Today, the Memorial Service for my friend, Don Brown, was held. I was honoured to have been asked to speak at the service. I’m not a public speaker though. I don’t mind speaking to two or three people, at informal gatherings, but to stand up in front of a large crowd, my thighs start to …
It’s January the 10th. On January the 10th, 2001, my father passed away. I still have pains remembering it, and still to this day, wish my “auld man” was still around, to talk to, to get advice from, and just banter on together. He and I debated a lot. We didn’t always see eye to …
Wow, what a week it’s been. This post is going to be more like a personal journal entry, that might simply ramble from topic to topic as so much neat stuff, idiotic stuff, and amazing stuff has happened all in the past week! And all of that stuff has prevented me from posting recently. Which …
“We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if only words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. For when we argue about matter, or any the like term, we truly argue only about the idea we express by that sound, whether …
I didn’t make it tonight. Which is very unfortunate, especially considering that Bob Tarantino and I were kind of organizing the thing. A whole bunch of things came up including some interesting things with my landlord. These “interesting” things have included an original proposal from him to raise my office rent 50% (not going to …
I was giving my son a hug today, and gave him an “Eskimo Kiss.” Which got me to thinking, should I be calling them “Aboriginal Kisses?” Or.. “joint nose rubbing kisses?” Nah.. Eskimo kiss is much more fun for my son to try to say. And that then got me thinking about “French Kisses.” Hmmmm.
Although I am not always in agreement with Jay Currie, I do respect his writing, his thoughtfulness, and they way he expresses himself. On most issues, Jay and I probably would agree for the most part. There are possibly some areas of life, philosophy, and recreation where we might not see eye to eye. But …
“That’s not fair!” How many parents have heard that exclaimed by one of their children? What does “fairness” mean? I suppose the best place to find out would to go to the dictionary. Dictionaries don’t actually give us meanings; instead they just provide more words. Words that hopefully we’ll be able to understand which will …
If anyone is planning a trip to Ottawa, and are looking for accomodations, I would highly recommend the Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata. My ex-wife, whom I’ve been separated from for 8 years, and I have been enjoying a wonderful renaissance in our relationship over the past 9 months or so. She lives in the Ottawa …
To fly the Red Ensign on my site. Not because of what I think of the Red Ensign, or having some “patriotic” feelings towards it – no. Instead, to honour those Red Ensign bloggers that emailed me today after my utter and crazy posts of last night that were motivated by anger, and prompted by …