Well that was anti-climactic. Despite his opponents spending hundreds of millions of dollars to defeat him, Donald Trump has apparently locked up the Republican Party nomination for this year’s American presidential election. It isn’t usually over after the first primary, but such is the state of the Republican Party. And indeed of America. Now Trump’s […]
It has been a while since I had a post devoted to some lighter images. That was my plan for Monday, and as I started to write some captions/commentary, a much different post took shape. So let’s try again and pretend today is Monday. Can you do that? You’ve had the weekend off work, you […]
For most of us Monday is the start of a new work week. Many of us would rather be somewhere else. However, since money doesn’t grow on trees and groceries aren’t free, we head into work each day. Some days more cheerfully than others. I have always maintained that if work isn’t fun more days […]
Renovation time, and I had to move my filing cabinet. Which, as you know, is easier said than done. Paper weighs a lot. Even with the ongoing shredding of unnecessary documents and records, the filing cabinet was full. It certainly couldn’t have been moved from the basement to the second floor without being emptied. Well, […]
I must admit I am surprised. Canada’s biggest grocery chain has backed down on its’ decision to lower its discount on expiring food. I had thought they would ride out the bad publicity. The company announced the decision Friday, though it won’t take effect immediately. I guess they want to use up the new stickers […]
It’s Flashback Friday. Today’s post first ran on January 19, 2015. I saw the report about the death of a Canadian terrorist last week, first online then, the next morning, in my newspaper. I read the whole article instead of just skimming, noted some interesting details and that was about it. I thought about doing […]
I saw the stickers before it hit the news. I was not impressed. Living across the street from two major grocery stores has allowed me to be somewhat cushioned from the rapid inflation in food prices over the past couple of years. Despite overall price hikes of ten per cent (and 20 or 30 per […]
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 […]
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