Behold, a pale horse
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. ” Revelations 6:7-8 I’m thinking tonight of the…
Cathie from Canada
If you thought Covid was "over", think again
Seen in a tweet! What I cannot understand is why so many people think Covid is “over”, though thousands are still getting it and dying from it around the world.…
Today’s news: Ferocious Fiona
It’s been a terrible night and day in Atlantic Canada as they grapple with that bitch Fiona: Ferocious #Fiona, from the #Caribbean to #Canada pic.twitter.com/SriO3U2WhO — Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) September…
From the Bookmarks
Well, the great Roger Federer played his last match today – it wasn’t “one for the ages” but it was pretty nice, a doubles with Nadal at the Laver Cup…
Today’s News: It’s going to be a marathon, not a sprint
This marathon will be exhausting. Pierre Poilievre hasn’t even been Conservative leader for two weeks yet. By the time the 2025 election finally arrives, we’re all going to be as…
Today’s News: Conspiracy Theories
Does anyone still remember that 1997 Mel Gibson – Julia Roberts movie Conspiracy Theory? It was supposed to be just a thriller – comedy. Turns out, it was also predicting…
Today’s News: "It’s still real. It’s still terrifying. It’s still hard"
Beautiful illustration from The Globe and Mail, by Chippewa/Potawatomi artist Chief Lady Bird ? ᐅᑮᒪᑫᐧᐱᓀᐢ Inquests were just announced into the massacre of Sept. 4: BREAKING: Sask. chief coroner announces…
Today’s News: #ISingWithTrudeau
So today the Queen was laid to rest in a beautiful ceremony — here are a few of the tweets I flagged about the most-watched funeral in world history: The…
Today’s News: Ratioed
To begin, I need to give a definition of “ratioed” – Merriam-Webster defines it as “A quantitative measure of how little they like your take.” A tweet is “ratioed” when…
From the Bookmarks
What a week! Here are some palate cleansers I have been collecting: The game will miss these two ❤️@serenawilliams | @rogerfederer pic.twitter.com/G630i4BlSL — ESPN (@espn) September 15, 2022 That is…
Corruption of the Soul
Two very different stories this week, from different countries, and yet there is a connection at their core. Both the DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt and the Poilievre press conference freak-out…
Today’s News: A mind is a terrible thing to lose
Britain appears to have lost its mind over the death of a 96-year-old woman The queen’s funeral is absurdly excessive at this point. — The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 16,…
Today’s News: True Colours
Day Four of Poilievre’s leadership and his true colours are already showing: The nasty politics of the “real Pierre Poilivrer”. This is what he did to one of his own…
Today’s News: Sorting it out
I was trying to sort out the David Akin vs Pierre Poilievre contretemps yesterday and I couldn’t figure out what happened or who did what. I should just have waited…
Notable from the Emmys
We sorta hate-watched the Emmys this year – we hadn’t seen very many of the shows nominated, so the awards didn’t mean very much to us really. I was disappointed…
From my Bookmarks
As I scroll Twitter, I often bookmark interesting comments and funny tweets. But I don’t always get the opportunity to include them in my nightly blog post — sometimes they…
A Community of Healing
It has been just a week since the James Smith Cree Nation was shattered. After the death of Myles Sanderson and his brother Damien, it seems like the world has…
Today’s News: Slava Ukraini
Such wonderful news today from Ukraine – coming so fast now its hard to keep up: Pretty impossible to sleep tonight. The mood. The lyrics: “Russian ship, go f*** yourself!”…
Today’s News: Ukraine, and CNN
Just a couple of highlights tonight — Ukraine’s success, and CNN’s failure. First, Ukraine is kicking Russia out, town by town! Ukraine has broken its silence since the start of…
A Long Covid Compendium
Long Covid is now pretty close to the top of my List Of Diseases I Never Want To Get. For the past several weeks I have been collecting Long Covid…