Today, our activity involves a sort of parlour game. Or a kitchen and living room, if your home is so equipped.
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Hard to keep track of everything, but someone has to do it: the first case of the Omicron variant has been detected in a nose swab. That’s not good news, but sometimes we are better off being aware. I will remain leery of any nostrils that get too close. The lapse of time between the first reports, anywhere, and now show that we might live on an island, but the rest of the world is close by. Personally, I blame the bridge.
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Stuck in the middle of a situation. Today’s informal study in animal behavior. We have our loaner dog, here. And for the record, dogs and humans share a lot of DNA and a lot of manners for dealing with a potential rival. The bed, the couch, the food bowls; all the same.
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A lifetime of watching TV drama has left me prepared. Probably not in a rational way, but we’ll see how this plays out. So here’s the hook.
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What about the medley? As in, the art form of…
I have come across a musical masterpiece, recorded somewhat more than a year ago ago. In it, a selection of twenty songs (excerpts, to add precision) from the back catalogue of the Beatles. Familiar name, familiar tunes. Covering nine years of creative mastery. My opinion. Here’s the thing: everything meshes, as if this was according to some greater plan. You might not find your “best song ever” in there, but you won’t find any damp spots either.
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When your car is just a big battery, going to zero is not a good idea. We’re learning. I can now deploy my fancy intelligent charging pack without hesitation, or needing to read the instructions. Just plug thing together and let it run. For the afternoon. I never said this was a fast fix.
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Knowledge that I will never use, part ‘really big number”. I came across a short capsule on how to fiy a helicopter. No worries; unless things change for the better, I won’t even get to sit in the passenger seat. But, I’m better to know why the pilot needs both arms and feet. Collectively, no pun intended.
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There’s a fellow from one of the major credit card companies that keeps in touch with me. I assume he’s one fellow, even if his name changes regularly. I recognize his voice, and he does have an accent that betrays him as someone who has never gone to school with me. Anyhow, he worries about my financial dealings. Real or otherwise.
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From time to time (actually, far too often), getting the news from the news is hopeless. Too similar to overhearing a telephone conversation, one side only, and having to invent the details.
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This must be a Canadian thing: in Saskatoon, a beaver stole a flag (and then ate the flagpole). Picture of his hairyness in supporting evidence.
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