Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
The Renovation
They don’t make them like they used to. Probably because they can’t afford to. Just refurbishing Ottawa’s Wellington Building, opened in 1927 as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, cost $425 million and took seven years. That’s a lot of money; my guess is about $424 million than it cost to build it […]
I’m not a big Facebook user. I’m interested in what my friends are doing, but there are only so many minutes in the day. I try and get caught up at least once a week by scrolling through a large number of posts. Most of the time the posts are pretty interesting. Some I avoid […]
Unthinking
Today I planned on posting the latest in the saga of the frozen locks on Canada Post community mailboxes. However, I wasn’t thinking when I finished writing the post, or perhaps I was just not paying attention. Instead of scheduling the post to run today at the usual time, I pressed “Publish” and it immediately […]
More Mailbox Woes
It seems almost wrong for me to keep taking shots at Canada Post. I’m sure they mean well, it’s just they have a competency issue. Or perhaps that is an incompetency issue. I’ve already written about the frozen locks on community mailboxes in my area, and how I was without mail for a couple of […]
December Already?
Where did the year go? It seems just yesterday we were looking at the beginning of 2016, full of hope; now things are winding down, Or should that be winding up, given the busyness of the season? Christmas is coming, but you already knew that. It is 24 days away. Unless of course you follow […]
What is Donald Trump?
I have a friend who regularly posts cartoons from The New Yorker on her Facebook page. I’m very appreciative of that since I would never remember to go looking for them on my own. Yesterday, when I laughed at the Jeopardy influenced cartoon that so obviously referenced the social and political climate in the United […]
Allied
I rarely make it to the theatre to see the hot new movies, life seems to always get in the way. I read the reviews, say “I think I’d like to see that picture,” then watch it on Netflix a year later. So going to see Allied last Friday on its opening weekend was unusual. […]
Monday Morning Question
About 25 years ago, when I first acquired the email account I still use today, I was very diligent at clearing out my inbox. I never had any unread messages and never more than 200 emails in total. Back then email space was at a premium, no matter whether you used a free service or […]
Kicking Off Grey Cup 2016
The Grey Cup game is being held this evening in Toronto, the annual championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL). I had thought about going, but decided to opt for the pleasures of watching on television instead. Being at a national championship in any sport is special, and I was very tempted to make the […]
First Sunday of Advent…
…and nothing has really changed from last year. My daughter’s cat, who usually behaves like a dog (all the worst dog features imaginable), for some reason spends Advent thinking she is a Christmas tree ornament. I’m sure I’ll get some much better shots of her in the tree before Christmas Day arrives.
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