Ever have one of those weekends? Me too. I was planning on writing about the municipal election today, but life intervened. So today, as I scramble to fix some things, we flash back nine years to a post from October 26, 2017. I, as I think I have mentioned, spent a lot of time working […]
He may one day be President of the United States, so I felt it was important to read the book. J.D. Vance has left me unsettled, with a feeling he really doesn’t know who he is. Communion, which was published earlier this year, is the story of Vance’s return to faith. It is the story […]
Okay, so it is old fashioned not modern. Still, I’m curious as to how effective it would be. The sound of popcorn popping would be less piercing than the smoke detectors I have installed now. But the popcorn would have an odor as it popped, which would provide an alert for those who might have […]
Do you talk to AI about your personal life? That was a question in a newsletter in my email inbox. Apparently the New York Times is looking for input, I presume for a story about artificial intelligence and human interactions. I’ve read articles about people and AI; about people who develop romantic relationships with chatbots […]
Twelve years ago today a lone gunman, who we discovered later had been inspired by ISIS and had just killed a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial, stormed through the front doors of the Centre Block of Parliament Hill. For many Canadians it was extremely disturbing to think that such a terrorist attack […]
It is that time of year when the leaves change from green to yellow and red. people come from Europe and farther to take in the fall colors in the Ottawa area (as well as elsewhere in Ontario, Quebec and norther New England). Maybe it was our wet summer, but it seems to me the […]
They are still counting the votes, but the results so far show that about three quarters of Albertans have voted to stay in Canada. There will be no separation referendum. Given that the results matched public opinion polls, you could say that the whole thing was a waste of time and money. And the discussion […]
It is referendum day in Alberta. Ten questions, including one about whether the province should remain part of Canada. I’m all in favor of the democratic process, but this referendum seems to me to be set to create more problems than it solves. Governments, once elected, are supposed to provide leadership. Campaign on a set […]
Turns out being blonde and female are not sufficient qualifications. Donald Trump has dumped his press secretary, after five days on the job. As someone who went to law school she should have known better than o misrepresent herself to the media. Has she never heard of fact checking? I suppose she could have lied. […]
When I worked in radio a lot of songs crossed my desk. I tried to listen to every record I was sent, but, years later, I don’t always remember the songs. Like this one. The single came to me from Lift Records, and independent label in Fairbanks Alaska. I don’t remember ever airing any of […]
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