My brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis, brought his border collie Vibe along for Christmas dinner (Vibe is apparently not short for Vibrophone). Vibe is a sweetie-pie. He showed no interest at all in the Newfs, but instead made sure he lapped up loads of attention… Read More
As regular visitors to this blog know, there has been a lot of construction around here over the past several months. I’ve been periodically documenting the changes here on this blog. The Ontario Municipal Board adjudicators who have approved severances side-by-side at 2 and 4… Read More
It seems like the film most people are off to see these days is Star Wars. For whatever reasons, I just don’t have much interest at all in seeing that movie, so you’re not going to see it reviewed here. Instead, we went to see… Read More
Memphis… and Georgie…
He was just trying to find his Santa Claus, but the landlady got mad and called the law…. He’s got the letter to show the judge….the boy’s just trying to find his Santa Claus. There was a time when I listened to a tremendous amount… Read More
Here’s Dave Alvin with The Guilty Ones and Los Straitjackets, performing California Sun…
Here’s a new story I wrote in the growing collection of short-short stories I call The Lazy Allen Stories. I hope you enjoy it. This is a work of fiction; I made it up. Comments are appreciated as always (I have thick skin). My Dog’s… Read More
I had a peek into the 27th Street Book Box when I came home from work today. Our community has been keeping it stuffed with books, with new titles every time I look. This kind of thing only works when the community supports it, and… Read More
Here is the super-fantabulous Sharon Jones with her mighty band, the Dap-Kings , doing up the holiday season just right…..from NPR Music.
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