It’s A Nice Day For A WhatsAppp Wedding

Oops there’s something in my eye. Here’s something that’s very 2020. A couple of weeks ago, Steve and I watched someone’s wedding over Whatsapp. It wasn’t just someone. It was Barb and Alex’s wedding, and if the stupid Coronavirus hadn’t come along and squashed all this year’s hopes and dreams, we were supposed to be …

How John Allen Chau Became That Dumb Religious Dead Guy

If you have some time, I suggest that you use some of it on this long, fascinating read on the final days of John Allen Chau. If you find yourself asking who is that, he’s the fellow who made it his life’s mission to contact an isolated by choice civilization in order to enlighten them …

It Is Time For Coronavirus, Canada

Chris Lindberg: I know that God will protect us and our extremely important prayer event. The world needs us at this time. God: I tried, but you didn’t listen. Why do you suppose I gave you public health guidelines and sent you a warning tornado? Enjoy your COVID, numbnuts. If you’re lucky, maybe I’ll make …

Take Me Home, Country Roads, The Electric Toothbrush Edition

Take Me Home, Country Roads played by five electric toothbrushes and two electric typewriters. The John Denver toothbrush also drives on his RC car. Googly eyes on the road! It’s been a whole year since you first requested this John Denver song. But I decided to wait until the right time of the year to …

I Came Out Of Lockdown For The 2020st Of Reasons

Well hi there! I sure have been quiet lately, haven’t I? Part of that is the traditional summer slowdown, part of it is my ever present sleep issues being especially present the last few weeks and part of it, at least in the last couple of days, was being out experiencing the world for the …

The Importance Of Fun

It seems that Gill has been thinking about end of life planning lately. Wills, funeral arrangements and other such happiness. It also seems that her thoughts may have gotten away on her a little. Unless there’s something that only she knows, writing a will and setting money aside for a decent burial don’t mean that …

The Watch Part Needs A Little Work

This item from a roundup of Ontario Provincial Police news releases amused my extremely over-tired brain just now, so here you go. On July 23 police were called to St. Williams, 30 kilometres southwest of Simcoe, after two Neighbourhood Watch signs posted in the community were stolen. “The signs had been paid for by community …