I think I am about to jinx myself, but I have not seen a single dock spider yet this year. Maybe my secret voodoo helped? Who knows. Anyhow, I am sure a vindictive army of them will greet me for my morning swim tomorrow, just to prove they do in fact exist. In contrast, the […]
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Is it just me, or is ant season more like an ant insurrection this year? For a while, it was the medium-sized ones, who succumbed successfully (I think I just jinxed myself) to a heavy-duty application of an insect spray of dubious chemical composition. This no doubt means I will not be inducted at the
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Like an eclipse of the sun and the moon happening in sync, pollen season and ant season have arrived simultaneously in our part of the woods. To be fair, they are both still emerging, just flexing their muscles for mayhem that is sure to come. Nothing to see here (they pretend): just a few errant
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This may initially appear to be off topic but bear with me. I must confess that I have been allowing Pete Hegseth to take up far too much of the real estate of my brain lately. This is mostly because he is so incompetent (but not nearly as incompetent as his boss ) that my
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Okay, to be fair, there are many things I don’t get. Like why there are so many delays on the Toronto subway, why it always rains on the weekend, and why celery costs so much. But this is what’s in my crosshairs at the moment: why do the photos of Ontario cottage renos or new
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Let me be clear about one thing. I am not a “clickbait” person. I am rabid in my skepticism of headlines that seem too good to be true, especially from unknown websites. But this one caught my eye: “Five things I do to run injury-free as I get older,” on The Globe & Mail
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This year marks 51 years since the first International Women’s Year and 41 years since the end of the momentous United Nations “Decade For Women.” Luckily, these events were all it took to bring those of us with two X chromosomes on par with those fortunate enough to have a ‘Y’ in the mix. Oh.
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In case you thought that scam artists using AI as their surrogate of choice were relegated to cloned-celebrity endorsements of crypto get-rich-quick schemes or sure-thing investments in nonexistent gold mines, I am pleased to inform you that the bot-jockeys are now targeting writers. Yes, you read this correctly. Writers. Those people who are well-known source
Those of you who know me will know I am a Marriott maven. I regularly amass a bazillion points and have achieved platinum status. Alas, that’s not the top-most tier (you have to stay 75 nights a year to get to titanium and stay 100 nights plus spend at least $25,000 US to reach ambassador),
Just kidding. Never met the guy, although did come within 20 feet of him. This is the account of almost meeting him at an IBM event in 2001, which is in my most recent book (July 2025), If It’s Shreveport, It Must be Tuesday. * * * “Welcome to IBM ASP World 2001,” says the
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