Posts Tagged: Me and Mine
Your Weekend Bullets For The End of January
Posted by on Saturday, January 28, 2012 in - 2 comments
Will February be as soft as January? I make these observations thinking one day I will maybe go back and check how bad each winter has been year after year. But I don't. These things just languish. Like so many dreams. Contemplating leaving other things aside first, however. The cable TV and … read more »
Friday Bullets For The Week Of Pneumonia
Posted by on Friday, November 4, 2011 in - 2 comments
That cold I mentioned? Coughing for four weeks? Turned into pneumonia. Unlike Greece, however, there was a known accepted cure. Horse pills. Halfway through the great pharmaceutical experiment, I like big drug a little better. Even in my drugged haze, I found the choices for the best Canadian song …
Your Friday Bullets For Another NCPR Membership Drive
Posted by on Friday, October 21, 2011 in - leave a comment
One of my favorite holidays of the year is the day I take a vacation day to go over to the US and help out with the NCPR membership drive. I have to deliver some prizes for draws given by helpful Kingstonians and these are received with great fanfare... or is it that they are received by exhausted …
Happy For Halifax Now The Shipyards Have Work Forever
Posted by on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 in - 3 comments
A pal of my Dad's over 20 years ago was brought into run the Halifax Shipyards. A Scottish school years' chum who had taken another path and came to Nova Scotia via Hong Kong, he was going to reinvigorate the place. He was not able to because he got very ill and soon passed away at an age I now …
Oh - Heck - It's Election Day In Ontario...
Posted by on Thursday, October 6, 2011 in - 2 comments
Ontario politics are sorta like that. People don't notice that they are, with all the downloading of 30 years, the most important elections in the life of the nation. Because Ontario is that nice nerdy B+ kid who helps and never gets dates. Gives away the lunch money and gets threatened by smaller …
You Friday Bullets For The Last Of September
Posted by on Friday, September 30, 2011 in - 2 comments
I meant not to do this. I meant to ensure there was something between Friday posts. But the week did not let me. Too sad to mention baseball. Too occupied with the beer blog. It's not every week a 920 page Oxford Companion to your favorite hobby shows up. These are not excuses. These are reasons …
What I Watched The First Saturday Of Grade Eight
Posted by on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 in - 2 comments
God love the nerds who load information into the internet: • Saturday, Sept. 11, 1976 TV listings • CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John / Channel 7 Moncton (CBC) • 12:30 Circle Square • 1:00 Onedin Line • 2:00 Space: 1999 • 3:00 Saturday Sports • 5:00 Water Skiing • 6:00 Klahanie …
Friday Bullets For The Beginning Of The Unplanned Holiday
Posted by on Friday, July 29, 2011 in - 3 comments
Events have led to two weeks off without much planned. I have stuff to do but we are not going to the Fat Boy by the sea or Indiana for that matter. Home repair and snacking is what I am planning. Napping and snacking is what I will end up doing. I just hope the global economy does not collapse …
Twenty Years Ago There Was This Magic Expos Moment...
Posted by on Thursday, July 28, 2011 in - leave a comment
Twenty years ago today I was in a pal's apartment in Ottawa, late afternoon, stinking hot day, watching the Expos as El Presidente got his perfect game. I was alone. I was watching a 10-12 inch black and white TV. I was listening to records, half paying attention. Then, when I realized what was …
Sackets Harbor NY Vintage Base Ball Tournament 2011
Posted by on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in - leave a comment
This year's vintage base ball game was remarkable. The weather was so hot I thought that I was going to faint when I slowed into second on a couple of doubles. The team had a few new faces but was as keen as ever and took both games after never winning a single game in the USA in the four previous …
