In conclusion...Here are my final comments for this particular
blog. I've been far from a prolific writer: 280 posts in five and a half years.
I don't promise to be more frequent in the future, but the next effort should
see a different perspective, less about me and more about one or two concerns
that I think are important. I also aim to have figured out the whole comma,
colon, semi-colon thing, next time around.
Read More Fri - October 31, 2008Halloween HootLast Sunday Alex and I participated in the annual
Halloween run/walk of W.R.A.C.E.
(Walkers and Runners Around the County of Essex.) It was a cool,
cloudy morning, perfect running weather, and the course ran along the Windsor
side of the Detroit River.
My youngest nephew, now 13 and an inch taller than me, came close to beating his personal best for the 5K run. I turned in my worst time ever, for the 5K walk. I plead extenuating circumstances. Posted at 02:40 PM Read More Tue - September 9, 2008Attention Surplus DisorderHere's a novel for our times, Neal Stephenson's
Anathem. As I count down the minutes (117...) until Steve Jobs unveils
what I hope will be my new ebook reader, the next
generation iPod
Touch, I'm trying to resist the temptation to order the hardcover of a
story that mocks my machine dependency.
Posted at 11:19 AM Read More Mon - July 28, 2008Cool and breezyIt snowed yesterday in Sydney, Australia, for the
first time in 172
years. Last week it snowed in Grimsby,
on the south shore of Lake Ontario, not far from Niagara Falls and
Toronto.
Posted at 03:25 PM Read More Fri - July 25, 2008At the MoviesJoseph (grand-nephew, won't answer to anything
else, 8 years of age) and I saw Wall-E
yesterday afternoon. When I asked him if he was sure he wanted to see
it, "It's about two robots who fall in love," he suggested we find something
else. But then I said it's also a space adventure and he
re-considered.
Posted at 09:40 PM Read More Sat - June 14, 2008Annual Lakeshore Orgy CommencesThe fish flies are back, aka Mayflies. My windows were
covered the other day. Not so much now.
Posted at 11:27 AM Read More Wed - April 23, 2008The Butterfly EffectThe father of Chaos Theory, Dr. Edward Lorenz,
died
last week. Among his many contributions to science was the Butterfly Effect. He
gave a talk about predictability entitled "Does the Flap of a
Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in
Texas?"
The correct answer is no, but that's not what a lot of people believe, even though their common sense tells them otherwise. Posted at 03:29 PM Read More Sun - March 23, 2008Two Photo BlogsDave sent me one of those viral emails this
morning, almost entirely of recipient headers, dozens of names nested five
levels deep. Although the subject was Windsor Back Then the only content
I could see was two comments: "I think Bill was driving that yellow SW&A
bus? Enjoy." and "These sure bring back a lot of memories..."
Posted at 02:36 PM Read More Wed - February 27, 2008It's cold outside, againSo, for the past year the world has been cooling,
rather
dramatically. And global warming seems to have stopped
nine years ago.
It's too soon of course, to start burning all those IPCC reports that were printed last year. They convinced me that man made carbon dioxide and methane emissions probably played a significant role in warming the planet during the past century. Posted at 04:16 PM Read More Sun - January 27, 2008Philosophy and Science FictionMuch as I like Christopher Hitchens he does have
a few blind spots. His impatience with the working classes is one. (That
socialism thing, we're still working on it. Might take a few more generations.)
His non-appreciation of science-fiction is
another.
That's an opinion shared by other intellectuals who revere fine literature. My one conversation with CLR James was an argument over fantasy and SF. He thought the writers I adored were without talent and right wing. I said they provided me an escape from my family's religious fundamentalism. We did find agreement in our mutual enjoyment of the movie Dog Day Afternoon. Posted at 01:19 PM Read More Sun - January 6, 2008VacationsHad a checkup with my dentist Wednesday morning.
No problems, just the usual struggle to answer Ian's questions while he scraped
and probed at my teeth.
Posted at 03:27 PM Read More Sun - December 16, 2007Wind and SnowIt looks like the storm is just about over.
I don't think we got the predicted 30 to 40 cms of snow, but the wind has made some very deep drifts here and there. Posted at 05:14 PM Read More Sun - December 9, 2007Early morning skyMy career as a part-time newspaper carrier has
two weeks left to run. Dan and Luc are calling it quits after Christmas. Which
means Alex and I will be out of a job as well, since we sub-contracted
delivering the Thursday and Friday Star Reviews, an ad package that goes to
non-subscribers.
And this week I will be concluding my last performance as Luc's stand-in. He's gone hunting, so I'm once again getting up at 4 a.m. and driving Dan around to his almost 400 customers, bagging the papers in the warmth of the van as he dashes along Lakeshore's snow covered streets. Posted at 12:41 PM Read More Sun - November 25, 2007Jeremy on the Shim"There seems to be no limit to
the shim's
miraculous power:"
Posted at 12:44 PM Read More Tue - November 20, 2007Jingle Bell WalkSpent Sunday morning in the Town of Essex,
joining brother David and family at the 13th Annual Jingle Bell
Walk, Run & Wheel. Dan and Alex ran the 5K while Patti, Dave and I
took our time, allowing most of the more than 500 participants to pass us
by.
Posted at 01:04 PM Read More Sat - November 17, 2007 |
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