Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
Times Change
I must admit I don’t remember anything in a car owners manual about adjusting valves. Changing oil, perhaps. I will also admit I didn’t check my car’s manual – but I find it hard to believe there is a warning against drinking the battery contents. Then again, I can easily see myself being wrong on […]
Earlier And Earlier
Last August I shared my surprise that Halloween decorations and supplies were already in local stores. It is only July, but apparently Halloween is coming earlier this year. At least the preparations. On Wednesday I saw this storefront across the street. A new store featuring all things Halloween is about to open. If you can’t […]
Heat? What Heat?
As North America and Europe are sweltering with record temperatures and an increased number of forest fires, I’ve been thinking about the next ice age. The one that didn’t happen. Back in the early 1970s climate scientists were concerned that volatile weather patterns were a harbinger of another ice age like the one that froze […]
Starting Another Work Week
After taking the weekend off from this space (did you miss me?), it is time to get back into a rhythm. But no-one wants to really want to do that on a sunny summer day, especially when it is Monday. So let’s try for a little humor instead. Maybe if we ease into the week […]
That Famous Pharaoh
He is probably the most famous Egyptian pharaoh, and arguably the least important. His primary claim to fame is that grave robbers, for the most part, missed his tomb. Until the twentieth century that is. Then the wealth of Tutankhamen was discovered for the world to see. There are thousands of artifacts that have toured the […]
Surfing the Elysium Tide
My ongoing question as I read the new novel Elysium Tide was: Where are the flying pigs? We all know there are no flying pigs in real life. Nor are there any pigs in this book. Given the suspension of disbelief required to enjoy this novel, I could have accepted flying pigs quite readily. Though […]
Monday’s Thoughts
I know it is Wednesday. But it was a monday when I wrote this post, which I discovewred in my draft post file. I thought I’d leave the title unchanged. I think on the day I oiriginally intended to post this I decided it might be too offensive. I have a couple of posts that […]
Old Fashioned Religion
Stuck in an airport with no place to plug in, and battery power unexplainedly low, here’s a repeat of a post from 2015. If I get home (my flights keep getting delayed), I’ll share a new post on Tuesday. He seemed like a relic of a bygone era, a street preacher standing on a park […]
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