The Worst Week of My Life – Acorn TV On the cusp of New Year’s Eve, you might think this title is a fitting summation of 2020, especially if we changed the word ‘week’ to ‘year’. In actuality, it’s the title of a British situation comedy, which I thought a most appropriate way to end …
Month: December 2020
A Christmas Carol
It’s the night before Christmas and what could be more appropriate than a look at the iconic Christmas eve work, Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’. This will be a short blog, as who wants to spend time reading when they could be eagerly awaiting the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future? What is Christmas …
The Marvel of the Age
Being born sometime in the early Cretaceous period, I have not the same affinity with computers as the younger set. I envy the way in which they spring from the womb with a cell phone growing on their ear and an instant knack for arguing about the relative desirability of features that are ‘essential’ when …
The Most Memorable Christmas Ever is Coming Your Way
While Christmas comes but once a year, there is no season that you can’t find politicians up to their usual silly antics. In Kanadoodle we have our Prime Ribber, Dustbin Truthless, trying to make the most of a COVID vaccine roll out. He’s hoping that no one remembers the misplaced faith he put in a …
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World War III
Sick and tired of line-ups, face-masks, social isolation, shortages, and endless protocols to keep everyone safe? Yes, COVID is annoying. It enough to make you flop back on the old couch and crack open another brewski. Indeed, it’s hard to look back and realize that we’ve been dealing with the disease since March – nine …
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