by marcel | Nov 30, 2018
So the Insight spacecraft has landed on Mars. Is this huge? I’m not sure. This is the 8th spacecraft to land on the red planet but I am actually totally disappointed as there is something drastically still missing. I ask, where are the Martians? For nearly a half...
by marcel | Nov 8, 2018
What’s in a name? Or rather what’s in a title to a name? A 10 year old boy in North Carolina recently got punished by his teacher for calling her “ma’am”. She made him write out the word, “ma’am” 4 times per line on a long sheet of paper. This story went viral. Seems...
by marcel | Sep 29, 2018
I spent a few hours watching the historic Judge Kavanagh Senate confirmation hearings. As there have been more than enough political opinions expressed on the event, I thought I would challenge myself and see if I could come up with nonpolitical observations. I did...
by marcel | Sep 17, 2018
We have enjoyed an interesting few days in Ontario, notwithstanding. As Oliver Twist said, “I would like some more, please. ” Some of us like Premier Ford’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause to override the court’s ruling regarding the...
by marcel | Aug 31, 2018
Back to school? Humbug. There ought to be a law against summer ads for school supplies. Come August you cannot visit a Staples or a Wal-Mart or most other stores without running a gauntlet of “back to school” stuff. In my view, this practice creates kiddy school...
