15th
November
2020
Taking a wild guess here; for Alberta to lose one of its pipelines is not exactly what their premier wants. When it can be blamed on said premier’s attitude, it must be worse. You see, there’s an old line (yes, fifty years is a long time) that runs eastward, through the Great Lakes and down to Sarnia. Right now, the lawyers are involved, because the government of Michigan has decided that poorly maintained infrastructure isn’t going to get better with age. Keep an eye on this one; Alberta seems to have one major product to sell, and a shrinking number of routes to market.
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posted in humour, media |
1st
November
2020
An interesting story from last evening: long after we thought that Hallowe’en, with its masked entities had ended, a message came in from son #3. This would have been after midnight, and he sent a link to an active webcam.
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posted in media |
11th
October
2020
This afternoon, while showing some YouTube skits to my closest friend, I had to come to grips with something; we don’t always watch the same shows. Now, why this was apparent is that the skits were from SNL (you Google it), and showcased some of the efforts of Gal (you Google her). In particular, some of the material from Wonder Woman.
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posted in media |
2nd
October
2020
I had to ask. What sort of rapid test might be in use among officials in government? We’ve seen that invasive swab that gets sent in through a nostril and then… no, too invasive for people in power. So, I asked Google, and learned that if you don’t get swabbed, you might get to spit. Or give up a tiny amount of blood.
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posted in health, media |
2nd
August
2020
Getting older means coming to grips with an expanding list of unfinished tasks. Remember those verbs from Latin that you were going to review? And still haven’t? Me too!
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posted in media |
9th
July
2020
I received a short message from a neighbour, today. A short reminder to try and see the movie starring her brother… wait? What? Does this mean that I know someone related to a Hollywood star? Indeed!
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posted in media, pets |
21st
May
2020
My world has shrunk, to the dimensions of my postal locker. Given that my possibility for “retail therapy” is now defined by the online commerce model, I depend on regular delivery by Canada Post. Forget rapid; they’re doing their best, what with the best windfall since Eatons and Simpsons.
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posted in economy, media |
8th
May
2020
Yep, this is turning out to be a year for the history books. In our area, at least. Our main restaurant burned down, a couple of days ago. The fire actually required two days to “get ‘er done” as they say locally. We’ve got another snow storm warning on the weather channel, and at the moment we are staying away from the windows. Not a weather thing; the police have asked people to stay inside, with their doors firmly latched, as they deal with an active shooter. At least, we think that’s what going on. News is hard to come by when the local station has one hour of airtime per day, and the rest of the feed comes from upper Canada. There’s always Twitter, right?
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posted in environment, media |
19th
April
2020
“There’s news this morning. Unfolding, now. A man with a gun.”
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posted in media |
5th
April
2020
How long have the classrooms been empty? Well, long enough to drive the educators into the hands of the mad video producers. I had seen the static displays from my old school board. Here, we’ve upped the ante. From the school principal, in the big city, with his kids giving everybody a friendly wave, all the way to our nearest high school where the staff offered up dance videos to a singular background beat. Touching, if odd. Were we to reopen the doors tomorrow, there might be some red faces. Nothing to do with springtime sunburn…
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