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Auto Reflex/Remarkable Heroism
The 80-year-old do-gooder Red Deer man, who stopped to help a Vancouver Island woman having car trouble in the dark, then pushed her off the road as a vehicle careened directly toward them. According to family comments, he was a … Continue reading
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The Trump Tyrant Poem (as prophesied by Shelley)
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and … Continue reading
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Percy Bysshe Shelley at His Most Inspired: “To a Skylark” (1820)
To a Skylark Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud … Continue reading
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Where would we all be without
common sense, rational and critical thinking, commonly accepted rules, decency, and the benefits of civilization, kindness, and looking out for others?
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Life is and has often been mostly about
day-to-day survival, even survival in the moment. A meteorite crashes through your roof and ends up on a pillow by your head. A toddler catches measles and is one of the unfortunates who dies from it. On and on, in … Continue reading
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A lot of social ‘life’ these daze
consists of online trolls ‘outing’ others who do things differently or who hold different positions or values from them.
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Our Annual Skipping-the-Oscars Classic-Movie Evening
(Since my wife and I haven’t been inside a theatre since the 2000s.) This year we’ll be re-watching arguably the best, most popular film adaptation of a W. Somerset Maugham novel. The Razor’s Edge “The fact that a good many … Continue reading
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By the sheer number of European castles
and guns in America, you can see that, historically, man has long been a barbaric creature prone to wars, violence, and destruction.
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You know we’re living in “1984” when
workplace surveillance becomes a widespread reality.
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Jupiter with ‘moon/s’, as it looked Wed. eve. here….
I’m sure the James Webb telescope could do much better than these instant Canon renderings!
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