Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
Campaign Signs
His name is Ryan Leef and he is running for Parliament in Yukon. I’ve never met him, but I do admire his response to those who were vandalizing his signs. I have worked on many an election campaign. One common element to almost all campaigns is deliberate defacement and destruction of campaign signs. Signs cost […]
The Tax Scam
By now there must be a warrant out for my arrest. And a subpoena. If this post ends in mid- sentence you know they came and took me away. It is all my fault of course. I am a procrastinator. If it can wait until tomorrow I usually let it. So when I came home […]
Hung Over
At age 17, more than 40 years ago, after finishing high school, I entered the workforce. My first full-time job was as a mail clerk in a law firm. It was a big firm and there were usually about ten of us working in the mail room, dealing with a couple of thousand pieces of […]
I have no idea how this wound up on my computer, where or when I downloaded it. I must have done so because I thought you would like it though, so here it is. I probably meant to send it to one person in particular, a friend who gave up meat (among other pleasurable foods) […]
Planning To Fail
There is an axiom that failing to plan means you are planning to fail. If you don’t have an idea how to accomplish your goals you are unlikely to do so. Today I’m going to be a little self-indulgent. It is a year since this blog started and that seems to be a suitable time […]
Does This Sign Belong Here?
Canada is a bilingual nation, though in parts of the country that is more theory than fact. When I was younger both England and France were acknowledges as our founding nations, and English and French were our national languages. Now it is more complicated, and it is commonly understood that Canada’s aboriginal population, the First […]
Vanishing From Society
Sometimes social change sneaks up on you. You don’t see it happening and then suddenly realize what has taken place. I was tidying up and came across a matchbook for a restaurant that I am sure I haven’t been to in 25 years. It suddenly struck me – I can’t remember when I last picked […]
TheBest Job
A few years back some Australian tourism outfit, as I recall, advertised the “best job in the world” and held a contest to fill the position. I didn’t apply – six months as caretaker of a tropical island seemed like a job for a single person; I wasn’t going to uproot my family for a […]
Security And Convenience
It’s one of the most embarrassing moments of modern life. Fortunately I was at the automatic checkout, so no-one noticed. My credit card was declined. Not a big deal, it was a small purchase, only $4.55. I had a debit card and another credit card available. But it shouldn’t have happened. My credit card bill […]
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