Monthly Archives: December 2017

Matthew Arnold Irony

“It is no small a thing to have enjoyed the sun. To have light in the spring. To have loved, to have thought, to have done.”

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(Blue) Condition Issues: An Homage to Jackson Pollack

Original found art (series of visuals: 1 to 5 by Richard Davies.

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Of Values and Words: U.S. vs. Canada

You can tell a lot about a country’s values and agendas from their language use. The U.S. has banned the use of the following words for their public health agency: diversity transgender evidence-based science-based. The redneck/child-abuser/Nazi base that supports Trump … Continue reading

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Insensitive, Unempathetic Victim-Blaming Minister of Disabilities in Canada

Kent Hehr: Minister of Mean-Spirited Abuse. “Everyone in Canada has a sob story” said to thalidomide victims! “When did you stop beating your wife?” said to maternity leave protestors. Ignorance, stupidity, and a lack of caring and ability to appropriately … Continue reading

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Grandma Moses:

“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.”

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Hard News Headline on Google

What will Meghan Markle get the Queen for Christmas? (A life and death issue if ever there was one.)

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Seems appropriate that

the guy who successfully prosecuted 2 KKKers for the bombing that killed the black kids in church should defeat Moore last night. Given Moore’s track record of multiple alleged sex offences, it’s hard to imagine that God’s word, which he … Continue reading

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Year-End Musings

(Christmas card, older grandson) “It takes four seasons to know one year.”–Anonymous “Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.”–Victor Hugo “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”–Albert Camus … Continue reading

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Holiday Reflections

“The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key.”–Pearl Buck “The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. … Continue reading

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That ‘Awful’, Politically Incorrect Holiday (For All the Naysayers)

Christmas–a beautiful word. Can’t hear it enough in all the radio music. Makes me want to walk the streets shouting “Merry Christmas, one and all!” Songs like Bachman’s “Takin’ Care of Christmas“–its last verse yet another reminder of Christmas‘s best–helping … Continue reading

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