If your mind is already made up, do facts contradicting your position make any difference to you? Or do you ignore them? It is that time of year when conspiracy theorists are turning their eyes towards Switzerland. The World Economic Forum is meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The WEF is the whipping boy for thousands of […]
As the snow came down in Ottawa on the weekend, I was thinking about travel. Probably everyone in the city was wishing they were somewhere they didn’t have to shovel. With travel not really an option, I traveled virtually, looking at pictures from past vacations. On Saturday I managed to visit Italy and Egypt without […]
The American presidential election campaign kicks into high gear today with the Iowa Caucus. The winners are basically predetermined, al three of them. Americans, having grown up in the system, instinctively understand the difference between a caucus and a primary, the form most states use to choose party delegates to a presidential nominating convention. If […]
Fifteen years ago I visited Italy for the first time. Having taken Latin in school, I really wanted to see Rome. My wife wasn’t that interested – she’d been there before. She suggested we go to the Cinque Terre region, a place she had heard of but never visited. We had time, so we did […]
I wrote this post in 2016, but apparently it was never posted. I have no idea why. Canada has some of the highest, perhaps the highest, cell phone rates in the world. Getting a phone is fast and easy, as long as you have money. Getting a cell phone in Iraq is quite another story. […]
It’s Flashback Friday. Today’s post first ran on January 12, 2015. Standing on the ramparts of Caen Castle in Normandy gave us a good view of the town. Today rather than hearing from me, I thought perhaps the pictures should tell the story. I must confess I have no idea what any of these buildings […]
Memory is a wonderful thing – when it works. Today it doesn’t. I have mentioned occasionally that I have a number of half-finished posts I intend to eventually publish in this space. Some are on my phone, others on my computer. At least once a week I look and see if there is one I […]
It isn’t a time management issue. It is simply too much to do, a couple of deadlines, and too few hours. The good news is that the really urgent stuff is almost done. The bad news is, it won’t be finished until Friday. I didn’t want to leave this space empty today though, so just […]
The first real storm of the winter has started. It’s Tuesday afternoon and I have been shoveling already. There’s another 15-20 centimeters on the way. Snow isn’t the problem. It is the freezing rain and ice pellets that are coming overnight. The online “snow day predictor” tells me there’s a 99% school buses will be […]
I was going to add some commentary to go along with this, but decided the image says it all.
random thoughts from lorne 
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