This summer has been a good one for fireflies. A couple of weeks ago we got spectacular natural fireworks. And the cicadas are literally...

GM has brought a mid engine Corvette to market. Blasphemy say some, about time sat others. They have sold the entire first year of...

Attended the staff end of the year party last night and made the speech I avoided doing during the more formal occasions I attended...

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...

It was 75 years ago yesterday that the Allies crossed the English Channel and launched an assault on Nazi occupied Europe. Being Canadian...

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...

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...

Picture removed. This is remarkable. The face you are seeing is computer-generated. It is a result of a new approach to programming which...

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...

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...

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...

I was struck this week by several stories in the media about the growing crush of refugees/immigrants at the borders of the developed...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...