It’s Flashback Friday as throughout 2024 we revisit posts from years past. I didn’t remember this one, from July 19, 2016, when I first saw it, but the memories came back when I read the text. I lived and worked in Renfrew County for 15 years or so, and never once checked out any of […]
Unfortunately life doesn’t work that way. But I will take some time at some point in the day to just appreciate my surroundings. Feel free to join me.
It would never be tolerated today. Not in this age of political correctness where truth doesn’t matter. I was taking a political science course at Carleton University, which even fifty years ago was pretty left-leaning when it came to political thought. Still, it was an era where some vestiges of sanity still remained. A fellow […]
There’s so much to ay about the attempt to assassinate Donald Trump on Saturday – and I’m not going to say any of it. Except hat I am surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. And I am glad the attempt failed. I dislike a lot about Donald Trump, but if he is what the American people […]
What a lovely job title. One I am sure is very appropriate. I saw this sign when I was visiting a church in the Toronto area last week, a larger one with a whole wing for children’s ministries. It was sitting on the reception counter, where I presume parents sign their children in on Sundays […]
They canceled the annual Pride Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick yesterday. That saddened me. I am not a supporter of the societal manupulatons of the gender alphabet. Leaving aside theological considerations, they don’t make scientific sense. However, the festival was canceled not because because the organizers realized the silliness of their cause, but because they […]
On this Flashback Friday we revisit the post from July 12, 2015. I was running errands with my mother. That means I drive her wherever she needs to go, wait until she is finished, then drive her to the next place she wants to go. I don’t mind doing this. She is 86, and while […]
One of the reasons politicians have fallen into disfavor in our society is that they take themselves too seriously. After all, they are just normal people with a gift for getting elected. n There are all sorts of accusations raised against them as a class: they are corrupt, in it for themselves, in it for […]
Times have changed. No longer can visiting musicians woo Canadians by praising the Prime Minister. That is so 2015. Maybe the Rolling Stones are just out of touch with Canadian society. No shame in that, given that they don’t live here. And I guess the fans don’t care who the band likes. But I’ll bet […]
There’s so much truth to this one. I need to stay current for work, but most days I wish I could remain blissfully ignorant. As another work week starts, may our experience with news and current affairs do nothing to make us anxious or raise our blood pressure. At least, we can hope for that.
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