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PF Legge

Aug 9, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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

Jun 21, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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, 20193 min read

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 17, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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 12, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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, 20192 min read

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 1, 20192 min read

Pushing Through

Pushing through is something that a lot of type A personalities do. The concussion experience has taught me that there are some...

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PF Legge

Feb 8, 20192 min read

Snow Day

We got a ‘snow day’ this week. There was freezing rain for about 12 hours and they closed the schools. I still get that little thrill...

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PF Legge

Dec 13, 20182 min read

Just like JK

I read an article this week that made me laugh. It wasn’t supposed to be funny, but it was to me in an intentionally ironic way. It was...

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PF Legge

Nov 23, 20182 min read

Wild Cards

Reading one of the Wild Card (https://www.goodreads.com/series/40686-wild-cards) books by George RR Martin. Very good. Creative smart and...

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PF Legge

Nov 2, 20182 min read

What to do Next?

Its dark and cold and raining like stink. Has been all day. Got very wet at football practice, despite my attempts at layering. When I...

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PF Legge

Oct 19, 20182 min read

Room with a View

Lots of reading and writing this week. Most of the writing is the ‘get your book ready for publication’ kind. The blurb, a one or two...

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