Monthly Archives: June 2021

Overheard, while out on my bike, passing two guys on the street

this morning, “I would have bankrupted myself the way Alberta shut down the economy.”

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Local woman killed by drunk driver

as she walked on a sidewalk.If you can’t walk safely on a sidewalk, then times are really tough.This kind of dopey irresponsibility and lack of self-control is why MADD came to be.

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Re. Plastic Bottles

Scientists estimate we consume 44 lbs of plastic on average in a lifetime.

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Revisiting Movies–A Top Film List

It’s been a while. Recent movies have tended to be loud, formulaic, pre-advertised (trailers usually give away all of a film’s essentials), very commercial, flawed, dumb, crass, pointless, and geared toward What Faulkner called “the glands” and the lowest common … Continue reading

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Default by Techno

(The Massive Limits and Limitedness of D/E-Technology) No bot could everreplace a sky.No phone will everstop the tides.Nor any hack nullifyour limitless love.No avatar couldsupplant youin any case.Nor any cloudclone Monetnor any bugtake down Beethoven. The variables in theInternet of … Continue reading

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Hot Summer Days

Time to cover the couch and chairs with clean, cool, more comfortable sheets.

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So much for the Father Of Canada and Confederation

(former good guy, hero, patriot, defender of Canada against the U.S., nation-builder, provincial-unifier, railway visionary who opened up the country for immigrants, first PM of Canada, main force behind the North America Act) …………………………………………… as many Canadians totally abandon critical … Continue reading

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