Category: Life Musings
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Five Easy Changes to Slow Climate Change
Here are five easy things that you can do to slow the rate of climate change in the world – five easy things that you can do, but probably won’t do. Anyway for what it’s worth here they are. First when you’re in your car or truck (seriously, why are you driving a truck?) make…
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The California Drought
On Friday afternoon I was listening to Stephen Quinn, the host of the CBC radio show On the Coast discussing with a guest the ongoing California drought. The guest was a journalist who lives in California near Sacramento, the capital city of the state of California. Quinn and his guest were talking about California Governor Jerry Brown’s…
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Princess, Holland America and Celebrity Cruise Lines
Now that I have returned to my “shore life” I have been giving some consideration to how my most recent cruise experience on the Princess Cruises Grand Princess compares to my experiences aboard the Holland America and Celebrity cruise lines. As I previously said on my foodie blog, it is my opinion that the quality…
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The Skeleton Twins; Real Family Comedy
Here is our first movie review by our movie Dude, the Toth. Enjoy it – “The dog dies at the end?!” Bill Hader responds in mock anger to Kristen Wiig’s accidental give away to the ending of the book Marley and Me. The two former Saturday Night Live alumni star in the new comedy/drama, The Skeleton…
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Animals and Meat
At bedtime we are reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder type books about life on the prairies. Except it appears that life took a turn for the worse on the prairie and now Rose and her Ma and Pa have left to go live in Missouri. Anyway it doesn’t matter where they are living, this evening…
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Why I Detest Valentines Day
After extensive research and consultation, I have come to the conclusion that Valentines Day is the worst quasi-holiday of all the Hallmark style holidays that there are. Honestly, there is no win for Valentines Day. No matter what you do, it is likely that you’ve done it wrong. Say for example you go out and…
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My First Play Date
This may come as a bit of a surprise, but for the first time ever, I was the supervising adult at an event for my kids – a play date. This is a surprise because my kids are nearly 6 years old and I have avoided this situation until now. I have essentially lived in…
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SCC on Doctor Assisted Suicide
This morning the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that in certain cases doctor assisted suicide should be allowed. My response; it is about time. If you walked through or spent any time in the geriatric ward of any hospital you would be disgusted; there is no way on earth you would let a dog or…
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Slow Down and Let Your Kids Set the Pace
Some thoughtful and kind person recently sent me a blog post about how it is important to slow down and let your children set the pace. Yes, this was someone who witnessed the frenzy of screaming, cajoling, bribery and veiled threats as my sweetheart and I were trying to get our girls dressed in clothing,…
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Show Some Gratitude Today
Although this may sound somewhat morbid, do you ever think about what life would be like if you or your life partner stopped being an active participant in it? Let me put that another way, what if you suddenly weren’t part of your family, say if you died unexpectedly. Or perhaps even worse, imagine if…