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Month: December 2024

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Wanderings – Re-imagining and updating the Christmas Classics

December 25, 2024 Phillip Blancher

As regular readers may recall, I am a fan of Christmas stories. Some of my favourites are the perennial classics like Dickens’ A Christmas Carol or O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi. Both stories […]

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Merry Christmas, please resign

December 22, 2024 Phillip Blancher

I don’t often write letters to politicians. One time, I wrote then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking to be considered for an open Senate seat. At the time I was under-employed and thought “hey, I can […]

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Wanderings – New additions and new adventures

December 18, 2024 Phillip Blancher

I have never considered myself a pet person. I grew up with pets at home. At its peak, my parents had two dogs, four cats, a couple of doves, a budgie, and a bunch of […]

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Wanderings – Struggling with old technology

December 11, 2024 Phillip Blancher

I have an affinity for old electronics, particularly old computers. My first computer was an old Commodore 64. In high school, I built and sold PC computers for a while. As an adult, one of […]

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Wanderings – The goose droppings of ill-informed leaders

December 4, 2024 Phillip Blancher

This past weekend, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre decided to step into the fray of municipal politics with all the grace of a Canada Goose, leaving traces of his visit like the geese so often […]

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