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Given the possibility of Love and the fact of Death,

The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” and Ian and Sylvia’s “Lovin’ Sound” make a great deal of sense as a personal or mutual choice after all these long decades since the Sixties. There it is, feelings and significant relationships, that … Continue reading

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Two Outstanding TV Suchet-Poirots

Taken at the Flood–excellent portrayal of a psychopath; best ever portrayed by a tv production I’ve ever seen. Realistic, scary, and downright evil. Cards on the Table–for anyone desiring the multiple suspects approach of Murder on the Orient Express. The … Continue reading

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Woman on the Canadian $ Bill

(a suggestion for Justin) What’s wrong with the Queen? Isn’t she big enough, influential enough? Isn’t she a woman? Why doesn’t she count? Lucy Maude Montgomery? Internationally famous and has brought in a ton of dough to P.E.I. though she’s … Continue reading

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Back Then

And weary I was, awakening again to I feel, therefore I am. Stood in the rain beneath a tree reconsidering the ruins and haunts of all that I have seen or been. But most, the light that moved and changed … Continue reading

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The Best T.O. Newspaper Quotes of the Week

come from the excellent National Post. Today: “Somewhere resistance must arise against the politically correct executioners in this country before they are able to reduce us all to a Dante’s Inferno of frenzied cultural and moral oppression.”–Conrad Black (commenting on … Continue reading

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George Martin’s Pleasurable Start as a Comedy Producer

(EMI boxset –highly recommended for Sellers fans, old comedy fans, lovers of English wit and truly creative merrymaking) Martin helped to popularize Peter Sellers through the many records he produced for him. Some outstanding tracks are #1-8 on disc 1, … Continue reading

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George Martin, 90, Obit: Musical Genius

(recommended scarce Little, Brown dj book, 1994) The Beatles wrote great songs and sounded fine on their own, of course, but The Fifth Beatle facilitated their sound and best, unique work, no question. Listening to “Love Me Do” and “Please Please … Continue reading

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Printemps Est Ici in Edmo

Been riding my bike since the beginning of March.

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Two Themes of Today

1. Communication and its lack thereof. How little there often really is out there. How it’s increasingly confuted by Canada’s spiralling Tower of Babel (with 300,000 more potentially Trudeau-voting non-English speakers on the way). E.g., Yesterday a completely different order … Continue reading

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“Touch, words, and music are

the most powerful and universal drugs of mankind.” -RD

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