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Dear Santa
My oldest grand daughter Natalie has just finished typing out her letter to Santa. She had a little help from mom but this is pretty much verbatim: Like many thousands of children in Canada she will be mailing her letter to:Santa ClausNorth PoleH0H 0H0Canada Canada...
Right On!
Tired of a political party who simply promises a chicken in every pot? Well how about a party that promises pot and weekly orgasms for all? Yep, Canada’s Rhinoceros party is back. Party president Francois Gourd says, “We are a Marxist-Lennonist party – based on the...
I Coulda Been Killed
That’s me. I wasn’t even a year old in this picture and here I was zooming around a parking lot under the el, somewhere in the Bronx in, (oh my god) a walker! What were my parents thinking! Sheesh, by today’s standards they might as well let me run with...
Happy Birthday Mom
Today, October 26th is my mom’s birthday and she sits in an Ottawa hospital awaiting placement in a nursing home. She’s recovered well from her stroke but remains disoriented and confused. As time goes on, she will become more confused and remember even less. She has...
Time And Colour Blindness
Last year, in my blog post Speak your mind even if your voice shakes, I wrote about an incident that happened at Pride where the emcee made a comment in reference to a Black performer about “not seeing colour”. I received a couple negative comments in response to...
Had A Little Visitor Today
My daughter-in-law Sue borrowed my car this morning so she could go down to the Ministry of Transportation office to write the exam for her D (truck) license. Sue’s dad works for one of the local waste removal companies and has encouraged her to get her truck license...