……..or how the government entices us to drink more than we probably should!!! I live in Ontario (Canada), where 99% of all alcohol sales (except “run of the mill” beer sales) are controlled by the provincial government under the governing body known as The Liquor Control Board of Ontario or the LCBO. The LCBO has […]
……..or how the government entices us to drink more than we probably should!!! I live in Ontario (Canada), where 99% of all alcohol sales (except “run of the mill” beer sales) are controlled by the provincial government under the governing body known as The Liquor Control Board of Ontario or the LCBO. The LCBO has
I decided I needed to perk things up a little and since my daughter had mentioned a website “Glowcity” (I actually mistakenly called it “Glowworld” in my last post.) I decided to pop over and see what they had that was enlightening!! 1. They had lots of regulation “glow in the dark” sports balls for most
I decided I needed to perk things up a little and since my daughter had mentioned a website “Glowcity” (I actually mistakenly called it “Glowworld” in my last post.) I decided to pop over and see what they had that was enlightening!! 1. They had lots of regulation “glow in the dark” sports balls for most
I wish it were that simple. One of the problems with writing every day and every other day, the year before, is that you end up covering a lot of topics of general interest, a good number of obscure topics, since there are fewer of them, and if your area of “intense” interest (knitting) happens
What to do when there is nothing else to do. Well, I often resort to Found Poetry. It’s an idle way of taking a preset arrangement of words and either re-arranging them or keeping them in the same order but putting in the “significant pauses” that make the words “poetry” or thoughtful comments on life.
When my kids were in school there were always fund raising projects and everyone contributed. One of these fund-raisers was a magazine campaign, where you subscribed to 4 or 5 magazines and renewed them each year. Since Mental Floss, subject of my last two posts, and Utne Reader were on the list, I ordered them.
When my kids were in school there were always fund raising projects and everyone contributed. One of these fund-raisers was a magazine campaign, where you subscribed to 4 or 5 magazines and renewed them each year. Since Mental Floss, subject of my last two posts, and Utne Reader were on the list, I ordered them.
Yesterday I posted about an article from the website Mental Floss. I decided to “like” them on FB and subsequently receive their regular posts. Well, since yesterday, I have received 4 posts in 24 hours. That’s one post every 6 hours. Topics were as follows: 1. Twenty Facts About Your Favourite Liquors – this could turn
Yesterday I posted about an article from the website Mental Floss. I decided to “like” them on FB and subsequently receive their regular posts. Well, since yesterday, I have received 4 posts in 24 hours. That’s one post every 6 hours. Topics were as follows: 1. Twenty Facts About Your Favourite Liquors – this could turn
