The Tuesday after Labor Day is traditionally the first day of school here. For forty straight years either my wife, children or I would head out the door on this Tuesday morning to start another school year. That didn’t happen today. It felt weird. It isn’t that no-one in the family went to school today, […]
Today is a holiday in Canada. In the US also, though they spell it Labor Day. I guess the extra ‘u’ was too much like work, so they dropped it. Given that it is a holiday, I thought I would take today off – especially since today is a salute to workers, and posting here […]
Following the US lead, Canada has slapped a 100 per cent tariff on electric vehicles imported from China. So much for fighting climate change. The decision highlights the challenges to being in government. Canada’s Liberals paint themselves as climate warriors, indeed as climate saviors, fighting for the environment. They want us all to drive electric […]
Today is August 30, 2024. On August 30, 2014 I began posting regularly in this space. More than 3,000 post later I am wondering why I am doing this. Is it ego, boredom, or is there value in what I share. Whichever it is, I’m still having fun, as long as I don’t put too […]
Some T-shirts that didn’t make the cut on Tuesday. Mostly because today’s alternative was a post on climate change, and who wants that? No, I’m not going to buy any of these, even if I do like the sentiments. But I am sure someone else will.
He said it wasn’t a sales call. I knew he was lying. Any call on my landline is automatically suspect. these days people call my mobile phone. I’d get rid of the landline, but it is part of a bundle with my internet and it would cost me more to cancel the service than to […]
Whatever algorithm that tries to sell me things online is missing one essential fact. I don’t actually need anything. I look at a lot of things for sale, for a variety of reasons. That doesn’t mean I am interested in making a purchase. But inevitably, once I have looked at something online, I get inundated […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with his cabinet today as part of their annual summer retreat. I wasn’t invited, nor was I asked for my input. But I am going to offer it anyway, even though I know it will be rejected. From what I have heard about Trudeau in his nine years […]
Ottawa has a Pride parade scheduled for today. It isn’t going to be the event the organizers planned. Individuals and organizations have been dropping out, to the point where I suspect there won’t be many left willing to take part. The parade route has been halved, not because not enough police officers were willing to […]
\George Orwell was a visionary thinker. If you went to an English-language high school you probably had to study his novel 1984. The book, published in 1948, paints a rather terrifying picture of a dystopian future that seems very much as if it is describing North America today. When I was a teen I much […]
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