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Star Trek at 50
Don’t forget that my reader survey ends tomorrow. I really would like your feedback and it will only take a couple of minutes. You can find it here. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv3g1h_star-trek-tos-2x25_shortfilms I noticed a few days ago that Thursday was the 50th anniversary of the initial broadcast of the first Star Trek television show. I thought about […]
Overdrawn At The Sperm Bank – II
Yesterday I wrote about life imitating art, more or less, in my interpretation of a news story about an American sperm bank. Today my thoughts continue. My curiosity get the better of me and I looked on the sperm bank’s website. Privacy is very important to them, all information is kept confidential. Well, we know […]
Overdrawn At The Sperm Bank – I
There are times when fiction and reality seem indistinguishable. Sometimes comedy can ask some serious questions. Occasionally I see things in the news that have been foreshadowed by books or movies. Such was the case last week with a news story that brought to mind some moral and ethical issues. I saw the Quebec-made […]
Technology Scares Me
Don’t forget to take my five question reader survey if you haven’t done so yet. It wont take long, and I’d really appreciate the feedback. Click here and enjoy. My car is insecure. I don’t mean that I left it unlocked. It sent me an email; it wants me to answer some questions about its […]
Tying Up Some Loose Ends
I figured an update on a couple of earlier posts might be in order. As you may recall, Canada Post introduced community mailboxes to my neighbourhood just after last October’s federal election. This arguably was the first broken election promise for the new Liberal government, which had promised a moratorium on ending home delivery. A […]
Ashley
Ashley Madison is back in the news. A little more than a year ago, when the adultery dating site was in the news for a couple of weeks I put down some thoughts on the mater but didn’t post them. I had some posts scheduled, and once they had run Ashley Madison had faded from […]
End Of The Road?
Tonight Canada pauses. The Olympics are forgotten. Wars and rumours of wars are on the backburner. Only one thing is important: The Tragically Hip have returned home to Kingston’s K-Rock Centre for what is most likely one final show. The Hip are the quintessentially Canadian band. They can fill the largest arena in the nation […]
Sad But True
I came across a page on Facebook recently filled with memes created from “classical” art. Some were crude, some were silly, but others I found quite funny. Those ones I will post here over the next little while. That way you don’t have to wade through the dross – I’ve already done it for you.
Do You Care?
The Summer Olympic Games officially kick off today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (though some events have already started). Does anyone care? Certainly the athletes do. For many this is the apex of their athletic careers, medal or no medal. But does the public care? Or have we judged the Olympic spectacle to be not […]
Diefenbunker II
There is so much I could say about my trip to Canadian Forces Base Carp, also know as the Diefenbunker, but it’s Sunday and you probably don’t want to hear me blather. So I’m going to let the pictures tell the story.
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