Nexus Mullet Boy" Ross my personal, high-interest savings account for the next several years. But rather than just being amused spectators, you are all invited to play along.

As I mentioned yesterday, it appears that Patrick is back in Lloydminster (having seemingly bailed on his northern Alberta job as a manual labourer), and it's this apparent new development that you're welcome to participate in. And here's why.

As I've mentioned on a number of occasions, except for one application, Patrick has (very unwisely) chosen to represent himself all these years, with inevitably disastrous consequences. But there's more to Patrick being a self-represented litigant (SRL) other than his hilariously doomed filings. You see, while everyone in Canada has the right to represent themselves in legal proceedings, that freedom comes with certain responsibilities and obligations, one of the most fundamental being (and I quote) [emphasis added]:

You are responsible for learning about the court process, the rules and the law that relates to your case. The fact that you do not have a lawyer will not excuse you from having to follow court rules and processes.

Note well how the above makes it clear that even if you choose not to have a lawyer, you are still expected to respect the general rules of legal engagement, and a fundamental part of that is to communicate properly and professionally with the other side. Quite simply, the fact that you are an SRL does not give you the right to act like a petulant, evasive, dishonest weasel ... which is exactly how Patrick is behaving at the moment. Put another way, that Patrick is treating this entire legal process with utter disdain is going to bite him in his pasty ass when he gets dragged in front of a judge. Which brings us to your role in all of this.

As I have substituted service for Patrick (part of which involves sending him registered mail, which he refuses to pick up), it would be immensely helpful to have photographic proof of him (or his vehicle) comfortably nestled in his father's driveway in Lloydminster, the point being that, when I file subsequent motions addressing his lack of response to proper sub service, I will be able to prove Patrick was in fact at that residence and chose not to acknowledge said service, something that will not go over well with a judge.

So there's your opportunity to get involved ... even as Patrick refuses to acknowledge legally proper substituted service, I want indisputable proof that he is in town and, more to the point, hanging out at the very address where registered mail is being sent -- proof I will use to slap him around soundly when this gets to a courtroom.

And there you have it -- your chance to play along. Send any evidence to canadiancynic@yahoo.ca, with a detailed description of its back story. Operators are standing by.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Happy (early) interestversary, and shit about to go down.

While it's a day early, there is some tail-wagging news I suspect some of you would like to know so we'll kick things off with, as of tomorrow, it will be a full 20 months since a Saskatchewan judge ruled against undischarged bankrupt and Lloydminster's village idiot Patrick "Super Kid Cash Dragon Fire" Ross, finding that he owed me over $104,000, and cranking up the accruing interest rate on that outstanding amount from 2% to 5%,

in effect, turning Patrick into an abnormally lucrative savings account for me. Now, over that time, I have managed to claw back a few thousand dollars due to the SK sheriffs' occasional seizure of Patrick's credit union account so, for now, we can call it $100,000 plus all of that 5% accruing over 20 months -- eh, let's just say that Patrick owes me around $110,000, an amount that is now increasing inexorably with each passing day. But wait ... there's more.

As regular spectators here at CC HQ will know, a while back and pursuant to my collection enforcement proceedings against Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen, the Saskatchewan sheriffs sent Patrick a voluntary financial questionnaire. To no one's surprise, Patrick ignored it entirely.

What followed was the identical but mandatory questionnaire; again, ignored totally by Patrick Ross. Which brings us to the latest development.

Following my instructions, my Saskatchewan lawyer just yesterday sent a letter to Patrick, reminding him of the above and (on my direction) giving Patrick another two weeks to do the right thing and fill out and return that questionnaire; that is, Patrick now has until Friday, April 28, to do that. And assuming that he will, as always, refuse to co-operate, here's what is going to happen.

Once that deadline passes, I will be instructing my lawyer to file a motion with the Court, compelling Patrick to complete and return that form. And how does that differ from what has happened thus far? I'm glad you asked.

The difference is that this will be an order from the Court, which means that when Patrick contemptuously refuses to fill out and return that questionnaire, he will be openly defying an order of the Court, at which time I will file to have him found in contempt, with the only way for Patrick to purge such contempt being (you guessed it) returning the questionnaire. And given the quite reasonable assumption that Patrick will not take that seriously either, I have been advised that the step after that would be having a warrant issued for Patrick's arrest. (Oh, and it is worth noting that I will be asking for costs for all of the above, which will only pile significantly more debt on top of what Patrick already owes me.)

To sum all this up, Patrick Ross now has until Friday after next to decide how he wants the rest of his life to play out. If history is any guide, he will choose unbelievably stupidly, with the consequences as I have described above, which include owing me more money, a charge and associated fine for contempt and, quite possibly, being arrested for contempt of court.

Oh, and I almost forgot -- I will be passing on all this information to the federal Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, who I have been assured have been trying to connect with Patrick about being years in arrears regarding his reporting obligations. What the OSB chooses to do with Patrick is up to them, I will ask only that they leave enough of his desiccated corpse for me to collect what Patrick owes me.

So ... any questions?

BONUS TRACK: I am still offering a $500 bounty to anyone who can provide verifiable information as to where Patrick is both living and working these days. Given Patrick's recent confirmed whereabouts in Lloydminster, it does seem that he is no longer employed by Avenge Energy in the vicinity of Grande Prairie, AB, and one source claims to have seen his Ford Escape in the driveway of his father's residence in Lloyd. In any event, if it comes to it and an arrest warrant becomes a reality, I want to be able to point the authorities in Patrick's general direction, and if that means showing up at his place of work, so be it.

Chronicles of Twatrick: The irony.

And over at Patrick Ross' Twitter account, "@FugitiveBankrupt", Patrick is expounding on how defamation law works in Canada. No, really ... the man who is now a trustee-less, undischarged bankrupt who owes me over $100,000 because he refused to even file a defence when I sued him for malicious defamation back in 2010 is now holding court and explaining to one and all that, when sued for defamation, the absolutely most important thing to do is ... defend yourself.

You cannot make this shit up.

P.S. Happy interestversary in two days. Perhaps there will be cake.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Back in the Lloyd?

As always, my network of crack, secret, elite, secret and crack confidential informants keeps me up to date and informs me that Lloydminster's favourite village imbecile Patrick "Nexus Bikini Designer Porn Writer Dragon Fire Creepy Stalker MMA Cosplay Quintuple Threat Bad Faith Massively-in-Debt Mullet Boy" Ross appears to be back in the Lloyd and pounding down yet more 14,000-calorie greaseburgers at local bars (most likely paid for with Daddy Ken's credit card, but that's a story for another time and another collection enforcement).

In any event, the bounty of $500 is still available for anyone who can hand me verifiable information as to where Patrick both lives and works these days. Where he lives would appear to be back in his parents' basement, snarfing down Cheetos and Dr. Pepper while binge-watching "The Bachelorette" but, since it seems he high-tailed it out of Grande Prairie with little notice, it is a current mystery as to where (or even if) he is employed.

Lines are open, and operators are standing by to insult you.

P.S. This postscript is specifically for any Lloydminster bar staff who have the misfortune to serve Patrick Ross, and have to watch him Jabba the Hutt his way through the dinner special of a triple patty stacked between two grilled cheese sandwiches, accompanied by a can of room temperature Crisco.

I would be immensely interested in how Patrick is paying for his meals; in particular, if he uses a credit card, I very much want to know whose name is on that card since, as an undischarged bankrupt, Patrick is wholly ineligible to have a credit card in his own name.

More specifically, I would like to know if he is currently using a credit card in the name of his father, Ken Ross. That is the only thing I would like to know -- I have no interest in what Patrick purchased, or how much it cost, or anything else, just whether he is currently paying for his gluttony with someone else's credit card. If you have this info (and can in some way verify it), drop me a note at canadiancynic@yahoo.ca. For *that* information, I will pay $100.

P.P.S. Thus far, my sources tell me that the most likely hangouts for Kid Cash Thunderbolt Ross are The Canadian Brewhouse, 4th Meridian and Boston Pizza. If any other names come up, I'll add them here.

AND MORE: In support of another legal action I will be filing against Patrick, I really do want to know if he's moved back to Casa Ross in Lloydminster, so here's what I'm asking people to do. If you reside in the area of Lloydminster, it would be ever so useful if you were to drive by the residence of Patrick's father, Ken Ross, and report on whether you see Patrick's vehicle in the driveway. These days, he reportedly drives a Ford Escape so it should be easy to spot.

As to the address, well, if you're serious enough to want to help out, then tracking down the address should be easy; I'm not going to supply it here as I don't want to give Patrick even the slightest excuse to accuse me of doxxing him. And if you've been following this sordid saga for a while, you'll already know the address of which I speak.

That's it ... if you're tooling around Lloydminster and have a few spare minutes, swing by Patrick's place and see if his Ford Escape is in the driveway. I'd like to confirm that before arranging for personal service on him.

Thank you kindly.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Arguing in bad faith.

If any poor bastard has the misfortune to engage with serial bad faith-debater Patrick "Bad Faith Debater" Ross on social media, here is what you can expect (a snippet extracted from a much earlier blog post of mine):

As anyone who’s ever dealt with Patrick Ross knows full well, he is the most dishonest debater imaginable. Patrick’s shtick is to argue in bad faith. By that, I mean that Patrick is never, ever, ever interested in an actual, honest exchange of ideas. Rather, Patrick’s M.O. is to hideously distort whatever you say or write, then attack the distortion. Patrick Ross has never been interested in discussion. Patrick Ross has only ever been interested in winning, and a couple examples will demonstrate that quite nicely.

Consider, if you will, the case of Andrew Meyer. As you can read, Meyer was the dumbass who was Tasered at the U of Florida for being an obnoxious, belligerent troublemaker who physically scuffled with security [at a John Kerry seminar] until they’d had enough and Tased his sorry ass. Given his behaviour, I and many others opined that, frankly, anyone that much of an idiot deserved to get a good Tasering, and I for one had no sympathy.

Patrick Ross’ rebuttal was as rapid as it was idiotic — “CC thinks people who disagree with John Kerry should be Tasered!!!"

See what Patrick Ross did there? Totally stripped the context, and dumped on me for something not even remotely close to reality or what I’d written. And lest you think that was an isolated incident, let us continue.

There was also the case of anti-choice crusader Ed Snell. But Ed Snell was no ordinary shrieky fetus fetishist, oh no. Snell was a delightfully ambitious dingbat, who went to the trouble of building a car-top platform, from where he could continue to howl Scripturally [over a security fence] at women even after they’d entered the grounds of an abortion clinic. Once again, a number of people (including myself) really couldn’t muster up any pity for Snell once someone lost it and booted Snell’s ass off the top of his car.

You know what’s coming, don’t you? Yes, you do: “CC encourages violent physical assault of senior citizens!!!!!”

See how Patrick works? To a miniscule grain of reality, Patrick Ross wraps multiple layers of exaggeration, distortion, misrepresentation and utter bullshit. This is what he does. This is how he argues. Invariably. Anyone who has dealt with him for any amount of time knows precisely of what I speak.

What you just read sums up, in every possible way, what you can expect if you get into a conversation with Patrick. He is simply a rancidly dishonest human being, and that dishonesty extends to how he engages intellectually with everyone he meets online.

You've been warned.

P.S. Patrick still owes me a ton of money, an amount that is going up 5 per cent annually. Just so you know.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Back to school?

(NOTE: Much of this is sheer speculation so take it for what it's worth.)

The evidence is increasingly compelling that Lloydminster's favourite undischarged bankrupt and village buffoon Patrick "Assholery Super Hyper Kid Cash Thunderbolt Mullet Boy Quintuple Threat MMA Beatdown Dragon Fire Bikini Designer" Ross is no longer employed in the wilds of northern Alberta, as my team of secret, crack, elite, crack and secret confidential informants assure me that, as of some time around March 17, Patrick bailed on his job of menial labour at Avenge Energy and high-tailed it back to Saskatchewan.

More interestingly, for someone who spends his life on the run from various law enforcement departments and collection agencies, Patrick leaves a pretty substantial trail of bread crumbs, and it appears that he is now hanging out somewhere in the vicinity of the U of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, leading one to do some surmisin' and speculatin'.

Given that (as I have heard) Patrick was originally given the boot by his father to get his pasty, 300-pound, greaseburger-infused ass off of the basement couch and go make something of himself, and that that experiment lasted for a while in the vicinity of Grande Prairie until Patrick finally tired of it, there is speculation that Patrick -- having spent seven long years at the U of Alberta failing to get a degree -- might be willing to take another crack at it by transferring whatever meaningless credits he has from the U of A and seeing if he can get this across the finish line back in Saskatchewan.

This is an entertaining image -- a 42-YO morbidly obese Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen, quite taken with his own dizzying intellect and convinced that he is still capable of hitting on 19-year-old undergrads with some chance of success. But what is more interesting to your humble scribe is the thought that, if this is actually what is happening, how exactly is Patrick going to pay for all of the associated tuition, rent, food and so on? Because if he's being subsidized under the table by Big Daddy Ross, there is at least a plausible argument that all of that dosh belongs to me.

My spies are still on the case, and if it appears that Twatrick is still hanging out in Saskatoon in another week or two, I will be giving instructions to various parties to check into whether Patrick is indeed registered at the U of S, and we will be checking into my options for collecting whatever legal tender made that possible.

Again, all of this is the wildest of speculation, but if Patrick thinks he can dig himself out from under owing me over $100,000 by simply quitting his job and going back to school, well, I'm guessing that's not going to work the way he hopes.

Stay tuned.

P.S. I am still offering a $500 reward to the first person who can hand me verifiable evidence as to where Patrick is these days and, in particular, where he is employed.

P.P.S. Patrick's adventures in Saskatoon appear to be confined to posting pictures of the obscenely unhealthy meals he is gorging on.

BONUS TRACK: I stress again that all of the above is the sheerest of speculation, but it is passing strange that Patrick would apparently bail on his work gig in northern Alberta at Avenge Energy, only to show up chowing down on 13,000-calorie plates of deep-fried grease at various slop joints adjacent to the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

Having been told by his father some time back to get his pasty ass off the couch and get out there and get a fucking job and make something of himself, Patrick apparently stuck it out as long as he could doing menial work as an oil patch swamper, only to finally bail and perhaps convince Daddy that he could do way better if he could finish his aborted U of A degree in (wait for it ... wait for it ...) sociology.

However, it is entirely unclear -- given Patrick's current (and possibly lifetime) status as an undischarged bankrupt, and with how much he owes me -- whether Patrick even has the right to register, as whatever money being turned over for that registration would properly belong to me. In any event, I will absolutely be contacting the U of S some time this week to inquire if one Patrick Ross has recently registered, just to cover my bases.

It's not clear how Patrick thinks this is going to end, given his undischarged bankruptcy status, his massive debt to me, and the fact that he is currently on the run from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, the Saskatchewan Sheriffs, Alberta civil enforcement bailiffs and, soon, the registrar's office at the U of S.

I would recommend that Patrick get a good lawyer, but I've made that recommendation to him several times, and it never sticks.

Chronicles of Twatrick: On the lam again.

I have now heard from multiple reasonably-reliable sources that undischarged bankrupt Patrick "Super Duper Nexus Dragon Fire Quintuple Threat MMA Cosplay Street Fighting Man" Ross is no longer employed in Alberta where he was apparently working up until the middle of March, and his social media makes it clear he has been skulking around Saskatoon for the last several days.

It is unclear whether Patrick has relocated for employment, but that would be an interesting development given that I have a garnishment order registered in Saskatchewan, and if I became aware that Patrick is indeed now working back in SK, and where, the Saskatchewan sheriffs are ready to go on a moment's notice to serve his employer with garnishment papers.

Over at my Twitter account, I posted a reward of $500 for any confirmable information as to where Patrick is these days and where he is working, so if anyone wants to make a few dollars, you are invited to track down Lloydminster's favourite village idiot and get that information to me.

Until then ...

Chronicles of Twatrick: JUXTAPOSE!

Undischarged bankrupt Patrick Ross, who declared bankruptcy and therefore dumped the problem of his financial self-destruction on the Canadian taxpayer, will now take a steaming dump on the idea of "socialism."

You can't make this stuff up. You just can't.

Chronicles of Twatrick: He's on the move again!

According to my extensive network of spies, informants and people who simply dislike Lloydminster's Lord Baron Mullet von Cheeseburger, undischarged bankrupt and man who owes me a truckload of money Patrick Ross has been inundating social media with photos that appear to have been taken in the vicinity of the University of Saskatchewan. It is possible that Patrick is simply pining for the old days when he spent seven years at the U of Alberta without ever getting a degree, but it's also possible that the Twatster has quietly relocated back to Saskatchewan (where my garnishment order would be immediately enforceable).

In any event, if anyone has moderately reliable information as to where Patrick is these days, or where he might be employed, drop me a note at canadiancynic@yahoo.ca. Last I heard, he was swamping for a firm called "Avenge Energy" out of Grande Prairie, but who knows if that's up to date? Anyway, if you run into Patrick, you are invited to let me know when and where, and I will in return keep you up to date on ongoing developments.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Boy lawyer strikes again.

I cannot wait to see what Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen thinks he's going to do with this:

I'm guessing another hilariously doomed legal action, but let's watch.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Next steps.

Given that Lloydminster's Patrick "Undischarged Bankrupt Garnishment Fugitive Super Nexus Quintuple Threat Street Fighting Man" Ross has failed to complete and return both the voluntary and mandatory financial questionnaires as supplied by the Saskatchewan Sheriffs, I have been advised that the next step is to file an application with the Court to order him to fill out said questionnaire. So what difference does that make? Plenty.

While the questionnaire will be the same, it will now have the weight of the Court behind it, and if Patrick again refuses to co-operate, he will indeed be refusing to obey a direct order of the Court, and that way lies a Contempt of Court charge, for which Patrick will be fined, assessed costs, and potentially be subject to further sanctions by the Court for contemptuously refusing to do what it tells him to. Research tells me that getting such an order should be both simple and inexpensive, since all I will be asking the Court to do is order Patrick to do what the Saskatchewan Sheriffs already told him to do.

In any event, as Patrick continues to refuse to co-operate with either the Sheriffs or the Court, he will find his options getting both fewer and significantly more expensive. But it appears that is the road down which he has chosen to slither.

It ends this year.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Deadline comes, deadline goes.

Via the Saskatchewan Sheriffs, I have been informed that Patrick "Super Nexus Quintuple Threat MMA Cosplay Street Fighting Man" Ross failed to fill out and return the mandatory financial questionnaire that was served on him pursuant to SK's Enforcement of Money Judgments Act, which means I can move on to the next step in the process, which is both less forgiving and more expensive for Patrick, but you'll have to wait for the details.

In any event, it surprises absolutely no one that Patrick refuses to take any of this seriously but, with every turn of the screw, Patrick is going to have less and less room to evade what is coming down the tracks at him. And what's coming is not going to be pleasant.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Happy interestversary!

It's now a full 19 months since a Saskatchewan judge ruled on just how much undischarged bankrupt and fugitive from garnishment proceedings Patrick "Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen" Ross owes me, and how quickly that debt is increasing:

And while I have managed to scratch and claw a few thousand out of Patrick by having the Saskatchewan constabulary occasionally seize whatever is in his credit union account, what I've collected does not come close to making up for the accruing interest over that time.

In any event, I'm pretty sure Patrick is now on the clock to fill out and return the aforementioned mandatory financial questionnaire as served on him by the Saskatchewan Sheriffs, the failure to do so having fairly unpleasant and expensive consequences, up to and possibly including some very serious people showing up at his father's Lloydminster residence with a truck and a warrant to take everything in sight that belongs to Patrick. We'll see if it comes to that. If history regarding Patrick's non-compliance with court orders is any judge, it very well might.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Hammer to fall.

Earlier this week, I engaged with an Alberta civil enforcement bailiff regarding Lloydminster's favourite bankruptcy fugitive, Patrick "Super Hyper Nexus Outlaw MMA Cosplay $21 Greaseburger Street Fighting Man" Ross, whereupon said bailiff assured me that registering and enforcing garnishment orders against people employed in Alberta is exactly what they do. It does not hurt that my 2010 default judgment against Patrick is already registered in Alberta, something that will speed up the process considerably. As does the fact I'm pretty sure I know where he works.

And while all of that is happening in Alberta, Patrick will be on the clock in terms of filling out and returning the Saskatchewan Sheriffs' mandatory financial questionnaire; if he fails to do that, there will be consequences.

The best part of all of this is that Patrick will be responsible for all of my costs related to the above -- the garnishment order, the questionnaire ... all of those costs will be tacked on to what Patrick owes me.

Patrick has been running from the consequences of his reprehensible actions for 13 years now; it ends this year.

BONUS TRACK: It's worth doing the math to see how much garnishment in Alberta will let Patrick keep, and how much he needs to turn over (all figures based on net pay).

So, to the math. As you can see, in Alberta, everyone gets to keep the first $800 of their paycheque, which is unlikely to cover basic rent. From there up to $3200, one gets to keep half of that overage, while the other half is garnished. So if Patrick nets, say, $2000 per month, he'll get to keep $800 plus half of $1200 ($600), for a total monthly net income of $1400, while I get the other half of the $1200 (again, $600).

The best Patrick will be able to do is if he nets $3200 per month, at which point he again gets the initial $800, while he and I will split that next $2400, getting $1200 each. Beyond that, Patrick gets to keep nothing, which means that no matter how much he earns, he will get monthly an absolute maximum of $2000, all the rest going to me. In other words, if Patrick somehow nets $4000 per month, he will get to keep only half of that, while his employer will be legally obligated to send the other $2000 to me.

And that's how arithmetic works, kids.

AFTERSNARK: Enjoy it while you can.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Feeling the hammer about to fall ...

I just heard from a moderately reliable source that undischarged bankrupt and garnishment target Patrick Ross has suddenly gotten far less forthcoming on social media, foregoing his normal pictures of landscapes and greaseburgers, I'm guessing to downplay giving away his current location and pricey eating habits.

Yeah, that's not really going to help him, but it is amusing that he realizes the shit storm headed his way.

MARCH 14 UPDATE: If my estimate is good, it's right around now that the registered mail sent to Patrick at his bogus Lloydminster address (where he does not live) is about to be returned as undelivered, which will automatically start the 10-day deadline for him filling out and returning the aforementioned mandatory financial questionnaire.

As I understand it from my research, once Patrick refuses to obey the instructions of the Saskatchewan Sheriffs, my next step would be to file a court order compelling him to fill out and return that form under threat of Contempt of Court -- all of which would be done entirely at his expense.

What happens when Patrick subsequently refuses to obey that court order gets far more ugly, and mostly involves burly law enforcement officers and a U-Haul.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Interesting week coming up.

So, to summarize, a couple amusing things could/should be happening this week related to Lloydminster's Patrick "Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen" Ross and his current debt to me of over $100,000 for defaming me maliciously well over a decade ago.

First, I'm expecting information about how I can use a Civil Enforcement Bailiff in Alberta to effect garnishment proceedings against Patrick in that province, given that I'm pretty sure I know where he works, and even where he lives ("BKS"?). And, as I have explained previously, Alberta is a really undesirable province in which to be the target of garnishment proceedings:

In addition, it should be early this week that the registered mail sent to Patrick at his (bogus) Lloydminster address will be returned as undelivered, at which point the 10-day countdown will start related to Patrick filling out and returning the mandatory financial questionnaire from the Saskatchewan Sheriffs -- the failure to do so which will have some very unpleasant (and expensive) consequences for Patrick.

In any event ... yeah, it should be an interesting week. Stay tuned.

AFTERSNARK:

"Here's a radical idea: maybe Patrick should have worked harder at not defaming me maliciously BEFORE being found guilty of that, and having to file for bankruptcy only to be kicked out of bankruptcy protection for non-compliance, and owing me over $100,000."

There. Fixed it for you.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Here come da ... civil enforcement bailiff?

Based on some very recent advice, guidance and research, it would appear that it might be way easier to start garnishing the wages of undischarged bankrupt and fugitive from the Saskatchewan Sheriffs Patrick Ross than I had assumed. Apparently, the province of Alberta defines the interesting position of something called a civil enforcement bailiff, whose fundamental purpose in life is, well, you can read it for yourself:

Far more detail can be found in the text of Alberta's "Civil Enforcement Act"; in particular, I draw your attention to Part 8 -- the rules on garnishment. This is particularly relevant since, even though I have a garnishment order against Patrick in Saskatchewan, it is not enforceable across provincial boundaries, but it would seem that fixing that oversight will be much cheaper and easier than I thought, given that my 2010 judgment for malicious defamation is already registered in Alberta, so there's very little to do but retain the services of one of these people and turn them loose to serve a garnishment order on Patrick's employer, something that could conceivably happen this week if I put my mind to it.

Note well that all of the above is entirely independent of Patrick's upcoming legal obligation to fill out and return the Saskatchewan Sheriffs' mandatory financial questionnaire, so Patrick might want to reserve some time over the next several days to deal with all of this. Because, I can assure him, it's happening.

Yeah, it's happening.

P.S. Note from the above that said bailiffs have the authority to show up and take physical property from the debtor's residence, and it just so happens that I think I can track down where Patrick is living in the vicinity of Grande Prairie. And while names are concealed to protect the innocent, I have it on reasonably good authority that Patrick is renting a single room from an oil patch colleague, "BKS", which suggests that if I time it right and watch for Patrick to unwisely advertise on social media when he is on the road, I can have the bailiffs show up during his absence and strip him bare.

Patrick might want to give his landlord a heads-up about the possibility. That would be the polite thing to do.

AFTERSNARK: I will remind one and all again that, as opposed to Saskatchewan, Alberta is a very debtor-unfriendly province, as you can see by the gruesomely minimal garnishment exemptions in that province:

Quite simply, once garnishment starts, Patrick will be allowed to keep a grand total of $1,600 per month. So say goodbye to all those $21 greaseburgers.

Chronicles of Twatrick: CORRECTION -- countdown not started yet.

I have recently heard from a moderately reliable source that the 10-day countdown for undischarged bankrupt and deeply-in-debt-to-me Patrick "Nexus Outlaw Dragon Fire MMA Cosplay Super Number One Mullet" Ross has not yet begun, as he is currently avoiding the registered mail sent to him with the mandatory financial questionnaire (even though he absolutely knows about it as he was informed by e-mail).

Because of that, the 10-day deadline has not actually begun, but it will shortly as that registered mail will now be returned as "not picked up," which kicks off the clock. Patrick can, of course, hustle his pasty ass back to the Lloyd and sign for that mail, but that will also similarly start the clock. In short, the clock will start ticking one way or the other very soon now, and there is nothing Patrick can do to stop it.

None of this gets in the way of my current plan to register my 2010 judgment in the province of Alberta for the purpose of garnishment.

And now you know.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Two days and counting ...

Not sure if weekends count towards the 10-day deadline but, technically, undischarged bankrupt Patrick Ross has two more days to complete and return the mandatory financial questionnaire served on him by the Saskatchewan Sheriffs, although no one expects him to do that; rather, one expects him to ignore the e-mail and registered mail, then exclaim, "What? You sent a questionnaire? I didn't see it, if only someone had told me!"

In any event, assuming Patrick will be as evasive as history suggests, come early next week, we move on to the increasingly (for Patrick) unpleasant stages of enforcement, quite possibly culminating in the SK sheriffs showing up at Patrick's alleged residence in Lloydminster with a warrant entitling them to seize anything and everything of Patrick's relevant to this enforcement procedure.

Note that all of the above is independent of the garnishment order I intend to file in Alberta to start taking most of Patrick's paycheque from who seems to be his employer, Avenge Energy. In other words, it is entirely possible that, even as I take the lion's share of Patrick's salary in Alberta, the Saskatchewan sheriffs will be seizing his material possessions back in Saskatchewan.

No more Mr. Nice Guy.

P.S. Not that long ago, Patrick posted regularly on Twitter about me, with screenshots and everything. Since the official service of the mandatory questionnaire, there has been nary a mention of me, I'm guessing because the instant Patrick took another screenshot of anything of mine on social media, I could use it as evidence that he is fully aware of that service as I have mentioned it on a regular basis.

At this point, it seems highly likely that Patrick really is going for the "Gosh, I had no idea I'd been served" defence. He tried that once before ... it did not end well for him.

Chronicles of Twatrick: The Alberta Garnishment Intervention.

And on a legal front, as I have explained on earlier occasions, while I have a registered garnishment order against Lloydminster's Patrick Ross for the inexorably increasing amount he owes me:

that garnishment order was registered in Saskatchewan, and it appears garnishment orders are not enforceable across provincial boundaries. Because of that, I have been strongly encouraged to simply file for garnishment in the province of Alberta (where Patrick is employed), and since my 2010 judgment against Patrick has long been registered in Alberta, everything is in place to just file for garnishment, so I think that is what I'm going to do, and I'm looking for someone in that province to be able to do this for me (the Alberta lawyer I had working for me years ago is no longer practicing so I need someone new).

This should not be an onerous job -- I have it on good authority that Patrick works at an outfit called Avenge Energy, and I've even heard that he is renting a room from an oil patch buddy (I will not name said buddy, but initials would seem to be "BKS", just as a heads-up to Patrick that I may actually know where he lives in the vicinity of Grande Prairie).

In any event, I can provide all of the necessary information if some reasonably affordable lawyer wants to do the paperwork and get this started. Drop me a note at canadiancynic@yahoo.ca if you're up for the job.

BY THE WAY, garnishment exemptions differ from province to province and, by choosing to work in Alberta, Patrick has made a moderately poor choice as to which province's garnishment exemptions he is entitled to. Here's how it works in Alberta (amounts listed relative to net monthly income):

In other words (as I read this), no matter how much Patrick earns, he gets to keep the first $800, then half of the next $1,600, then nothing from there forward. In short, regardless of Patrick's income, he will be allowed to keep at most $1,600 net per month, while his employer is legally obligated to hand me the rest. And if Patrick moves back to Saskatchewan for employment, well, there is a garnishment order waiting for him there the instant he re-enters the province.

One final note: Even as the garnishment is proceeding, what Patrick owes me will still be increasing at five per cent annually, so it is entirely possible that what is being garnished might not even be keeping up with accruing interest.

In any event, if any enterprising Alberta lawyer wants to handle the paperwork here, drop me a line and we can get this started.

OH, THOSE COSTS ... while this snippet relates to garnishment in British Columbia, the same principle holds everywhere in Canada; since Patrick has forced me to file garnishment orders against him, I can bill him for all of that. And, trust me, I'm keeping the receipts.

P.S. None of this changes the fact that Patrick still needs to complete and return that mandatory financial questionnaire from the Saskatchewan sheriffs. So ... there's that.

Chronicles of Twatrick: The "QAnon Shaman" dumbassitude.

While this has little to do with undischarged bankrupt Patrick Ross' impending legal and financial ass-kicking in terms of owing me well over $100,000, it's worth snickering over Patrick's latest rancid dishonesty, as he whines piteously over the alleged unfairness of Jacob "QAnon Shaman" Chansley's prison sentence:

And despite Patrick's mouth-breathing ignorance and misrepresentation of the facts, you're invited to learn what really happened here. In short, Patrick is as much of a liar as ever.

You're welcome.

P.S. Three days and counting ...

Chronicles of Ezra: Ah, that secure portal thing.

At this point, I need not elaborate on why Ezra Levant's 2016 Indiegogo fundraiser, ostensibly for the wildfire victims of Fort McMurray, Alberta, was such a disingenuous and unmitigated disaster -- I've detailed that more than enough so let's just summarize for what is about to happen here.

If, back in 2016, you wanted to donate to the Red Cross for that cause, donating directly had every conceivable benefit, as in:

• There was no "processing fee"; what you donated is what arrived at the Red Cross.
• What you donated was available instantly to the Red Cross, which meant that not only was your donation usable right away, but as long as you donated during the month of May, 2016, your donation was automatically available to be matched both federally and provincially, effectively tripling its value.
• The generation of tax receipts for donors who wanted them was automatic, requiring no human intervention on the part of anyone at the Red Cross.

None of the above is debatable. Compare this to the ridiculous drawbacks of Ezra's vanity fundraiser:

• All donations lost five per cent to Indiegogo's processing fee, even Ezra's vaunted $10,000 initial donation (which turned out to not be a donation after all).
• Donations were not available to the Red Cross immediately, since all that money was required to sit in the Indiegogo account until weeks after the fundraiser ended.
• Because of the delay in getting access to the funds, Ezra was forced to "front" the money to get it matched and, even then, he fell far short in fronting the entire amount, thereby screwing the Fort Mac Red Cross out of well over $100,000.
• Generating tax receipts involved dumping a pile of work on some poor sap at the Red Cross, who had to do all of that manually (and, yes, I have the evidence for that).

All of the above is documented and beyond contestation, which inspires one to ask, why would Ezra -- given the obvious benefits of encouraging people to donate directly to the Red Cross -- choose to register his own vanity fundraiser with all of its flaws? And here's the answer.

Narcissism and profit.

You see, if all you do is send people to the main Red Cross donation portal, well, it's hard to brag about it afterwards (and the fact that Ezra desperately wanted the glory and accolades for his alleged humanitarianism will be the subject of another thread), because in encouraging people to donate directly, there is no official record afterwards.

On the other hand, if you stupidly choose to compete against the Red Cross by registering your own Indiegogo page, well, there's your chance to brag and preen and strut about your incomparable humanitarianism and charity and compassion for your fellow citizens, even while boning them out of over $100,000 simply because of your overweening vanity. So is that it? Can we accept that Ezra's financially unwise decision to register his own fundraiser page was, in some way, necessary just to satisfy his overwhelming ego? Actually, no, and this is the new part that I don't believe I've written about before.

Because, you see, that entire time, Ezra had the ability to have the best of all possible worlds; that is, all the benefits of an official Red Cross donation portal, and still get the chance to puff up his chest about what a wonderful human being he was.

It's called a Red Cross "secure portal," and it was available at absolutely no charge to people who want to encourage donations, but also want to do it in a "branded" way so they can take a bit of credit and also have a record of total donations they've driven to the Red Cross. Here, let me give you some examples.

Here's Concord Pacific's secure portal from back then, where you can clearly see that they raised $1950, and also got to tout their own horn just a bit:

And here's Unifor, getting the same chance to talk about themselves while showing how much they raised:

I have screenshots of numerous others but I think you see the point -- if Ezra's only motivation for registering his own competing fundraiser page was to be able to stroke himself in public, well, that opportunity was already there, and he chose to not take advantage of it. Understand something: every Red Cross secure portal had every benefit of donating directly to the Red Cross, while also allowing the registrant to brag about themselves just a wee bit.

Let's say this again so there is no misunderstanding -- Ezra Levant had every opportunity to satisfy his prodigious ego and get all the benefits of direct Red Cross donation at the same time ... and he chose to not do that, with disastrous financial consequences for the Fort McMurray Red Cross. Which inspires the obvious question ... why? Why, given every possible advantage associated with a Red Cross secure portal, would anyone stupidly choose to not take advantage of that and instead register an inferior-in-every-way Indiegogo fundraiser page? And there is, in fact, an answer.

Because a Red Cross secure portal does not allow one to collect donor information.

That's it ... that is the crucial difference.

Despite an Indiegogo page being inferior financially in every aspect to a Red Cross secure portal, it had the sole benefit in that it allowed Ezra to hoover up all that precious donor information and subsequently monetize the shit out of it, many tens of thousands of dollars lost in the process be damned.

That's what this was all about: Fuck it if your approach wipes out over $100,000 of donations to wildfire victims, as long as you can get your hands on all that sweet, sweet donor info.

And now you know.

Chronicles of Twatrick: Five days and counting ...

Well, technically, it's a 10-day deadline to fill out that mandatory Saskatchewan Sheriffs' financial questionnaire from the time Patrick is officially served:

... and since Patrick is steadfastly refusing to acknowledge having received the above by email, it's unclear when that clock started ticking, but Patrick can ignore this for only so long before the Court is going to decide he's had long enough, at which time ... well, I'll just keep that to myself for now.

If you run into Patrick out there on the Intertoobz, feel free to bring the above to his attention.

P.S. If you see even the slightest indication from Patrick that he is aware of the above, a screenshot would be delightful as it would be treated by the Court as an acknowledgement of service.

Chronicles of Twatrick: "Dodging and weaving" edition.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that undischarged bankrupt and perpetually bad-faith debater Patrick "Super Nexus Outlaw Mullet MMA Cosplay Creepy Stalker" Ross is doing whatever he can to ignore the recently-served mandatory financial questionnaire from the Saskatchewan Sheriffs; even worse for Patrick, he can't even mock it online since the slightest acknowledgement of it can be used as evidence that he's aware of it.

So as much as Patrick is going out of his way to pretend he's unaware of that questionnaire, if anyone wants to bring it to his attention, you have my permission. You can write about it on his Facebook page or, if you are currently embroiled in yet another bad-faith argument with Patrick on Twitter, quietly sneak in a reference during the discussion and, the instant he replies, a screenshot will be all the proof I need that he has acknowledged service. There are all sorts of ways to draw him out, so use your imagination.

Six days and counting ...

P.S. I see that, at the moment, Patrick is waxing stunningly ignorant about the issues behind the public funding of private and/or charter schools. Let me assure you, he is lying about every bit of that issue, but he can't take umbrage with me pointing that out since, you know, he'd be admitting he read this blog post and that would end badly for him.

In any event, if you run into Patrick, just remind him of his now legal obligation to the Saskatchewan Sheriffs. I'm sure he'd want you to.

Chronicles of Twatrick: 10 days and counting ...

MARCH 3 UPDATE: So far, there is no indication that Patrick is prepared to acknowledge being served with the Saskatchewan sheriffs' mandatory questionnaire but, given Patrick's lack of discipline, all it will take is even an indirect reference to it in an email or on social media and that can be used to prove he is aware of it, so you're all invited to watch Patrick closely to see if he slips up and admits he knows he's received said questionnaire. A screenshot of such an admission would be just ducky.

MARCH 2 UPDATE: Nine days ...

I was just informed that Patrick "Lord Baron Twatrick von Loadenhosen" Ross was officially served with the Saskatchewan Sheriffs' mandatory questionnaire as of this morning, which requires Patrick to -- within 10 days -- fill out a detailed inventory of his finances and, if he does not, well, bad things will happen.

Part of service involves registered mail and, since Patrick does make it difficult to serve him at his Lloydminster address (as he is rarely there), I am open to any information as to where he is working these days, or where he lives in the vicinity of Grande Prairie, or whatever else you might know. (I already have a good idea of the identity of his employer, but I'll leave it open for others to make suggestions).

Unsurprisingly, if Patrick goes out of his way to make it difficult to be served, any costs I incur in eventually tracking him down will be added to his ever-increasing debt to me. So if you've seen him out and about, chowing down on $21 greaseburgers, feel free to drop me a comment.

10 days. Tick tick tick ...

P.S. I have been assured that Patrick has been served via email so, at this point, he is absolutely aware that he is obligated to complete and return that questionnaire. If history is any guide, Patrick will refuse to open the email, and later claim he never saw it.