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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Language Police in the Corporate World…

Unlike many, I do not have an unthinking, visceral dislike for large corporations – and I know that, love ‘em or hate ‘em, they’re inevitably part of the modern economic landscape. (And those who think that ‘ real socialism’ would be an ‘improvement’ are just hopelessly naïve – it always has and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

And then there was Ben…LXXIV

As I’ve said, Ben is a very opinionated doggie, who has a view on virtually anything he encounters, and there’s a lot of that. He pays more attention to what's going on around us than I do… And I think he has notions of a well-ordered world in which some things should simply not exist, among them... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 12, 2014

And then there was Ben…LXXIII

Having told you a lot of many nice and interesting things about my doggie, I would be amiss if I didn’t tell you things that aren’t quite as nice, but still interesting. For one thing, he’s a dog with strong opinions, not in and of itself a bad thing, but he tends to express them sometimes a bit too... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 10, 2014

And then there was Ben…LXXII

My doggie still surprises me at times. Earlier this week I had been away most of the day, wasting time in a couple of meetings. When I got home later in the afternoon, I took Bennie for a quick walk around the block. Now, we have a routine – when we return from a walk, he gets a ‘cookie’, as we call... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

It's a very special day...

It's a celebration of Beauty and Good Sense - it's Iris Day, which pays homage to Beauty; and it's also No Socks Day, which acknowledges Good Sense. But alas, my Irises have barely woken from hibernation, and since for me every day is No Socks Day, I'll sort of wave at it and let it go at that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

A letter…

Unless you’ve been camping in the bush for a few weeks, you’ve heard of the barbaric abduction of almost 300 little Nigerian girls by the Boko Haram outfit, led by a fellow who goes by many names, one of them being Abubakar Shekau. The world is up in arms – and rightly so. Among other things, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Funny Words…

When I wrote a few short posts whining about my computer problems, I entitled them ‘Computer Tsuches’, as you may recall. In fact, the title was the very first thing I put down – it just sort of came out like that, born of my frustration, and of course I kept it to maintain continuity. And I thought... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 4, 2014

And in Brampton, Ontario: Party Time…

2,000 guests at Brampton ‘mansion party’ raided by police 'He told us he was having a few friends over': Teen who promoted Project X-style #MansionParty at parents’ house on Twitter causes $70,000 worth of damage after 2,000 show up. Police in Ontario had to call in officers from every division to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Naut’s Fabulous Flourless Pancake Recipe…II

This is about the recipe I posted a couple of days ago, and I thought I must tell you! Today I substituted butter for the coconut oil and ground almonds for the shredded coconut – success! But what made these pancakes absolutely superb was the marmalade I spread on them as they came hot out of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 2, 2014

Naut’s Fabulous Flourless Pancake Recipe

Okay, I’m fibbing – I didn’t actually invent it, I just made it the other day. It was invented by a lady named Amelia Pye (who also makes great pies, I’m sure), an Aussie like our Kabu. But then maybe she learned it from her Mom, who got it from who knows where, but who cares… It doesn’t really... Sign in to see full entry.

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