Author: Cathie from Canada

I know I’m pushing the season a little — six weeks until opening day! – but in honour of Superbowl Weekend, here’s some baseball stuff: Some of the worst baseball you’ll ever see pic.twitter.com/qURCSX3HtW — Shit Bsb Players Say (@ShitBsbPlyrsSay) February 11, 2023 I now subscribe to a substack newsletter

I noticed some of the kids from down the block coming home from school yesterday and one of them was wearing shorts …. Here’s some thoughtful, interesting, and funny stuff I have collected over the last week or so. First, the thoughtful: #Maddow20 years from now when all is said

The Public Order Emergency Commission report is due this month, but already we have an initial report from the Ottawa People’s Commission — a community initiative set up last June when it looked like official Ottawa just wanted to deep-six the whole miserable FreeDumb Convoy occupation and blockade experience. I

Here are some of the funny tweets and stories I have seen over the last couple of weeks: I am so tired of living like it’s the 1600s. Can I afford eggs at the market? Are my friends gonna die in the plague? Puritans coming for my sinful lifestyle. I

Was there ever a conspiracy theory more bizarre, more crazy, than believing that Russia was behind Trump’s unexpected 2016 election victory?  But just because something sounds crazy doesn’t mean it isn’t true.  For years now, I have believed somebody close to Trump was working for Putin – Trump himself is

First, a few recent cartoons: (Read more…) Next, here are some fascinating accounts to follow: Global distribution of flamingos pic.twitter.com/SfTDLzYfzV — Amazing Maps (@amazingmap) January 20, 2023 In 1992, around 29,000 rubber ducks fell off a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean. This is where they made landfall. pic.twitter.com/DmIKUOBuN4 —

One of our growth industries these days is baby boomer deaths — today, it was David Crosby:   “If you’re sad today, just remember the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Crosby.” HT: @simonpegg 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/9VKXwIhA3M —

I’m doing a Ukraine update every two or three weeks now – my last one was Dec 28, when I talked about the resilience and courage of the Ukraine people. Tonight’s update covers the recent events in Dnipro, as well as analyst expectations for the future — it isn’t victory,

  Sad news from all over today: Jeff Beck, Robbie Bachman, Lisa Marie Presley … gone. ☹️ Life is fragile folks. pic.twitter.com/XJ7FVj7pJu — Larry Updike (@LarryUpdike) January 13, 2023 In other news, one has to wonder how incredibly stupid will this get? For those playing along at home, Merrick Garland

Here are some predictions for 2023 from Visual Capitalist Here’s something else to ponder: Andrew Wyeth, Fence Line ,1967,watercolor on paper21.9 x 30″ “I prefer winter & fall,when you feel the bone structure of the landscape-the loneliness of it,the dead feeling of winter.Something waits beneath it,the whole story doesn’t show.”—Andrew

And here’s some more neat stuff.  First, some great articles —  – From the New York Times, a 2023 Astronomy and Space Calendar that you can add to your Google calendar, plus an article about how the Calendar was developed.  Here is the tweet about it: How 552 episodes of

Yeah, sure. I spent the evening watching the US House of Representatives try to elect a Speaker. Finally, they did. Just barely. A head of lettuce — Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 7, 2023 (Read more…)And this was  fun moment, wasn’t it: Picture is worth a 1,000 words. pic.twitter.com/0MN9nnJg0i — Rachel

I haven’t posted much about the Covid news lately, but I have been gathering together some of the articles and tweets that seem to summarize the most helpful advice right now. TL,DR: wear a mask, damn it! (Read more…)Above is a New York Times chart that summarizes the differences between

“I had dozens of utterly bizarre experiences that were also Perfectly Normal. This is because the human condition is vast and also Very f*ck*ng Weird.” (cc: @PaulDechene) #PublicTransport https://t.co/evb0ELqgEr — Schmutzie 🦉 (@schmutzie) January 1, 2023 The Dogs of 2022 pic.twitter.com/jiDzh4GhHg — WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) December 30, 2022 (Read more…) this