On Monday morning, I packed up my camping gear, leaving enough room in my little Honda Fit for Bonnie to come along, and headed to MacGregor Point Provincial Park, near Port Elgin for a couple days of R&R. There is a look-out a short walk… Read More
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Games People Play
I’m not much of a hockey fan, but last night I watched the game, which apparently caused the Leafs to win their series against the Lightning. Does this mean I have to keep watching? Go Leafs. I’ve been more interested in following the World Chess… Read More
How to get good at stuff…
…according to GM Ben Finegold. Well, he’s making a good point. Do you agree?
If this isn’t nice….
Let’s not be so fast to wreck our Greenbelt
Our Premier got himself re-elected with ease, and can pretty much do as he pleases, and what pleases him is to open up the Greenbelt around Toronto to development, even though he promised he would not do that. His reasoning is that we need more… Read More
Feynman on Scientific Method
from the seabala channel on YouTube
Bye bye Twitter
I’ve had a Twitter account for a long time, though I haven’t Tweeted much in years. I have been cross-posting blog posts from this space to Twitter, but to be honest I don’t think I received much if any traffic because of that. Mostly, what… Read More
Little Canada
Tuffy P recently visited Little Canada with a friend of ours, and came back to proclaim it “Toronto’s best kept secret”. This morning I had to drop my car off at my mechanics for a brake job, so I walked down to the subway and… Read More
Municipal Election
Toronto’s municipal election is coming up October 24. We live in Ward 3, a seat that has been held by Mark Grimes for decades. In my opinion, it is past time for new blood at City Council. This election I’ll be supporting Amber Morely. She… Read More
Wild Chess Scandal
What a story! Did Niemann cheat? Why isn’t Carlsen talking? Where is the evidence?