Category Archives: RANDOM

I have been looking everywhere for my sense of humour

but it is lost somewhere … Ah Bloom County.  What a beautiful world that was, and truth be told, a stuffed Opus [careful, he might hear you, ed.] accompanied us to the hospital when our first child was born, and they … Continue reading

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You must be [a] very [soon to be committed] patient

“You must be very patient,” the nice young man said as we walked down my stairs.  He had come to make sure that the commode chair and bath transfer bench, to name but a few of my new favourite things, … Continue reading

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Here’s something cool I learnt in Latin

And it has a great name too: the Passive Periphrastic. It has stayed with me not just because it has a wonderful name, like Englebert Humperdink, a stage name if you will believe it, but because it explains the origin … Continue reading

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These are a few of my favourite things

Write about cartoons … write about humour … write about music … I grew up in a house full of humour, much of it inexplicable.  We used to get these Giles cartoon books, for example, from a favourite Aunt every … Continue reading

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Write About Dogs

My mum always told me I should write about what I know … Yes, well, you are thinking, that narrows the field.  Like the joke about take me to your superior, could you be a little more specific.  But the … Continue reading

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Do we or don’t we need Heroes?

I think we need mentors and leaders, but not exactly heroes.  It is my firm belief that mankind has slowly been advancing in terms of understanding of surroundings, and that as that understanding has advanced the simpler ideas that satisfied our … Continue reading

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More ideas, this time from a self-appointed philosopher king

It is irritating but common for privilege to not recognize itself or reveal appropriate humility as it bellies up to the bar to snorkel up the caviar at a fancy state dinner, so my attitudes towards this man’s writings are … Continue reading

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Friday Night Jukebox

Can’t be done!  But a nonsense thread for Friday Night.  To quote one of my favourite authors, “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the … Continue reading

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Cape Spear, St. John’s and Pumpkin Pie

Yesterday we got to visit the very lighthouse that graces the top of this website.  It stands on top of Cape Spear, the most easterly part of all of North America.  The name Spear appears to be a mispronunciation of … Continue reading

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Playing with Plug-ins

That’s it, playing with plugins.  Hoping to get better picture loading and better formatting for comments, and the ability to preview and edit them too.  And want youtubes to open in a new tab.  But it is just me, my … Continue reading

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