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Legalizing Pot – II
Back in the 1970s I was convinced it was only a matter of a few years before Canada would make marijuana a legal substance. My thought was that governments wouldn’t be able to resist the tax revenue that could come from making it like alcohol. Why should organized crime get all the income? What was […]
Legalizing Pot – I
In my time in radio I was used to playing listener requests. If someone wanted to hear a song I would do my best to play it, as long as it fit the format of the show. Requests for Led Zeppelin fell on deaf ears when I was doing a classical music show. And yes, […]
Screwing Up The System
They’ve been around for 30 years, but today I have to use one for the first time. Canada Post is ending home delivery to my neighbourhood and I will have to pick up my mail at a community mailbox. It’s a financial decision to keep the postal service in the black. I think it is […]
A Matter of Survival
How do I get on these email lists? I have no idea. The sad thing is, I’m not paranoid enough to really appreciate them when I do read them. The ones offering me various weapons to protect myself, just in case, I usually delete unread. Guns don’t kill people. However I have the impression people […]
Conversations With Clapton
I have a natural distrust of the media. Just because it is in print or on video doesn’t mean it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Things get twisted along the way. This distrust comes not because I have spent time working in the media and therefore have some idea […]
Thanksgiving 2015
It is Thanksgiving Day in Canada today. I was going to give you a list of things I am thankful for, but I’m really not a list-maker, or at least not today. I could have shown you some pictures of the walk my wife and I did yesterday afternoon, taking in the fall foliage. The […]
My first thought was…
…free delivery on a $100 order? That’s only four coffees, right? Okay, I know it is a bit more than that, but not much. But it did boggle my mind to think of spending $100 or more in a coffee shop. I am sure people do it though, and the fact they do is a […]
Another Scamming Attempt
One thing I have discovered in writing this blog is that I am a little more aware of things that happen around me that might make interesting reading. That makes this post your fault. I received a message on Skype that “Angela” wanted to be added to my contact list. This did not seem normal. […]
No Parking
The sign seems pretty self-explanatory, doesn’t it? I mean, what part of “reserved” is unclear? The sign marks my parking spot. Our complex has assigned parking, with an exclusive spot for each homeowner. Every couple of months though I come home and find someone parking in that spot. I have never been able to figure […]
Bumbling Bureaucracy
I got a letter from the government. They wanted me to get a new health card. I ignored it. Ontario has been “upgrading” the cards citizens use to access our healthcare system. When I first moved to the province the cards were paper. Sometime in the 1970s they switched to plastic cards, red and white […]
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