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Monday, May 06, 2024

Is North Korean even worse than we imagine?

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It's hard for me to imagine a more repressive, stultifying, soul-sucking, terrifying, god-awful society than that of North Korea. And ba...
Thursday, May 02, 2024

Stanley Cups Overfloweth. (Not THAT Stanley Cup!)

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As usual with consumer fads, I've missed the boat - or the cup - with the Stanley Tumbler, the resuable water bottle that is apparently ...
Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Sea glass community in an uproar

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I like beach glass. It's pretty. I have a few pairs of beach glass earrings, a couple of necklaces and bracelets. All in "my" ...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Take that, climate change!

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I'm a cranberry fan. Once in a while, when I have a drink-drink that's something other than a glass of wine, I enjoy a Cape Codder (...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Have a ball (python)!

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If I were to have a pet, it would be a dog. If I were to not have a pet, it would be a snake. I'm not going to get into any deep examina...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Thanks, Buddey. A grateful nation thanks you!

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Look, I get why people who live in desperately poor regions would eat bushmeat to augment their meagre diets. If your children are swollen-b...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Remember when "million dollar smile" was a figure of speech?

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I volunteer in a homeless shelter, and plenty of the folks I see there have lousy teeth. It's no surprise. They're poor. Many live o...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

The Art of Bankruptcy

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Louise Blouin and her then-husband John MacBain made a fortune in the rather unglamorous classified ad biz. They started out in Montreal wit...
Monday, April 22, 2024

When the rains come

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Visiting Dubai is not on my bucket list.  Too hot. Too politically repressive. Sure, women can vote and drive, but...You can go to jail for ...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

How sweet is this or what?

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Okay. I wouldn't want to live next door to or across from Smith & Agli's Potbelly Manor, let alone live there. Frankly, it's...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Fake obituary pirates? These guys ought to be walking the plank

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I am a long-time reader of obituaries.  It's genetic. I believe I inherited the obituary-reading gene from my father, an avid reader of ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Ohtani's misinterpreter

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Like every other baseball fan in America, I was hoping against hope tha phenom Shohei Ohtani, the 21st century's answer to Babe Ruth (Oh...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Patriots' Day 2024

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I have always loved Patriots' Day, and I can't say why any better than I did ten years ago when I wrote this post .  A big part of ...