Monthly Archives: April 2016
Your Wednesday Morning Rant
It happened again. I blame my mother. I don’t blame her for the fact that I check the obituary listing in the daily newspaper. I’ve reached the point in my life where fairly often I’ll see a death notice for someone I know (or the parent of someone I know). It doesn’t hurt to be […]
Tech Support
Apparently I am not an idiot. One of my jobs requires logging in to a computer in another city, using a virtual private network. When it works, which is usually, it is a simple system. A few weeks back though I couldn’t connect. I contacted tech support, described the problem and implemented the solution they […]
Public Transit
Taking the bus is relatively boring. You get on, you pay your fare, you get off at your destination. One bus looks just like every other bus. It wasn’t like that when we visited Malta. The buses had a uniform colour scheme, but there was room for personalization and individuality. They’ve changed the system since […]
My Memory Fails Me
It is Sunday, and on Sundays I often post a small photo essay of a church or churches I have visited on my travels. Today is one of those days. However I feel a little embarrassed that today I can share the pictures but don’t have any information. For some reason, when I went to […]
Look Who’s Back
For our family, Friday nights are frequently a time to de-stress at the end of the work week. We eat dinner together then curl up in front of the television to watch a movie together. That can sometimes add to the stress as we try to decide what to watch (usually on Netflix). Three people […]
Elvis Wasn’t In This Building
I don’t remember reading the book before. Maybe it came from my parents’ house when they moved into a retirement residence, or maybe I picked it up at a garage sale. Not that I frequent garage sales. It was a Perry Mason mystery, Erle Stanley Gardner’s The Case of the Cautious Coquette. (Does anyone these […]
An Outraged Trump
It’s been a couple of weeks since we turned our gaze southward to look at the Trump campaign. Time to rectify that, just in case you are suffering from Trump withdrawal. Maybe the novelty has faded, but we in Canada aren’t hearing much about Donald Trump these days. Or maybe it is just that our […]
Two Thoughts For A Wednesday
We start with the wrongful dismissal case, where a fired employee was successful on his suit against his employer. He worked for the RCMP, a clerk for Canada’s national police force. At a social event at a superior’s house he consumed large quantities of alcohol and smoke marijuana. This led to his termination. He sued. […]
Broken Relationships
Ever have one of those days when at the end of the day you looked back and realized you hadn’t accomplished any of the things you wanted to? That was Monday. So I decided to go with a re-run today. I might have anyway even if Monday hadn’t been so hectic. I’ve been thinking about […]
Today’s Post Isn’t…
Isn’t what I am not sure. I had several ideas, and a few things almost ready to go, but didn’t make the time to finish them. But I didn’t want to leave you with nothing to read. Which got me to thinking. Jerry Seinfeld famously established one of the most successful shows in television history, […]
random thoughts from lorne 
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