3rd
March
2016
Maybe I’m too polite to watch the contenders. Political ones, I mean. That dogfight, down south, is getting nasty. True, there may not be many gaping wounds from canine lock, but still. The election day is still 250 days off (I used an online calculator, rather than test my ability to touch my toes, repeatedly), but the parties with the monies are, for the next few weeks, locked into some loonie toon game called “primaries”; that’s where you refine your mudslinging skills among friends with similar lapel pins.
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25th
February
2016
Never forget that today’s happenings are tomorrow’s history. As someone that researches the “who is related to whom” (did I get that right?), part of the game is to read through old newspapers. Looking for mention of particular individuals… and it is a happy side effect that newspapers are as interesting, after the fact, as when they were first published.
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3rd
February
2016
The real key to having fun with certain individuals is to remain patient. Today, another call, from an unknown phone number: 000-000-0000 (catchy, but impractical). On the line, an agent from “Miccrosoft Computer Security Service”, anxious to help me; it seems that my system may have been hacked. Other people are using my IP address. And to make sure I understood the gravity of the situation: “Do you know what is an IP address?” Believe me, this is not a test.
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23rd
January
2016
Do you remember the terrible storm we had? Actually, no. Once you’ve cleaned up the mess, life goes on. We do try to name the memorable ones, but (like faces from my Grade one class), little memory subsists after a short period of time.
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30th
December
2015
It depends on the question. If asked “What is the last book you read?’, most of us will pause, pensively, before responding with something particular. If asked “What is the only book you’ve read?”… don’t go there; too sad to contemplate. And for the easy one “What is the first book you read?”, especially if you lived where I’ve lived, the response is simple. It was one of the variations of this book.
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26th
December
2015
So, what did you do today? Nothing. And yesterday? Nothing. What’s planned for tomorrow? Nothing. (I sense a trend developing here).
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21st
December
2015
Consider me as a reformed serial tool abuser. There. Confession is good for the soul (and the machine). Been ages since I used a handsaw to unscrew a bolt, or shaped a piece of anything with the wrong end of a clawhammer. I’ve decided to go with the right stuff.
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9th
December
2015
During a lifetime, the average person learns how to do an amazing range of things. Not going to bore you with a partial list, but “it is true”. There. Sometimes, you hear about things that other people are doing, and the first question on the table is “how did they learn to do that“?
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2nd
November
2015
An unexpected poke from the past, today; scrolling through a local history book and spotting a familiar face… from when I was seven years old. I wonder if I’d have the same “recognition factor”.
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14th
May
2015
I was distracted. When I went down to fetch the loaner dog this morning, she was unable to open the door; that’s one of the things that you should teach a pup, long before you get into fetching ragged tennis balls or dancing like a ballerina. We weren’t speaking the same language, either. I’d suggest “Jump and twist the turnbuckle”. She’d respond with “Woof”; still not sure if she had an interrogative or affirmative tone. I finally drove home to get the extra key.
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