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Monthly Archives: May 2019
Is This the Most Iconic Pub in the World?
Rovers Return Inn (Coronation Street) There cannot be many people in the English-speaking world who do not recognize this pub. I’ve been back in Canada from living in the UK for 12 years now, and because the Stanley Cup playoffs … Continue reading
Telling It Like It Was: 70’s Sitcoms
Live! All in the Family & The Jeffersons Last night’s live event on ABC was a project from Jimmy Kimmel which was inspired by live musicals. Two episodes from these TV shows were performed word-for-word from the original scripts. … Continue reading
Posted in reviews, showbusiness
Tagged 70's, black, live event, non PC, nostalgia, profanity, racial injustice, television, United Kingdom, white
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Another Peek into the Future
But This One’s Personal There’s just a little more than six-and-a-half months to go before my predicted exit date. I thought to myself that perhaps I ought to look at what is going to happen on December 7th 2019. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in paranoia, personal, spirituality
Tagged astrology, Bible, death, predictions, spirituality
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The Older Sheldon Show Ends
Not with a Big Bang, but a Whimper It was the finale of The Big Bang Theory last night. It seemed almost anticlimactic for a series that has run for 12 years on the evolution of its main character, Sheldon … Continue reading
Posted in showbusiness
Tagged autism, genius, nerds, science, science fiction, series, spectrum, television
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Am I Really a ‘Bad Actor’?
Facebook thinks so This issue began when I posted a blog about why I was quitting Facebook. As is my want, I tried to share it on Facebook so that my friends, family and acquaintances would know why I … Continue reading
Are You “Fed Up” Yet?
I’m Fed Up to Here… (Draws hand across neck). When I was a child my mother used to ask me if I was CFRB. They were (and still are) the call letters of a radio station in Toronto. When I … Continue reading
Posted in paranoia
Tagged advertising, meaning of words and phrases, media manipulation, news, politics
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Can You Decipher a Mystery Stone?
Royal? This month a village in France is offering a reward for anyone who can decipher the words on a rock in their harbour. Like all good mysteries, the solution can be a simple one. In this case, it … Continue reading
Posted in history, paranoia
Tagged Breton, common sense, decipher, decode, English, French, linguistics, media manipulation, mystery
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A Peek Into The Future
President Kamala Harris? Now, wouldn’t that be something? Although it seems like a long shot now, we don’t know what’s going to happen in the next eighteen months. Or do we? In my daily requests to the Almighty, I included … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged astrology, politics, Presidency, spirituality, United States history
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Speaking of Humour…
Tim Conway, the Clown Prince of Slapstick, Died Today