Monthly Archives: December 2015
Climate Change For Dummies
Back in the 1980s a very effective television commercial for cough syrup featured an actor who delivered the line “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on television.” This apparently made him an authority. It must have worked – they switched pitchmen when the first one got in trouble for tax evasion. We seem […]
I Know You
I know 10 facts about you: Fact 1: You are reading this. Fact 2: You can’t say the letter ‘m’ without touching your lips. Fact 3: You just tried it. Fact 4: You’re smiling. Fact 6: You’re smiling or laughing again. Fact 7: You didn’t notice I missed fact 5. Fact 8: You just checked […]
Memory
I went to a party last night. I hate parties. As I was explaining to friend by email before the event, I can do small talk really well – I just don’t like it. Superficial is easy, but why should I care about the superficial? I want meat, not milk. (Sorry about that if you […]
Dusk
Went for a walk in the neighbourhood with my wife, enjoying a beautiful fall evening with unseasonably warm temperatures. It is December, a third of the way through the month, more or less, shouldn’t there be snow on the ground by now? I’m not complaining, just wondering. I snapped a picture with my phone, the […]
Miriam
It is that time of year. Has been for a month if you frequent shopping malls. Christmas and seasonal music is everywhere. I’m not a big fan of songs about Santa and Rudolf. I don’t care who Mommy kissed or that Grandma got run over. Give me traditional carols that tell the Christmas story in […]
The Celebration
I didn’t take pictures. I didn’t go anywhere near the window. I know what goes up must come down. I didn’t want to get in the way of that process, even though it seemed unlikely that any of the bullets were aimed in my direction. Earlier in the day I had visited a refugee camp […]
The Prophet
I don’t think he was trying to be prophetic. After all, he was writing about the past. I was reading a century-old short story by James Joyce this week. Yes, I know, I have eclectic tastes. There was one line that struck me from the piece, because it seemed to be describing the British monarchy, […]
Death Comes Calling
I have a Velvet Revolver t-shirt somewhere that I have never worn. With Scott Weiland’s death a couple of days ago I wonder if it is now a collector’s item? Probably not, though I imagine the t-shirt will be reprinted to capitalize on the demise of the singer for both Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple […]
So You Think I Can Dance?
Computers baffle me at times. I’m not ashamed to admit that. At least I am assuming it is a computer that baffles me, I would hate to think it is a human that has me puzzled in this case. It’s about a job, one that apparently someone, or more likely some machine, thinks I am […]
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