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.
I wrote this post in October last year, but got sidetracked and didn’t post it. Today seemed like a good time to correct that error. Don’t you hate technology? Even more, don’t you hate calling tech support? You know they can’t help you – but hope springs eternal. My internet connection died, and with it […]
It’s Flashback Friday. Today’s post first ran on January 5, 2015. Technology, when it works, is a blessing. It makes our lives easier and more efficient and provides all sorts of benefits. When it doesn’t work it can be a major frustration. Traveling is so much more pleasant when you can check into a flight […]
I think I am supposed to be outraged at the disparity. How can they justify the money? A new report says Canada’s top 100 CEOs make, on average, 246 times what an average worker does. Or to put it another way, a half an hour into the new year they had already made more money […]
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