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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

I’m thinking of the children…

I’m sure there were many – Christmas is a magic time for children all over the civilized world, and a visit to the Christmas market and its joys heightens the anticipation for the ‘Big Day’… I don’t know how many of them are among the twelve killed and the forty-eight injured, but even those not... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 18, 2016

And today – something a little less safe…

Something you may not want to read, and of course you don’t have to… Still, it should be of interest, especially to my fellow Canadians… Canada is a law-abiding country. I don’t mean all of her citizen’s are always law-abiding – what I mean is that, in principle, our laws are respected, and all our... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Today – something totally safe…

At the large pet supermarket there’s a new face at the check-out, a young woman in her early twenties, smiling pleasantly as I trundle up with my cart and a large bag of Bennie’s favourite kibble. For once I had to leave him in the car since I forgot to bring his leash. I know he’s terribly... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 16, 2016

Ignorance and Cowardice…

Those are the two main reasons for Islam’s continuing successes against the West, and will probably ensure its ultimate victory, even if none of us will be around to witness that. In the past I was surprised by something else – the apparent indifference and even boredom with which people viewed the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Just in time for Christmas…

As I wrote that, I felt a twinge of guilt of course…(And just so you believe I really felt a twinge of guilt – well, I’ll back it up! I’ve got a big tower here in Toronto that I can sell you for a couple hundred bucks! Email me and I'll give you all the details and where to deposit your money! It’s... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Update on Naut’s Fabulous Hummus

When I made a batch yesterday, I realized I was a bit too cavalier about the quantities for this recipe, quite apart from the fact that I just wrote down what I remembered – the only place where you find them written down is on Blogit! I said 2 tins of chickpeas – I meant small tins! I used 1 large... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Naut’s Fabulous Hummus

I don’t know about you, but I love hummus. You can eat it by itself, use is as a dip for carrot sticks and such (I’ve been off FFs for quite some time now, but you can try it, of course) or lather it on a bagel or flat bread. For reasons I can’t really explain it tends to be a fall-and-winter thing... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 8, 2016

A ‘Bad’ Muslim – But a Very Good Man…

I really wish everyone would watch this video, especially the apologists! But of course they won’t – it would endanger their illusions and their equilibrium, LOL… This video, and the one that follows, is by the man I spoke of yesterday, who was banned by Facebook but then allowed back after a storm... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Hands, and handedness…II

I explained in the first post of this mini-series that my concern here is not so much with hands in general, but with the way animals react to them. As an observer of dogs and cats, I have come to notice some profound differences in the way they interact with us, and my focus are the hands. (And let... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Hands, and handedness…

Today just some idle observations… It seems trivial to stress the importance of the human hand. It has always been understood: Throughout the ages artists have depicted hands; often their own, as in the 40,000-year old cave drawings of Europe and Indonesia. And virtually everyone knows... Sign in to see full entry.

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