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Monday, September 6, 2010

Labour Day musings

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be...
Saturday, September 4, 2010

On success, failure and the Ford Edsel

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. - Gab...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 Today is the first day of September and for many the summer seems to be drawing to a close. Officially it is ...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Ted Williams, the Splendid Splinter

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MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010 Hey Sixteeners, I have a little challenge for you today. Check out the Language Corner below. LANGUAGE CORNER ...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2010 QUOTES OF THE DAY We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe From Spruche in...
Friday, August 27, 2010

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

SPACE ALIENS AND LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010 The subject of space aliens has been in the news of late. This month, a scientist in the United States declared...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Internet and False Information

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2010 There is a week left in the month of August.  Before it draws to a close, I'd like to share with you some qui...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Photos of Presque Ile State Park in Pennsylvania

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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010 I'm back from Erie, Pennsylvania.  On Friday, I took a water taxi to Presque Ilse State Park.  It is quite pic...
Friday, August 20, 2010

More Greetings from Erie Pennsylvania

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010 Greetings again from Erie, Pennsylvania.  Here is a picture of the boat we went on yesterday for a luncheon buffet...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Hello from Erie, Pennsylvania

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010 Hello from Erie, Pennsylvania. I am here with a thoroughbred racing fan club. There was a welcome party for us a...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

By the time we got to Woodstock

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010 By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere was a song And a celebration An...
Monday, August 16, 2010

The Dog Days of Summer and Elvis Presley's Concerts in Canada in 1957

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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010 THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER AND SIRIUS How are you enjoying these “dog days” of summer? For me, however, they are tr...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Fear, Superstition and the Number 13

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed: but sh...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010 NOTE TO SIXTEENERS Regular readers will notice that Number 16 has been redesigned. I have tried to give it a...
Monday, August 9, 2010

The Gretzky Trade

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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2010 "Never, though, has there been a sports transaction of this magnitude. The Great Gretzky, 27, is just at the p...
Saturday, August 7, 2010

Lewis Carroll, words and Sarah Palin

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means j...
Friday, August 6, 2010

The Horror of Hiroshima

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2010 Today marks a sombre day in the annals of human history. On August 6, 1945, an atom bomb was dropped on the city of...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Barack Obama and Tea Party Xenophobia

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama turns 49 years old today. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii (YES, HAWAII, the fiftieth...