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Who’s Allowed to Criticize Patton Oswalt and a Neighbourly Update

If you don’t know Patton Oswalt, please allow me to introduce you. I’ve been a fan so long, I used to have to order his stand-up comedy CDs (CDs!) from the US. He’s funny, smart, original and thinky without being Dennis-Miller-over-my-head thinky. He also played Spence on King of Queens and a computer geek/genius on Two-and-a-Half Men, among other things.  …

The End of a Dream

For years, when we drove down Colonel Talbot Road toward Lambeth, we’d look at a large, grey-sided house set back in a generous yard and oooh and ahh over it. It came to symbolize a “dream home” for us. It had an attached double-garage and looked very stately and beautiful.  …

Fire Bug

This blog post is a two-fer. It’s also posted on 98.1 Free-FM’s website.  But it felt so good to confess that I thought confessing a second time might feel even better!  In case you’re not aware, the St. Thomas Walmart caught fire last Sunday.  And now you’re up to date. …