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I consider myself to be a progressive thinker. The only thing "Stone Age" about me is that I work like a Neanderthal all day, at m...

I was a vegetarian until I started leaning towards sunlight. -- Rita Rudner -- Have a great Thursday!

Bernie Madoff's wife is mad at Bernie. She said, "I may not wait that 150 years for you to get out. I may be long gone." To m...

No, this is NOT a blog about George Clooney! I'm halfway through reading John Irving's [1981] novel The Hotel New Hampshire. My enj...

Belgium is a nice place, though. It's the place people go to when they're on their way to another place, a place they're going t...

The new Harry Potter movie is a sensation -- Harry Potter fans have started playing quidditch on college campuses across the country, but si...

So I'm walking down the street today [Dalhousie Street, for those who need to know the whereabouts] and I see this sign, ["since 19...

It Was The World Mornings I would wait for them. I never knew it then, but I did, I waited. They had a way of arriving. Of staying -- He...

I love books. Plus, I have psychological problems. Once, many many years ago, [before some of you were born] when I was having even worse p...

I am very sorry, my dear friends. This hurts me worse than it hurts you. But this blogpage is not working. I'm getting all kinds of html...

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Someti...

I took the above picture of Parliament Hill as I walked around in Major's Hill Park yesterday afternoon. Thought that the juxtaposition ...

Today, this site is not letting me post anything greater than a sentence or so. I find that to be seriously frustrating and not only so, but...

Vocationally, I have always struggled with the disparity between what I’m worth, and what I’m paid. And aside from the remunerative issue, I...

I’m reading a terrifically fascinating book. ← Breaking The Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon , by Daniel C. Dennett. "... no de...

Tragedy… is the consequence of man’s total compulsion to evaluate himself. -- Arthur Miller -- Have a great Thursday!

Poets are simply those who have made a profession and a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss. -- Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth ...

I heard this song while driving home, and just had to look it up when I got here. Not only do I love the lyrics and think that this is terri...

Give me a couple of years, and I’ll make that actress an overnight success. -- Samuel Goldwyn – Have a great Tuesday!