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March 2, 2018

David Brooks Reports That Enlightenment Man has Blinkers; A Walk to the Library That Ended in a Fire Alarm and Then Nachos

The blog of February 28, 2018 relied heavily upon the wisdom of David Brooks but there was more to be found on the Internet. In another article Brooks asked students at the University of Chicago…

February 28, 2018

Thoughts on Being Alone and Not Alone; the Poor Millennials and a Wonderful Banner Illustrating Both a Young and Old Alexis

I awoke (to rain, of course) read some emails, my blog that was posted overnight by wonderful Chris and pondered my fate. I am a single, self-imposed orphan, childless, with weak family ties. But there…

February 27, 2018

My Favorite Joke from a Brit to You; Wisdom from Jeffrey Tobin and Adam Gopnik; a Stupid Reaction and News of my MRI ending with Statistics

I about keeled over in laughter when i got this joke from David, a Brit. It is so perfect and why did I not think of that (instead of the costly divorce proceedings brought against…

February 23, 2018

Yet Another Great Day in the Land of My Birth; Emails from Guys in My LIfe; Great Advice Leading to a New and Different Course of Action Accompanied by Some Fears; a Reach Out Video

Well, the great day in the land of my birth had to be yesterday. Horrible, horrible day today with so much snow I can barely see anything out my window. I awoke to a text…

February 22, 2018

The Chattiest Day Ever With a Lot of Snow but a Compliment  on My Hat from a Conductor and a Cellist; Getting a Coveted Appointment; Accompanied by a Selfie with the Hat 

Looking back on yesterday, it was weird beyond belief! It was snowing and cold and awful. But somehow that made it cheerier because I just talked to everyone. I chatted up at least ten people…

February 22, 2018

A Sunny Way to Start the Day; Rethinking Poverty; A Russian Guy; Strike Three and You are Out and a Video of Talking Stick Festival. 

I woke up, read my blog and fired off the following email to my computer guru, Chris. Me: Hello, It was such a joy to open up my blog and there I was! It can be…

February 19, 2018

A Formal Announcement But Little Else Because I am Too Lazy to Blog Today; but a Video taken on Granville Street on February 2, 2018

The February 9, 2018 blog discussed that I had a new nickname to a nearby guy and I called myself the SHITS. He loved it, absolutely loved it. But this began as a difficult day…

February 17, 2018

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (an Example of Dryburgh Sarcastic Wit); Unlikely Email Exchanges; Three Examples of Canadian Caring; and a Video of a Blabber Mouth

I awoke to an email from high school and university friend Lynne: She: Politics – (can be) fun to argue, difficult to convert. Me: Please, my favorite intellectual,  contrast politics and religion. Religion fun to…

February 9, 2018

Winning An Old Battle; Jealousy; Scenes from the Doctor Appointment; A Joke; a New Nickname for a Special Guy and a Comedy Poster

I did have a life before London so technically the blog should read London and Beyond and Before, but it doesn’t. I battled for the retention of Defined Benefit Retirement Plans – the kind that…

February 8, 2018

I Lead the Weirdest and Most Wonderful Life With Multiple Ups and Downs and a Huge Instagram Following As Well

When we last left off I had an appointment to be seen by a neurologist at a place near Vancouver General Hospital. I began the day by going to the gym. I was most upset…

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