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Can We Even Trust the Internet Anymore?

Posted on January 29, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Deep-fakes I’ve noticed lately that there are more and more “AI-enhanced” YouTube videos circulating. The giveaway to me is the hand gestures. The lip-synching is almost perfect, but the hands don’t gesture naturally. And, if you look at the background … Continue reading →

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We Seem To Be Losing Our Stars, Left, Right and Centre

Posted on August 10, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Robbie Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) Another sad day, yesterday: Robbie Robertson died. I guess The Band are reassembling in Heaven. “Look for me somewhere down the crazy river…” His biography lists this birth time. (But, silly … Continue reading →

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South America’s Version of Roswell

Posted on August 17, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Varginha, Brazil UFO Incident (January 20, 1996) I would never have known about this event if I hadn’t been prompted to view a YouTube video preview of a documentary that will be coming out in October. And if you want … Continue reading →

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Today in 1975, a Great Lakes Freighter Sank in Lake Superior

Posted on November 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The disaster is one of the best-known in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald“ after reading an article, “The … Continue reading →

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Canada’s “New” National Anthem

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We’re All in This Together (2013) As this is one of my favourite refrains, I was surprised to find that there exists a song with these words in its title. Now, because of the pandemic lockdown, it has come into … Continue reading →

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The 10 Stages of COVID-19 Quarantine

Posted on April 2, 2020 by cdsmiller17
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When Barbra Met Barry

Posted on June 24, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Guilty It was a matchup made in Heaven. These two giants of the music world made a hit album together. It was the staged Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper “Shallow” moment of the 80’s. See for yourself: And if I had reversed … Continue reading →

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The Sacred Power of Three

Posted on May 12, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Trinity, Again I was watching a video of Don McLean’s “American Pie” and listened to the words: “And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost They caught the last train for the coast The … Continue reading →

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The Day the Humour Died

Posted on May 10, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Freddie Starr (1943-2019) This great comic was found dead today in his apartment in Spain. The world of comedy will never see his like again.

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Does Anybody Hear?

Posted on May 9, 2019 by cdsmiller17

If a Tree Falls When this song came out, my second wife was the local president of Friends of the Earth (FoE) in Torquay, so it had a more ecological edge for our family. Of course, that’s exactly what Bruce … Continue reading →

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