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March 17, 2021 St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2021 St. Patrick’s Day

He didn’t do any of those things he is popularly known for – the snake thing and shamrocks and ‘remember me with a shot of whisky’. Still, it’s an excuse to celebrate, a place to shelter from the storm for a few minutes. That is worthwhile. There is no question we’re heading for the third wave and it’s going to be from the increase in variants. The thing to clarify here is this is not because…

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March 3, 2025 Let March Madness begin

Time to put away the compilation of doomscrolling latest hits…anyone remember ‘K-Tel’ records? Hello? Anyone? Okay, gather ‘round boys and girls and hear the tale of of the birth of “But wait, there’s more” and SNL Legend Dan Ackroyd’s iconic Irwin Mainway, Bass O’Matic and 4 records of the in my closet stash with psychedelic covers proclaiming all hits of ‘60’s, 70’s – all hits, no ‘b’sides and…

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March 1, 2023 Wear a Leek, Make Some Soup, Repel a Saxon

Just taking a break from banging my head against the nearest wall. Let’s look at a grand tradition from a wonderful part of the world – how I’d love to be in Wales right now. Today is St. David’s Day. Traditionally Welsh people around the western world wear a leek—yes, the veggie that looks like a green onion with a pituitary tumour. I’m not sure if the tradition is still followed or if it’s…

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Dec 4/24 No need to rush, where ever you go the line up got there first.

A sense of normalcy is settling in. Flu season is starting up but so far no signs of serious effect – then again, I swim in the shallow end of the grey panther pool. We’re the ones driving with the perpetual turn signal; parking grocery carts in the middle of any aisle while investigating the ingredients of a granola bar and paying with startling amounts of change—shaken out of a well used…

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Nov 22, 2024 Trading One Plague for Another

The current nominee for dismantling the health system in the US is a strong voice for reducing the use of unnecessary additives in food. One of the plans is to cut back on sugar in the general food supply with a focus on the complete removal of all sweetie temptations directed at children. Outlawing gummy bears is one of the proposals. This fairly reasonable sounding proposal – after all there…

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Nov 15/24 Take a Breath Now

Each day becomes more of a challenge. I’m really trying to avoid the topic of the day for a couple of reasons. Firstly, this journal/blog/whatever you want to call it is supposed to be about the overlap of politics with CoVid – sometimes a little more one than the other. Secondly, in the deep days of the Trump/Vid intersection, I made it a practice to shut off the political podcasts and…

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Evolution of conspiracy theories: what’s science got to do with it.

There is the tradition of conspiracy theories during plague times going all the way back to the Bronze Age. The easiest explanation is it’s a desperate attempt to find an answer to why cousin Bucketta went to bed humming a happy tune and woke up dead the next day. Followed rapidly into the hereafter by the rest of Bucketta’s family including the dog. The moon? A red sky at noon? An improperly…

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April 20, 2023 What did I miss?

Sorry, got distracted by a great comet of life crashing into my world. Okay, maybe not a comet – more a matter of dealing with the pervasive fatigue attached to my ass like a helium filled boulder. I managed stitching some paragraphs together but they lack continuity. Sometimes within the paragraph. Anyway, I’m sure I can winkle out some meaning from them and maybe even piece together a few…

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