A long time ago, thanks to the wonderful program Shur-Gain Talent Time, hosted by the late Loman MacAulay, I learned a short hand-rhyme that went “Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, open the door and see all the people”.
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I came across a press release earlier this evening that announced the intention to crash a space ship on the moon next Saturday night.
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Face it. Summer was short and the weather was ordinary, and now it’s a new school year. My city bus has returned to a schedule that makes sense. The kilts are back; never out of style, just back. The faces are familiar again. My kids all got out of bed today.
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Our deck has a food destroyer. Advertised in fine CanTire catalogs everywhere, the sales pitch is that it will produce a fine grilled food, enjoyed by families across the country
My own experience with the destroyer is that it will grill, in seconds, any exposed skin on me. Forget the target of good cuts of meat. BBQ. Best Be Quick. Beats Buying Quality. BBQ.
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I think my first shoes were probably booties, but I remember something that might have been termed as a brown Oxford with slippy soles very early on in my Homo erectus evolution. Still, the soul of my existence has been defined by low price sneakers.
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Soon. Soon the city of Quebec will celebrate its 400th birthday. The oldest continuously settled (by Europeans) city in North America, if we don’t quibble over the revisionist history of Jamestown. A capital of a region. A great city, ready to party likes it’s been four centuries, already.
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Ah, technology. Loved and needed, rarely abandoned unless something “better” stumbles into view.
Tonight, I had a request to find a lost file, so after making sure that the missing wasn’t misplaced, I went and brought our Backup-Drive into view…
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We just came back from the zoo. School opens soon, and all the parents are in full fever, buying everything that Dick and Jane might possibly ever need in the classroom. Today. Now. Get out of their way, they have lists and are on a mission. Just the right number of file folders, in the mandated colour. Three erasers, not two. Buy two packages and hope that the extra eraser gets lost (it will). Make sure that the vendors of dead tennis balls are able to unload a boatload full, newly labelled as chair-slippers. How about a laptop?
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Vacation time is over. There, I’ve said it. Bring on the snow and the winter winds. I’ve had my ocean view for more than two weeks. I’ve eaten more fish than in the preceding year.
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My life is ruled by adaptors. Has been ever since I discovered technology back in the era of the B-Battery. Will be until I get adapted at the funeral home to fit into some space other than one of my choosing. Such is the price of the person who embraces technology.
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