The Mumpsimus Blog – A tempest in an ashtray
Last week, Councillor Keith Hull gave a notice of motion that read, "THAT Council of the Town of Collingwood herein petitions the Province of Ontario, Ministry of Health and the…
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The Mumpsimus Blog – Vintage ukulele music site online
Finally finished my site for vintage ukulele music, a place where I can write a bit about the music, composers and performers from the 1920s and 30s. And it's a…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Six months of politics
I haven't blogged much about local politics over these first six months of this term. That's because: In general, it's been uneventful; In general, everyone's been respectful; In general, we…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Things that go bump in the bank account
There's a front page story in this week's Enterprise Bulletin about self-professed ghost hunters looking for a "haunted" house in Collingwood to feature on a new TV series called "Paranormal…
The Mumpsimus Blog – The end of the world, a little earlier than expected…
Apparently the world will end on October 21, 2011. That's exactly five months after the "rapture", which takes place this month on May 21, when, the site says, Jesus will…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Buddhism in the West
I've been reading James Coleman's excellent book, The New Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2001) of late. Subtitled, The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition, it chronicles the many threads of…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Election results for 2011
Conservative: 167 (majority and a stunning win, 39.6% of the popular vote) NDP: 102 (now the official opposition for the 1st time, 30.6% of the popular vote) Liberal: 34 (a…
The Mumpsimus Blog – The clattering keys grow silent as the curtain falls
The typewriter is dead. That news didn't surprise me, but it certainly saddened me. The clatter of typewriter keys was sweet music to my ears, when I was much younger.…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Creationist victory a sad day for American education
It's pretty easy to make fun of American education these days. There are viral videos on YouTube that paint a bleak, even frightening, picture of the average American unable to…