Snow Shoveling In Canada

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

A Blinky Coot Sees Kinky Boots

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Recently, my wife and I went to see Kinky Boots at a local theatre. As with any performance, we wanted good seats with an unobstructed view...
Saturday, July 8, 2023

Flamin' Flamens! Ye Gods!

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Great Zeus! Jumping Jupiter!  I, for one, could never keep straight in my mind all the different Greek and Roman gods. I mean, there are so ...
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Big Jerk Mac

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In a previous post  I stated, "I was a pretty skinny kid. I used to see those ads in the comic books for the Charles Atlas Dynamic Tens...
Friday, June 16, 2023

My Rusty Old Maverick

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The Ford Motor Company stopped making the ill-fated Edsel automobile when I was about six years old. I didn't buy one because I had no m...
Friday, June 9, 2023

Clothing Removal Advice

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Near our house are a couple of used clothing donation bins. Here's a photo of one of them: I had seen these many times, but I only recen...
Friday, June 2, 2023

Sixties Brutal Playtime

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Here's something I didn't expect to see while cooking my eggs:   You've heard of Mr. Potato Head? Introducing Mr. Fried Egg Face...
Friday, May 26, 2023

Educated Animals; Well, Smart At Least

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What is going on with the educational system in the U.S.? I'm not talking about lack of government funding, or lawmakers' efforts to...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Beagle Call Rag

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As a Canadian, it's a good thing that I don't suffer from chionophobia or frigophobia. Respectively, those are fears of snow and col...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Mnemonic Mnonsense

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Remember this when attempting to spell  rinhoserous ,  rhinoserus ,  rinocerous , that R animal with the big horn on his shnoz (sung to the ...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

Shrunken Sweaters And Gorilla Backpacks: More SSIC Q and A

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Hooray! Hooray! The first of May!  Outdoor "activities" start today. It’s certainly not my intent To wrongly convey what I meant. ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Literary Recommendations From A Boorish Lout

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In my previous post, I admitted that my dreams of writing the next great novel have  vanished like a mist at break of day  which  fights wit...
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