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Not a Revelation, Probably
Apr. 5th, 2025 07:28 pmThere is a conclusion I've come to:
Hands Off = Elbows Up = Slava Ukraini
It's all the same fight.
Hands Off = Elbows Up = Slava Ukraini
It's all the same fight.
A Weird Coincidence
Mar. 31st, 2025 09:57 pmCrayola is pushing today as National Crayon Day.
Today is also the annual Day of Transgender Visibility, and has long been so.
I am thinking that the connection here can be both useful and entertaining.
Today is also the annual Day of Transgender Visibility, and has long been so.
I am thinking that the connection here can be both useful and entertaining.
Voices Leave Impressions
Mar. 23rd, 2025 05:40 pmI just had a thought about what Poilievre's voice makes me think of: school principals who used the strap to punish kids. Whether they were actually getting out of hand or something else was going on.
His tone - every time I hear his voice - puts me in mind of someone who was born too late to be one of those school principals, knows it, and wants revenge for that fact of birth timing.
His tone - every time I hear his voice - puts me in mind of someone who was born too late to be one of those school principals, knows it, and wants revenge for that fact of birth timing.
Book Events: The Sad Bastard Cookbook
Feb. 12th, 2025 09:46 pmIf you're interested in the art of cooking on a tight budget in Ontario? You might sign up for this:
https://www.wellandlibrary.ca/event-details/an-afternoon-with-rachel-rosen
https://www.wellandlibrary.ca/event-details/an-afternoon-with-rachel-rosen
Trudeau's Decision
Jan. 6th, 2025 09:05 pmI am not happy. He was pressured, cornered, whatever verb that invokes the concept of coercion.
No, he has not been perfect. There are choices he made that I am unhappy with to this day.
There's still good and kind works in need of doing, though, and now those works are going to be more difficult to get done. The good works already done over these past five years, of course, are now at greater risk of being undone.
The current leadership of my own party helped make this mess inescapable. I'm not happy with that either...
No, he has not been perfect. There are choices he made that I am unhappy with to this day.
There's still good and kind works in need of doing, though, and now those works are going to be more difficult to get done. The good works already done over these past five years, of course, are now at greater risk of being undone.
The current leadership of my own party helped make this mess inescapable. I'm not happy with that either...
Looking Back At Christmas Day 2024
Dec. 26th, 2024 08:35 amIt was okay. Quiet when I needed it to be, noisy when I wanted it to be.
No notes.
No notes.
Saskatchewan Politics: Mixed Blessing
Oct. 29th, 2024 07:29 amScott Moe still has his job, I'm sad to note.
Yes, the Saskatchewan NDP still improved their standings in the polls and the legislature...
Yes, the Saskatchewan NDP still improved their standings in the polls and the legislature...
As regards today's op-ed cartoon by Greg Perry...
Whatever his own opinion, the family he depicted have a legitimate reason for a long, loud cry of frustration: COVID-19 is still very much part of the picture. So long as we don't require masking up properly and good air-cleaning measures in our workplaces - including public transit to and from those spaces - and our various levels of government are not dealing with the pandemic still in progress in the proper ways otherwise, SARS-CoV-2 and its medical consequences will still plague us. Socially, economically, in every way possible. The vaccines we have are still not enough in and of themselves to end the pandemic.
Therefore, Dads and kids everywhere have every right to keep crying.
Whatever his own opinion, the family he depicted have a legitimate reason for a long, loud cry of frustration: COVID-19 is still very much part of the picture. So long as we don't require masking up properly and good air-cleaning measures in our workplaces - including public transit to and from those spaces - and our various levels of government are not dealing with the pandemic still in progress in the proper ways otherwise, SARS-CoV-2 and its medical consequences will still plague us. Socially, economically, in every way possible. The vaccines we have are still not enough in and of themselves to end the pandemic.
Therefore, Dads and kids everywhere have every right to keep crying.
NORAD and Project 2025: Consequences?
Jul. 25th, 2024 07:20 pmI am thinking that there will be consequences if that nightmare gets put into operation in the USA, and that they won't be good for Canada in any way. Not seeing any informed commentaries on the subject yet, though.
Some News of Interest - 14 Jan. 2024
Jan. 14th, 2024 09:24 am1. David Chase fears that the end of long-form TV has arrived. I'd like him to be able to celebrate being wrong.
2. Peter Capaldi wants to make sure that entertainment talent from the lower classes remains discoverable and supported. He's absolutely right about that.
3. I got through the latest storm okay. Just so you know.
4. A lot of people miss Ed Broadbent.
5. Looks like a propagandist for Reichsters had a hand in Claudine Gay's problems at Harvard.
2. Peter Capaldi wants to make sure that entertainment talent from the lower classes remains discoverable and supported. He's absolutely right about that.
3. I got through the latest storm okay. Just so you know.
4. A lot of people miss Ed Broadbent.
5. Looks like a propagandist for Reichsters had a hand in Claudine Gay's problems at Harvard.
Eye Exam 2024
Jan. 4th, 2024 07:45 amThis one's with my regular optometrist. Which means paying out of pocket. I think. In addition to three hours' unpaid leave from work.
Time to put some more pressure on provincial and federal governments to roll these things (back) into medicare.
Time to put some more pressure on provincial and federal governments to roll these things (back) into medicare.
Checking In - 2 Jan. 2024
Jan. 2nd, 2024 07:17 amMy brain feels sluggish. Not for the first time, either.
Health: Dental Improvements
Dec. 11th, 2023 07:37 amSo...the federal dental care programme continues to be brought into effect.
It's decades late. It's still needed. And I'm glad it's finally on its way.
The out-of-pocket costs have been dogging me ever since I aged out of my parents' work-derived medical coverage, I've never been able to hold a job long enough to get similar benefits of my own, and by this time next year, that financial-medical pain is going to finally end.
Good.
It's decades late. It's still needed. And I'm glad it's finally on its way.
The out-of-pocket costs have been dogging me ever since I aged out of my parents' work-derived medical coverage, I've never been able to hold a job long enough to get similar benefits of my own, and by this time next year, that financial-medical pain is going to finally end.
Good.
Canada: Lament and Intent For a Nation
Dec. 6th, 2023 08:25 pmListening to this right now:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/george-grant-lament-for-a-nation-1.7050666
I should look that book up, and also re-read Michael Byers' Intent For a Nation: What is Canada For? That one, I do have a copy of at hand.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/george-grant-lament-for-a-nation-1.7050666
I should look that book up, and also re-read Michael Byers' Intent For a Nation: What is Canada For? That one, I do have a copy of at hand.
Pandemic: Mask-Shopping
Oct. 4th, 2023 06:19 pmHas anyone on my friendlist here tried this company?
https://www.ppe-supply.com/
A stranger I encountered at a Shoppers location over the weekend was wearing an orange KN95 that she attributed to them, and I finally tracked down the website. Looking for opinions on their product...
https://www.ppe-supply.com/
A stranger I encountered at a Shoppers location over the weekend was wearing an orange KN95 that she attributed to them, and I finally tracked down the website. Looking for opinions on their product...
Which would you say is going to be easier to remember for a layperson? An SAO catalogue number or "BD ##ยบ #####"?
I'm betting on the SAO number over the Bonner Durchmusterung.
Yes, this is for the Edge of Midnight base map project.
I'm betting on the SAO number over the Bonner Durchmusterung.
Yes, this is for the Edge of Midnight base map project.
The Demon-Haunted Panel of 2023
Sep. 1st, 2023 10:53 amOkay, I'm back.
Hosted by the Roddenberry people - yes, that Roddenberry family! - and they apologize up-front for the sound quality as it was recorded at Star Trek Las Vegas 2023. The panel title was inspired, of course, by Carl Sagan...
https://www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-demon-haunted-panel-live-at-stlv-2023/
I hope everyone involved got home safe from Las Vegas. Of course, I remain convinced that the Pandemic in Progress is not yet done with us. We need to do more work on multiple fronts, including resuming masking-up properly.
Hosted by the Roddenberry people - yes, that Roddenberry family! - and they apologize up-front for the sound quality as it was recorded at Star Trek Las Vegas 2023. The panel title was inspired, of course, by Carl Sagan...
https://www.missionlogpodcast.com/the-demon-haunted-panel-live-at-stlv-2023/
I hope everyone involved got home safe from Las Vegas. Of course, I remain convinced that the Pandemic in Progress is not yet done with us. We need to do more work on multiple fronts, including resuming masking-up properly.
Took Two Days Off From Facebook
Aug. 25th, 2023 10:40 pmI had other things to do, here and elsewhere, right?
Jobs: Town Grouch?
Jul. 30th, 2023 04:50 pmI am thinking that I might have said "yes" if the local municipality had offered the job of "town grouch" to me. It might have been amusing for some time. I'm not entirely sure how much time I'd have spent being amused by living such a role.
