Author: Cathie from Canada

Well, I guess there’s nothing to do today really except laugh, so here goes: I’m on the edge of my seat! pic.twitter.com/tn2MbABmZe — Gillian OShaughnessy (@GillOshaughness) January 31, 2020 pic.twitter.com/wMoE3xGXx7 — Mr. Meowgi (@Mr_Meowwwgi) January 30, 2020 this is ringo, i think that it’s safe to say that he likes

Darkest Hour was on, so I was able to watch this great scene again today: Horatius  —Thomas Babington Macaulay Then out spake brave Horatius,The Captain of the gate:“To every man upon this earthDeath cometh soon or late.And how can man die betterThan facing fearful oddsFor the ashes of his fathersAnd the

Here’s some tweets that I have been enjoying today: An incorrectly assembled whippet. pic.twitter.com/CVAAOL3efV — Jonathan Best (@jonnnybest) January 18, 2020 No matter the size, cats will be cats😂 pic.twitter.com/EXaVWGNGaa — Akki (@akkitwts) January 16, 2020 pic.twitter.com/A9iffpkQLy — 41 Strange (@41Strange) January 17, 2020 There are 2 types of dogs…

Many Canadians are giddy at the prospect that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could be moving to Canada, injecting some razzle dazzle to the sprawling, bone-chillingly cold country. https://t.co/3HH575a6EK — New York Times World (@nytimesworld) January 11, 2020 Well, I’m not exactly giddy, but I am excited.  I think it

We were talking yesterday about the possibility of a US-Iran war and how we are experiencing misty, water-coloured memories of the awful build-up to the invasion of Iraq way back in 2003, when related scare-mongering about Iran was also going on. One of the things I remembered most clearly from

Today is Twelfth Night AKA Epiphany Eve.Here is one classic version:   And another much earlier classic too: The director, Wendy Toye, was one of the few female film directors in the 1950s (or in any decade, for that matter).

People around the world are celebrating 2020 – which my husband calls The Year of the Optometrist. Singapore, with 500 performing drones Australia Philippines India Kenya London Photos from the New York Times. And from Twitter: Couldn’t resist this tweet: “I’m going to learn the flute and write my novel

A few Canadian tweets to finish out the year: Only in Canada eh https://t.co/AQwmru6GOs — Raging🇨🇦Granny/ Resistor & Team Trudeau (@RagingLibNana) December 30, 2019 Exactly five years ago today, I moved from Nigeria to Canada and my life changed forever. That’s it. That’s the tweet. — ufuoma (@theufuoma) December 31,

My favorite passages from A Christmas Carol are the descriptions of Christmas in Victorian London: Meanwhile the fog and darkness thickened so, that people ran about with flaring links, proffering their services to go before horses in carriages, and conduct them on their way.The ancient tower of a church, whose

I find myself reading a number of the advice columnists these days. And as I read about all the problems people have with their families, I often think of this great poem: This Be The Verseby Philip Larkin They fuck you up, your mum and dad.They may not mean to,

Here are some good animal tweets: What a shot! pic.twitter.com/CEWkWEPMNc — Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) December 15, 2019 pic.twitter.com/A5xgSYsSj1 — Right Wing, Shoots Left 🍷🐓🏒🥅🌈 (@HILITINGHOCKEY) December 14, 2019 I can’t stop watching this. You really need the sound on. A perfect elixir to get Trump out of your head before

I don’t really follow Alberta news, but the constant “cut, cut, cut” and “whine, whine, whine” I am hearing from there recently is getting chaotic. Does the Alberta UCP government have any idea what it is doing? They are supposedly going to reduce surgical wait times by paying for more

Hmmm — I’ve been saying for years that SOMEBODY in Trump’s inner circle is a Russian asset.  I am convinced that someone very close to him has been feeding him all the pro-Putin and pro-Russian stuff he has been parroting since 2016, convincing him that the Russian world-view is correct,

I’m very glad to see that Canadian authorities are taking these scams seriously: A Burnaby, B.C., man has been identified as a suspect in an RCMP investigation into organized crime groups;accused of scamming Canadians by posing as Canada Revenue Agency officers,demanding payment through cash and gift cards.  …According to the

Some great animal tweets:  Snowplow for hire pic.twitter.com/bdYu09XNhO — Aussies Doing Things (@aussiesdointhgs) November 26, 2019 I like this video pic.twitter.com/dCTk2tZ68F — Attractive Nature 🌿 (@NatureAttracts) November 26, 2019 Tom and Jerry Maybe the cat should leave this rat alone 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/pFD6Uar2jx — ༻⋆≺ Martin 🏳️‍🌈 ≻⋆༺ (@KlatuBaradaNiko) November 23,

I really do enjoy twitter for all the wit that people share. And with Trump in the White House, there’s lots to be witty about: If there is a Trump Library, it will be at Leavenworth. — David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) November 20, 2019 SUMMARY OF THE DAY SO FAR: “It’s

My sister is training one of our dogs for rally obedience and things are going pretty well, I think. Our Molly is a bit of a handful, but my sister really knows her stuff.   But I must tell her about the tweet I saw today: Me: wow these meat chunks

What a day for the impeachment inquiry!  I’m biased of course, but I don’t think Devin Nunes got anywhere with his stupid “boooooring!” comments.  Of course the narrative is complicated and the questions and testimony got into the weeds sometimes, but it was fascinating all the same. Vindman and Williams

Beluga Whale playing some rugby pic.twitter.com/OhRINNfYoq — Animal Life (@animalIife) November 9, 2019 Any hope of getting my prowl on today is #BuriedUnderTheSnow. #CatsOfTwitter pic.twitter.com/nwk2mcxru5 — 🐾Beware of Dogma🐾 (@ellelljaytoo) November 16, 2019 SUMMARY OF THE DAY SO FAR: “It’s like every five minutes a new warhead lands on Trump’s