The TARDIS (/ˈtɑːrdɪs/; Time and Relative Dimension in Space. Doctor Who fans will all know a Tardis is a combination time machine and spacecraft. The Doctor, who is a Time Lord, has one that looks like a vintage 1960s police booth from the outside. A… Read More
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Bell Media trashes Newstalk 1010
Bell has shit-canned 200+ employees including many on-air personalities at Newstalk 1010 (CFRB), half from newsrooms. This action was part of a so-called “streamlined operating structure”. At Newstalk 1010, it appears they have trashed the entire newsroom, reporters and all, and it looks like they… Read More
World’s Largest Model Railroad
wow!
There are other worlds….
Sun Ra and the Arkestra recorded a song on the album Lanquidity called There Are Other Worlds (they have not told you of). I grew up thinking the work-a-day world, the world in which every day you get up and head to work,insert yourself into… Read More
Whole Foods bans poppies – yikes!
Back before I stepped away from the work-a-day world, I did PR and Communications work for a number of years. I don’t think much about that kind of stuff these days, but every now and then some organization does something so bone-headed and ill-advised, it… Read More
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians
Let’s listen to Ward Allen…. It’s a weird, scaled right back Thanksgiving around here, due to that cursed virus. Still, I’m thankful to be healthy, and thankful to be here in Canada as well – and there is a young turkey slowly roasting on the… Read More
Barney Miller?
Episodes of the old Barney Miller sit-com have been appearing in my my YouTube feed as material their bot has suggested for me. Was it something I said? I can’t remember the last time I even thought about that old show. Strangely, I couldn’t resist… Read More
And then this happened….
This happened last weekend (social distancing)…..I hadn’t realized Tuffy P took pictures until the other day. Rose Yerex on dobro, Greg Yerex on bass, Ted Myerscough on guitar and me on banjo….assisted by George and Ruby of course.
19
Today is our 19th Anniversary. I feel blessed to share my life with someone as all-around fantastic as Sheila. We’re creating quite an adventure together! After we got married in 2001, Sheila and I took off to Newfoundland for our honeymoon. Thanks to our friend… Read More
Where’s the Fire?
Last night around 11:30ish, I was sitting at this computer playing online Go with my friend Vox, when a fire truck came rolling down the street. It slowed down as it passed our place and stopped a couple doors down. The firemen got out of… Read More