Donald Trump has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America, as he previously tried with the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the world is laughing at him. The American president doesn’t have the authority or jurisdiction to unilaterally change the name of an international waterway. Americans may have to put up with his vagaries, but the […]
Today is a holiday in Canada. In the US also, though they spell it Labor Day. I guess the extra ‘u’ was too much like work, so they dropped it. Given that it is a holiday, I thought I would take today off – especially since today is a salute to workers, and posting here […]
It has been more than a year since we moved to a 20th floor apartment. I have yet to tire of the view, especially the sunsets. This one was Friday night
Kinda speaks for itself, doesn’t it?
“We defend Canada for nothing. We don’t get anything. They don’t pay us to defend Canada, but we defend Canada andthey understand that.” – US President Donald Trump. It is an interesting perspective. As long as I have been alive, Canada and the United States have cooperated militarily, joining in various UN and NATO missions […]
How are you at cleaning your car? Not the exterior, but the stuff you accumulate inside. Napkins, lip balm, plastic utensils and straws, wipes, tissues, sanitizer, cloth shopping bags, small ice scraper, a miniature umbrella, loose change for tolls, phone chargers, first aid items – all those things it is good to have on hand, […]
I saw this T-shirt in a store in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. As tempting as it was, I didn’t buy it. But it did get me thinking. Does it seem to you that the level of general intelligence has gone down in recent years? Have people allowed themselves to sink to the lowest common denominator? […]
I was arguing with an AI chatbot. And I was losing. Customer service has been delegated almost exclusively to machines these days. In theory that is more efficient. Certainly it is for the business, somewhat less for the customer. The AI chatbots are indeed artificial, but their intelligence seems to be sadly lacking. I wanted […]
I would be concerned if I didn’t know better. I received a “subscription termination notice” supposedly from my email provider. I had 48 hours to respond. What exactly I was about to lose was vague. What subscription? What account? And why did I receive the message three days in a row telling me my account […]
I don’t remember how I wound up on the mailing list, but I admit i enjoy the emails enough to glance at them. Even if I have never bought the products. Lilicloth.com offers clothing for sale, much of it t-shirts with witty sayings. I’ve never been seriously tempted – possibly because my wife has more […]
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