I present for you yet another photograph which I took recently, for your consumption. There are so many rocky landscapes along with numerous bodies of water here in the Sudbury area, it really provides much opportunity for picturesque imagery amongst all the natural formations.
Out in the east end of the Greater Sudbury area, a fair distance off [...]
In a recent entry, I discussed the surprising improvements of the once-disappearing Aral Sea, due to the establishment of a large dam at its north side. I have tracked down a map of the Aral Sea from 1850 on E-Bay, which shows the area as it was naturally, long before the original water-hungry cotton fields [...]
I enjoyed a discussion today over coffees with friends about the area’s economy and outlook. While I maintained the more positive, enthusastic road about the city’s prospects, others tended to be a little more cynical about it overall. Moreover, this isn’t the only group of friends where this type of dynamic is played out when we [...]
Well, the annual Christmas holiday has arrived at last. After enduring nearly two months of the post-Halloween marketplace bluster through all forms of media, we can at last finally sit back, relax, and reflect, hopefully in the company of family, loved ones, and tasty food. At least until the upcoming period of Boxing Week sales arrives, and the intensity of the previous pace is [...]
I recently received the following e-mail. It appears that a modern-day Wordsworth has answered his call to poetry:
I detect a strong odour from the King of B.O.,
Not to mention the fatness that really has to go.
My feeling of nausea’s probably caused by your face,
And in a battle of coolness, you’re way out of place.
I just mentioned all four dimensions of Firlapalooza:
Smelly, [...]
One of my earliest entries was a detailed review of Al Gore’s documentary about climate change, ”An Inconvenient Truth”. It appears that my support of the film’s director came before all the facts were available. Take a look at this news article, which emerged just as I thought there were actually true environmental altruists out there:
Al Gore Caught Warming Globe to Increase [...]
It’s amazing how far computers have come, technologically-speaking, in just fifteen years. I recently came across a computer magazine from the end of 1991. It was fascinating, looking through this time capsule of a moment in the heady expanding days of the home-computer industry. One wonders how we ever managed to have PC’s without CD-ROM drives, [...]
Though I generally do not closely follow major league sports, I am aware enough of the standings to know who the winners and losers are. I recently noticed an interesting amalgamation of graffiti recently, painted upon a rock face in the Sudbury area. It clearly shows how one team’s logo can quickly be appropriated and added on by a supporter of an [...]
We all know that a diet high in fruits is extremely healthful. There are so many different kinds of this category of food out there, and we all have our own personal preference, often depending on the season. More than a year ago, I overheard on the radio about a list which broke down and [...]
My favourite Christmas carol would have to be ’O Holy Night’. It is truly a stunning piece, what with its exultant lyrics, and intensely beautiful tune, which together can so quickly bring one in harmony with the real meaning of December 25th. It was originally written in French in 1847 by poet Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure at the request of a [...]