What They Want Is Everything: Part 2
It's taken me a while to write this, because it's hard even to think about. It strikes close to home. I am referring to President Trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their families....
View ArticleCute Cat Friday 2013-07-20: Joni
Joni watches in alarm as we prepare our son's bath. "You're going to put the kitten in THERE?!?"
View ArticleProgramming note
Long blog entry postponed due to a (non-serious) family illness. Cute Cat Friday up as normal shortly.
View ArticleCute Cat Friday 2018-07-27: Joni
The shipping company brought our stuff! Joni is happy to have new places to climb.
View ArticleWhat They Want Is Everything: Part 3
What endgame will there be for Trump? This is not a fairy tale. The knight does not slay the dragon. Everyone does not live happily ever after. We've been here before. Some of us thought Obama would...
View ArticleCute Cat Friday 2018-08-10: Joni
Enjoying the view from our dining table -- which has finally been shipped across from the UK to our new home in Toronto. In the background is a photo of the late and much missed Dexter.
View ArticleOn Ready Player One: You, Sir, Are No Willy Wonka
I've got around to reading the 2011 novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It made me angry. More than once I was tempted to throw the book against the wall, and I can't recall ever feeling that way...
View ArticleCute Cat Friday 2018-08-24: Joni
Fast asleep, and in some danger of sliding off the sofa.
View ArticleCute Cat Friday 2018-09-14: Joni
Your foot is now my headrest. I do not authorize you to move.
View ArticleWhat Is This I Cannot Even
Reading the news seemed a harmless habit, even virtuous; but that was before the world went wrong. I miss the old days, when we could be concerned about a stained blue dress or a guy eating a bacon...
View ArticleCute Cat Friday 2018-10-26: Joni
It's getting cold outside and dark earlier. Joni has the right idea.
View ArticleJumping The Queue And Other Lies
Theresa May, who brought us the hostile environment, the "citizens of nowhere" speech, and the Windrush deportations, has struck again. This time, trying to sell her embattled Brexit deal to the...
View ArticleIn Which I Select The Least Awful Conservative Leadership Candidate
The British Conservative Party is having the leadership contest for which it has long yearned.Inspired by John Scalzi's posts on the 2016 and 2012 US Republican candidates, I am ranking the contenders...
View ArticleElectioneering
British politics is a steaming heap of rubbish. Every time I look, the pile is higher and smellier. It's leaking some kind of fluid. There are things moving around in there. It's making disturbing...
View ArticleTop 5 Canadian Beers
One of the fun things about moving to Toronto is exploring a whole new craft beer scene. I say "Canadian beers", but beer distribution is pretty regionalised, and all but one of the following five are...
View ArticleI'm back
I'm breaking a blog silence of nearly a year.In a theme from before I broke off, I have lacked the stomach to write long posts about politics. It's too fucking horrible. But the US Presidential...
View ArticleElection 2020: No Longer Worthy
The 2020 US Presidential election is tomorrow. I almost wish I believed in gods, so I could pray to them to have mercy on us all. I don't; and if I'm wrong and the gods are real, they would seem to...
View ArticleFeeding the Dragon: Guards! Guards! and Brexit
For a book published 31 years ago, "Guards! Guards!" by Sir Terry Pratchett has a lot to tell us about Brexit. I started reading it for light relief from the news; it didn't entirely work, but did give...
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