To Quote Ricky Gervais
“Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right.” Â …
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General
Schmo-lympics
It appears that I’m lacking several genes found in most Canadian humans. Â There’s the hockey gene, except in some specific instances, like if I’m attending a game. Â The figure skating gene completely skipped me although I can appreciate the talent and skill. Â And I don’t have the Olympics gene. Â …
If You Love Something, Set it Free
And once it has had its fill of the road, it will come back to you! Â …
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Creative Minds
I’ve wanted to take a photo of this mailbox since I moved to London nearly 4 years ago.  Not only is it an original, it’s also a lesson in recycling and customization! …
Nastiness in the Grocery Store
I will try to keep the grossness factor to a bare minimum here but a recent article published by Mother Nature Network exposes some little-known facts about what we eat, especially if it comes from the US. Â They flipped through the Food and Drug Administration’s rules and found that some of them are pretty darn loosey-goosey when it comes to stuff you or I would find unpalatable. Â It’s even more reason to make sure your purchase is packed in Canada. Â …
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Smokescreen
Recently in Arizona and Nevada, with the sun beaming down on us through a cloudless sky in a temperature of 108F, we didn’t have any sun protection on. Â Oh I had slathered us both with Neutrogena’s 110 SPF sunscreen but it turns out that it was about as effective as covering our bodies with chicken fat.
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Giving Motorcyclists a Bad Name
A colleague recently said to me, “Every biker that rides past me acts like an a**hole!” Â …
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En Route to Self-Publishing
Here’s where my little book currently stands: Â It is about to be professionally edited. Â This is a step that a lot of people skip and boy, does it show. Â You simply cannot edit your own work with the same critical eye that someone else can give it. Â It is not possible. I’ve been writing professionally for much more than a decade now and I don’t submit a thing without having another set of eyes look it over. Â And when they find something and point it out, the piece always ends up better for it. Â Â …
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Teach A Woman to Fish…
I love how small our world is becoming when it comes to being able to give those who need it a helping hand. Â …
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1961 Communicates with 2012
We took the Rambler out for a drive yesterday. Â Destination: Bayfield. Â She performed well although her dashboard light has decided to conk out. Â Good thing we got home before dark. Â …
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Happy 145th Birthday Canada!
Honey, you don’t look a day over 125. Â …
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Human, Know Thyself
My only message today is, when it comes to your health, don’t put things off. Â I didn’t have a close call (this time) but I was complimented for my hyper-vigilance. Â …
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Help with Supper
This came to me via blog reader Allan and it’s just too brilliant to keep to myself. …
Damage Control
This week a London real estate agent was charged after an RCMP investigation. It’s alleged that she deliberately sold certain homes to certain people so they could set up marijuana grow-ops. Â …
Feeling Hot Hot Hot
When our ancestors decided to settle in Canada they left a legacy for the rest of us to complain about the weather. Â And here we go with some very whine-worthy conditions! Â …
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If Only They Knew Me
I wasn’t feeling well when we left for Michigan on Saturday morning. I had a headache and a mildly queasy tummy. Â After we stopped at the Port Huron Cracker Barrel, where I had a bland breakfast of plain oatmeal with raisins, the queasiness turned into full-blown nausea. Â I spent an hour of the trip with my seat reclined, under a blanket. Â If only I had taken that as a sign of what was to come! …
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This is the Complaints Department. Please Hold.
You don’t have to be a Facebook user to appreciate this. Â Somehow, I was selected as one of the users who would test a new Scrabble board on Facebook. Â I didn’t ask for it. I didn’t even want it to change. Â But there it is, in all of its annoying glory. Â …
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RIP Uncle Howard
Our trip to Europe a few years ago was important for many reasons but not the least of which was spending time with Derek’s family there. Â Uncle Howard is the patriarch and a beloved one at that. He died yesterday in his 80’s. Â He had just lost his sister, my mother-in-law Audrey, in April. Â Family say he just sort of gave up after that. Â …