Category Society
I’m Not There
My curiosity got the better of me. I looked. I never met Jeffrey Epstein. Don’t remember ever hearing his name before his suicide. But with millions of documents being released by the US Department of Justice regarding his legal case, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to check. If you want to see if your name […]
Back To Work
It’s Monday. For most people it is the start of the work week. For Canada’s civil servants it is another day closer to having to go back to work. It’s not that they haven’t been working. It is just that they have been working from home. They have been told that will change this summer, […]
“Hockey is Church”
Leaving the building on Friday two young men in the elevator asked if I as going to watch the Olympic gold medal hockey game between Canada and the USA Sunday morning. I said yes, at least the first two periods. After that would be leaving for church. “You should stay home and watch,” they said. […]
Insulting My Intelligence
I think I have been insulted by Artificial Intelligence. Which proves that while it may be artificial it certainly is not intelligent. I wanted some pictures to illustrate Thursday’s post. It isn’t as if I kept a souvenir soft drink can around from 1960. So I searched online for “Top Valu Ginger Ale.” Surely someone […]
Not Healthy? Who Cares!
I was very young, maybe four or five, and visiting my paternal grandmother. I had an upset stomach. She gave me ginger ale. Told me it would be good for me. Turns out Grandma was wrong. The Ottawa Hospital recently dropped ginger ale from its menu because of its dubious health benefits. Many patients are […]
Words of Protest
I saw this installed in a Vienna transit station in 2019. Originally an American work, I wonder if it would be acceptable there today.
Feeling Old?
I don’t think I look my age. I certainly don’t act my age. Not that I know how my age is supposed to act – this is the first time I have been this old. So I was taken aback to be offered a seat on a crowded light rail train heading into downtown Ottawa. […]
The Ear Worm
This one’s been running through my head for a few weeks. It won’t leave. Steppenwolf’s “Monster” was released in 1969, a call for America to live up to its ideals. Almost fifty years later it is as if the song was written for today. Once the religious, the hunted and wearyChasing the promise of freedom […]
The New World Order
I wrote this post before Canadian Prime Minister Mark carney made his now famous speech last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It seems to me to be a worth addendum to what he said. We think the status quo will last forever. As humans we crave certainty and distrust instability. Yet instability […]
How Boring Can It Be?
Super Bowl LX is tonight. I’m having some friends over. The email invitation was titled “It’s the most boring night of the year.” From that you can tell I’m nota big fan of American football. I only follow the NFL enough that I don’t sound completely ignorant if the topic comes up in conversation. I […]
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