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 …
The Good Fight
The latest election may now over but the political fighting continues on as always. With Trump sulking in his tent and muttering dark condemnations about the ‘biggest fraud in election history’, his supporters swayed by his claims of a ‘rigged election’, Republicans contesting the results in court with bogus claims of voting improprieties and Republican …
From GHIT to TWIT
Talk about the biggest election fraud in ‘Murican history! They stole this election! It was rigged! Yes, I’m talking about the recent inductees into the ‘Toy Hall of Fame’. Nominees included the board game ‘Risk’ and the figure ‘My Little Pony’. Winners were ‘Lightbright’ and ‘Sidewalk Chalk’. WHAT! NO LITTLE PONY? I MEAN REALLY! MY …
The Queen’s Gambit – Netflix
Based on the novel ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ by Walter Tevis, published in 1983 If you’re like me, you might find the prospect of watching a mini-series about a chess player about as appealing as watching moss form. How do you make film about a game that appeals to cerebral people interesting to the general viewer, …
If It’s Broke, Don’t Fix It – Part Two
Don’t get me wrong - I like democracy. I like the opportunity to throw out whatever rascals are in power every four years – voting is much easier on the nerves than armed insurrection and revolutions. But that doesn’t mean democracy doesn’t have its drawbacks. The first drawback is the idea that, if one group …
If It’s Broke, Don’t Fix It – Pt 1
If you think there’s a word missing, you haven’t considered the current state of politics. If you need examples of how broke it is, you need not look further than the elections that are about to culminate in both Blunder Country and down south in ‘Murica. Blunder Country has one blessing missing from the ‘Murican …
The GHIT is Back in the Saddle Again!
As predicted in a previous blog, Ronald Rump, the Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT) and current Prez of ‘Murica, has shaken off his bout of Confoundedly Ornery Vexatious Internal Disease (COVID) and is back on the campaign trail. The GHIT is particularly pleased to be able to tell ‘Muricans that they have nothing to fear …
Isabel Allende’s ‘A Long Petal of the Sea’
Isabel Allende – ‘A Long Petal of the Sea’, Ballantine Books, 2020 The first Allende book I read was ‘Daughter of Fortune’ and it left me with great admiration of the South American born author. After reading the ‘Daughter’ I followed up with its sequel ‘Portrait in Sepia’ and then went on to read ‘Island …
Richard's Left Bank 