Category: lifestyle

Rose Colored Glasses Defined and Removed; Many Albertans Are Passive and Take Their Liberties and Freedom;  For Granted; Covid Rampant and Interfering with My Existence; Mohammed Prescribes Tasty Medicine; Borowitz Satire Amuses; News of Alberta Health Care Crisis; Photograph Illustrating Health Care Crisis with Instagram Caption

I am beginning to look at my surroundings with more realism – removing the rose colored glasses that have clouded my vision. The freedoms, the civility, the plight of the average individual here in Edmonton…

My Goodness, Not Only is Infamy Alive and Well in Canada But It Even Exists in My Fair City At the Highest Levels of Government; A Prize Winning Essayist Manages to be Sexist; Racist and Hatefilled at a Very Young Age: Politicians Scramble to Avoid Responsibility: Imfamy Defined; Dismay Defined; Idiom Foot in Mouth Explored; But Then the Relief Found in Humour

I am shocked and dismayed – there is no other way to put it. I am sitting at home in my apartment minding my own business. I was on line reading what was going on…

We Owe All of This to My Computer Guru, His Wife Clare and Hound Dog Beryl; Humour Before the Days of Bad Language; Collaboration Defined;  I Pave the Road, You Drive the Car; No. 18 is My Favorite; Ending with Me in an Alberta Tartan Scarf with a Little MacBeth Thrown In For Good Measure

;This email was received from my faithful Computer Guru Chris, We are a team, a collaboration to end all collaborations. A collaboration is the action of working with someone to produce or create something:. In…

Canada May Be Cracked But Will Address The Why and How of It in a Subsequent Blog; Left Vancouver for Stated Reasons Not Found in Edmonton; Nicety Defined; Powerless To Change Vancouver So Left There; Left County of Marin As Powerless to Change Discriminatory Practices: Veracity and Conjecture Defined; Some Andy Borowitz Humour With Application to Canadian Politicians; Photograph May Offend Some

I had only praise for my country of origin, Canada, upon my return from Abu Dhabi (via the USA, and London). Edmonton for many reasons is far superior to Vancouver. Most notably and most importantly…

Where Are We Heading? Discussion With Me, Myself and I; Machinations Defined; How to Deal With Despots; Great Analysis With Solutions Offered; Hubris Defined; Go to YouTube For Just in Time and Wait on Me: Photo of Air Conditioner in Summer and Humidifier in Winter: Comparison on Temperatures, Both in Fahrenheit

What form, what direction this blog will take is in question. My circumstances are entirely different  now that I am settled in Canada. I explore this question with me, myself and I. There are many…

Veterinarian or Doctor; Paraphrase Defined; Necessity is the Mother of Invention; Monkey Pox is Scientifically Explored: A Monkey Pox Vaccination Not Needed for Me: Looking Back at Covid Days; UAE Viewed in Less Condemning Ways; Window Dressing Defined; Photos of Blog Business Card and Container

Paraphrasing an extremely funny woman who almost daily posts on Instagram: “Chicken Pox; Swine Flu; Covid; Bird Flu, Monkey Pox. I wonder, should I be going to a doctor or a  veterinarian.Paraphrase, used as a…

It is Time for Some Levity, It Shall Be Provided; A Hamburger at the Grand Mosque McDonalds; Halal Defined; Emails Concerning My Presidency of an Elvis Presley Fan Club; Andy Borowitz Satire Cheers; Little engine That Could; A Commentary Concerning the Conditions in the UAE (Not Funny); Three Cartoons from The New Yorker Magazine

Well it is time for levity – we have been dealing with serious matters for several blogs and we shall unfortunately go back to serious matters but in the words of a commercial. You Deserve…

The Pope’s Apology and Its Rather Awful Aftermath: Insights from Al Jazeera, Excellently Written and Researched Reporting with Links Embedded; Alexis a Common Name Sioux Nations, Chiefs and Me; Uncanny Defined: Continued Victimization of Indigenous Women and Girls with No Remedy in Sight; Evolve Defined and Applied to the Islamic Faith; Photograph of My Almost Consumed Omelet of Yesterday

The Star posed this question: What happens next after the Pope’s historical apology? It was an expression of sorrow and regret — a historic apology. “I am deeply sorry,” Pope Francis said, speaking of the…

Why Did the Pope Come to Canada? A Story Lifted From The Toronto Star with a Link (or two or three); An Endless Video; A Commentary on the Video From Alexis; Tantalize Defined; Tantalizing Personal Tidbits in the Future if You Are Lucky; Tantalize and the Proverb Time Will Tell Defined

“Why is the Pope Coming to Canada?”, the Toronto Star headline queried. Guess where he landed? Edmonton OF COURSE! Here comes the article: “The Pope landed in Edmonton Sunday to begin a six-day “penitential voyage,”…