We’re plagued by raccoons right now. The little buggers have a den up under our neighbours’ roof, right next to our rooftop terrace. They usually come out at dusk to begin scavenging for food—after they’ve used our terrace as their personal, conveniently-located latrine, of course. Pretty gross! Over the weekend it rained heavily, so we …
Monthly Archive: July 2009
Jul 24 2009
Pimp my ride!
1.) Take an ordinary-looking van. 2.) Instead of pimping it out with chrome, bling, or any of the other accoutrements you see on some vehicles that outwardly display the maturity of the people inside, fit it bumper-to-bumper in a soothing, green carpet of AstroTurf to calm the senses and pique the interest of passers by …
Jul 01 2009
The Lake
I wouldn’t classify myself as a spiritual or religious person. I eventually became a Humanist after having been raised a Catholic. Being unfettered by superstitious dogma really opens one’s mind to the joys and wonder of living in a purely physical world. This doesn’t mean, however, that I can’t experience certain things in life that …
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I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.
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