Just now….land line rings Hi this is Alice from Fitser (?…lots of noise from other telemarketers in the background) Who? My name is Alice from Fitser. And why are you calling me this morning, Alice, and what is a Fitser exactly? We do online promotion… Read More
Today Erindira Wallenda dangled over Niagara Falls from a helecopter holding on by her teeth. I’m not even making this up. Why are we so fascinated with stupid stuff people do? When I was a little kid I remember watching Evel Knievel on television, jumping… Read More
I pick up the phone and can here the tell-tale noises coming from some huge overseas telemarketer outfit. I know in my heart it’s a guy selling duct cleaning. It’s almost always someone selling duct cleaning. I say hello several times while buddy on the… Read More
When our friend Toni visits, Tuffy P comes up with “envelopes”, each representing a top secret activity. Yesterday evening, we drove down to the Queen and Ossington area where we met up with their friends from way back in high school, Ann and Mary Lou.… Read More
Tuffy P, our friend Toni (who is visiting from Glasgow), and I sallied forth to the ROM today to see the Blue Whale exhibit. Some readers may remember seeing news stories about a huge blue whale carcass dead and rotting at Trout River Newfoundland back… Read More
Our friend Toni is in town (yay!), and Tuffy P was prepared with tickets to the latest production at the Coal Mine Theatre, called Orphans. It was a very intense play, but very well done and the theatre is charming with its seats set up… Read More
For a few minutes while we were out walking with The Partners, the sky was an intense red. By the time we got home and I ran out back with the camera, light was taking over and the red was fading. Still intense though.
I keep my tax-related stuff, art expenses and so on in a drawer, which I believe to actually be a tardis. You know like the police booth Dr. Who travels around through time in – it’s not very big on the outside but once you… Read More
Since I’ve become “Retirement Man”, I do more of the food shopping around 27th Street and while I’m not the smartest shopper around, eventually some things sink in, such as: THE PRICE OF COFFEE MAKES NO SENSE. At home we drink your basic drip grind… Read More
Growing up, one of the major events of the spring in our house was the opening of trout season. At some point during my university days I pretty much gave up the ritual of chasing trout, but in the early 90s, along with my friend… Read More
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