Monthly Archives: January 2017
I Couldn’t Resist
A Friday evening bonus post for you from The New Yorker. You would hope he really didn’t say that, but given his past history I, for one, can the plausibility of it. Hopefully he’ll get better acquainted with the book in the next four years.
Inauguration Day – Not My President?
There will be protests today, as Donald Trump is sworn in as President of the United States. I understand that. It was a polarizing campaign and people still haven’t accepted the results emotionally. Demonstrations though are not the proper response. They won’t make the protesters feel any better, and there is nothing they can do […]
A Trump For The Rest Of US!
Canada at times suffers from an inferiority complex. We look at our brash, bold, successful neighbour to the south, and we want to be just like her. Now we have our chance. Businessman and reality television star Kevin O’Leary announced yesterday he is in the running to become the next leader of the Conservative Party […]
Entering The Twilight Zone
I have seen this a couple of places, but thought I should pass it on in case you missed it. While it looks like a possible spoof, it really is a television listing for this Friday. People in Scotland got to see it first as it ran in this week’s Sunday Herald. I remember the […]
Diapers and DNA
If I were to make a list of pet peeves, littering would be near the top. As an amateur psychologist, I would argue that people who just throw their garbage anywhere they happen to be are suffering from personality deficiencies. My guess is they think the universe revolves around them and that social conventions are […]
A Quote For Monday Morning
I was at a seminar this weekend when I heard a line that resonated. I’d give credit to the speaker, but he firmly stated that he was himself quoting, though he couldn’t remember the original source. A quick online search gave me several different variations on the statement, and left me no wiser as […]
A Tale of Two Churches
My friend Paul had a post earlier this week about Christmas Day 2022. That’s the next time the holiday falls on a Sunday. Some churches, for what seemed to be good reasons I am sure, cancel their services when December 25 is a Sunday. Paul’s words got me to thinking, and I wrote this post […]
Let Them Eat Cake
The story is told, probably apocryphally, that at the outset of the French Revolution in 1789 the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, was told the peasants were rioting because they had no bread. Her response, immortalized in history, was “let them eat cake.” The result of such an uncaring response was the end of the […]
The Move
I had a post already planned for today. It was (in my mind anyway) light, whimsical and even topical. But it had a fatal flaw. It was about my office move, which took place yesterday. I was going to regale you with tales of woe, of missing items and scuffed furniture and doors that wouldn’t […]
The Pollsters’ Nightmare
Instead of hanging up I listened, even though it was an automated call. As the machine recited the choices I could see the looming problem. Political leadership races don’t always gain a lot of attention, even in the party holding the contest. So you are forgiven if you weren’t aware the Conservative Party of Canada […]
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