Monthly Archives: January 2024
Twitter and Free Speech
I found this post from January 2021 in my draft post file. No idea why it didn’t get posted back then. These days the name has changed, as Twitter is now X – but the issues remain the same. My 2024 reflections will be in italics at the end. I’m a big proponent of free […]
The Big
Another one where my memory fails me, this time from November 2018. All I have is the title, “The Big.” Now I’m left to wonder, “the big what?” I would have been in southern Germany, but I don’t remember anything there that grabbed me according to its size. I can’t even begin to speculate as […]
Workplace Stress
If only it were that simple. The problem is, if you don’t go to work, you don’t get paid. Not a problem if you are independently wealthy, but that isn’t me. Probably isn’t you either. It is Monday, beginning of a new work week for most people, There are a lot of people for whom […]
Complimentary Checked Baggage
If you have flown in recent years, you have heard the announcement. It seems to happen with every flight. The plane is full. That means space in the overhead compartments is at a premium. Therefore the airline, out of the goodness of its heart, is offering to let you check your carry-on bag – for […]
Truth and Lies
Here’s a post started in August 2019 that somehow never got finished. This year’s thoughts are in italics. It isn’t just politicians who at times seem unacquainted with truth. They probably learned it from the car salesmen though. I just don’t buy it. Why would anyone else? Isn’t it just asking to be lied to? […]
The York Castle Time Machine
Welcome to Flashback Friday. This year on Fridays I am reposting material from previous years. This month we have gone back to 2015 for our offerings, this one being from January 26 of that year. While it may be a staple of science fiction stories, I doubt time travel is a viable possibility. Relax though; […]
A Win For The Truckers
It is too late to make a difference, but it does set a precedent for the future. The federal government is appealing of course, not just because of the precedent but because the court ruling makes the Prime Minister and his Cabinet look bad. On Tuesday the Federal court ruled that the Trudeau government’s use […]
Is It All Over?
Well that was anti-climactic. Despite his opponents spending hundreds of millions of dollars to defeat him, Donald Trump has apparently locked up the Republican Party nomination for this year’s American presidential election. It isn’t usually over after the first primary, but such is the state of the Republican Party. And indeed of America. Now Trump’s […]
Workplace Humor
It has been a while since I had a post devoted to some lighter images. That was my plan for Monday, and as I started to write some captions/commentary, a much different post took shape. So let’s try again and pretend today is Monday. Can you do that? You’ve had the weekend off work, you […]
Working Today?
For most of us Monday is the start of a new work week. Many of us would rather be somewhere else. However, since money doesn’t grow on trees and groceries aren’t free, we head into work each day. Some days more cheerfully than others. I have always maintained that if work isn’t fun more days […]
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