PF Legge
It all falls down.
Dear Readers, An open, democratic, market based society like Canada is far more fragile than we think. In the aftermath of the 9/11...
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PF Legge
- Aug 9, 2019
- 2 min
Mosquitoes and Mustangs
This summer has been a good one for fireflies. A couple of weeks ago we got spectacular natural fireworks. And the cicadas are literally...
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PF Legge
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
Corvettes and Caesar (not the salad)
GM has brought a mid engine Corvette to market. Blasphemy say some, about time sat others. They have sold the entire first year of...
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PF Legge
- Jul 19, 2019
- 2 min
Strange or not
Summer has hit, bringing hot, humid and frequently wet weather to southwestern Ontario. My life, like a lot of others on vacation, has...
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PF Legge
- Jul 5, 2019
- 2 min
Bikes and Brains
Falling off your bike is not something I would wish on anyone. Well maybe Idi Amin, or Pol Pot or some anonymous torturer in a prison in...
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PF Legge
- Jun 29, 2019
- 2 min
The First Day
It’s the first day of the rest of your life. And mine. One thing to say it, another to feel it deep down. One is left wondering what...
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PF Legge
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
Enough with the Sequels
Attended the staff end of the year party last night and made the speech I avoided doing during the more formal occasions I attended...
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PF Legge
- Jun 14, 2019
- 2 min
Shane
Shane, a western classic that was made into an iconic film starring Alan Ladd was the novel this week. It was a strange read. I enjoyed...
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PF Legge
- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
The Longest Day
It was 75 years ago yesterday that the Allies crossed the English Channel and launched an assault on Nazi occupied Europe. Being Canadian...
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PF Legge
- May 31, 2019
- 3 min
Its been a year
This edition makes a full year I have been writing a weekly blog. I have enjoyed it most of them time as I hope you have. It is...
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PF Legge
- May 24, 2019
- 3 min
Fortunate Freedom
I retired from teaching this week. Or, I just left the profession. Or, I became a writer (although that was a part time thing before)....
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PF Legge
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
I'm not worthy
Lilium is back in the news. I wrote about this company a year ago and now they have their five-seater electric jet built and tested. Well...
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PF Legge
- May 10, 2019
- 2 min
This is not a real person.
Picture removed. This is remarkable. The face you are seeing is computer-generated. It is a result of a new approach to programming which...
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PF Legge
- May 2, 2019
- 2 min
Shogun or Night King?
I’m listening to a novel I read long ago, ‘Shogun’ by James Clavell. The audio recording is horrible, because it was done before that was...
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PF Legge
- Apr 25, 2019
- 2 min
Woke kids and UFOs
There is a 9-year-old girl living in my city who was on the front page of the only newspaper in town this morning. It seems that she...
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PF Legge
- Apr 19, 2019
- 2 min
Order, disorder and Shazam
Spring is in the air. A familiar phrase but one that felt, this morning anyway, to be accurate when I poked my head out of our front door...
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PF Legge
- Apr 12, 2019
- 2 min
Its all about the YA
My wife and I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario to see the Impressionism in the Age of Industry exhibit last weekend. It was not...
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PF Legge
- Apr 4, 2019
- 2 min
The Coming Anarchy
I was struck this week by several stories in the media about the growing crush of refugees/immigrants at the borders of the developed...
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PF Legge
- Mar 29, 2019
- 2 min
Solitaire
The Vice President of the United States has promised that the US will land astronauts on the moon by 2024. To a person of my age, that...
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PF Legge
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
Could he have done it?
The weather seems to have broken, at least for now. I was in Nashville last week on holiday and it got to 24 degrees on Thursday. It was...
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