Thanks to time off during the holidays, I was able to make an extended three-day stopover down to Southern Ontario, running from Thursday morning until Saturday evening (December 27th to 29th). I can’t believe how much territory I was able to cover, in the pursuit of both planned and spontaneous visits with friends (and more commercial destinations as well…). With an overall [...]
I’ve waxed nostalgic about the Commodore 64 computer system before (such as here, here, and here), for which 25 years have passed since its original 1982 release. It was a year after that when our family obtained one for Christmas.
I just received a link from a friend which brought me to a YouTube video. It is an [...]
It’s interesting to note that at least two popular rock groups of the past incorporated the poignant words of the Book of Ecclesiastes into their lyrics, and that these overnight hits are still quite well known today - I heard both of these songs fairly recently. Who would have thought that the Bible would be regularly quoted on non-Christian radio?
First of all, [...]
It appears that someone has reached the breaking point, having endured seeing the word ‘definitely‘ spelled incorrectly one too many times (after all, this is an adverb often listed in collections of commonly misspelled words). I accidentally came across this quite obviously hastily-created site, whose creator has decided to vent his spelling pet peeve to the global community, right here.
Indeed, [...]
I’m not sure whether local newspaper columnist Lionel Rudd unintentionally borrowed some of my recent thoughts, but about a month after my article, in the October 24th issue of the Northern Life, he expounded on some familiar viewpoints regarding the irksome disparity between the Canadian and American book price imprinted on new books (read scan of this fairly detailed article [...]
A number of months ago, I wrote up an opinion piece on how using the medium of e-mail to deliver important life-changing news to someone (such as being fired from a job, the death of a loved one, or a relationship breakup) is not only a tacky show of blatant disrespect towards the recipient, but also a clear showcase of lacking [...]
I found it interesting to learn of an historical document which refers to one of the important events of the Bible - the trial of Jesus Christ. It is true that there are no official Roman records extant from the times of that Empire’s occupation of ancient Judea 2000 years ago, however, there are ancient writings which refer to a particular non-Biblical piece [...]
The average rate of gas consumption of a particular make and model of car can be conveniently determined at this page. Based on the information there, the type of Ford Focus I currently drive has a rating of 9.2 L/100 km (31 mpg) in the city, and 6.8 L/100 km (42 mpg) on the highway.
As mentioned in one of the tips at this [...]