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This Left Me Feeling Queasy

I confess, making it to the 3:27 mark was a real effort, one fortified by a pre-dinner libation(s) last evening. However, eventually I steeled myself to watch the remaining minute,…

Freedom’s Cost

Americans are a strange and contradictory lot, to put it mildly. They claim (not unlike a certain candidate running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada), to love…

The Power To Shock

I readily admit that most days, almost nothing fazes me, having come to the same conclusion as George Carlin that we are going away. Looking at all of the existential…

A Trip Back In Time

That must be what it feels like to visit the United States these days, with the Supreme Court okaying the open-carry of guns and overturning Roe v. Wade. Recommend this…

Who Was That Masked Man?

As of yesterday, June 11, here in Ontario our newfound ‘freedom’ from masks is almost total, with the exception of LTC and retirement homes. Those who wish to continue requiring…

I Did Not Know That

While I am perhaps understandably loathe to do the work of Doug Food’s Ontario government, I feel an obligation to post about something I learned this morning. In what is…

Too Late, Too Late

“Come, my friendsTis not too late to seek a newer world…” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson I don’t post nearly as prolifically as I once did, in large part, I suspect,…

Brittlestar: People Are Stupid

No, it’s not the result of yesterday’s provincial election that prompted this title, although in light of it, Brittlestar’s latest does seem apt. BTW, only 43% managed to rouse themselves…

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