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My favorite reads from last year. A few I've gifted (not my copy, mind you), many I've recommended and one I'm still waiting for my neighbour to return.
It's been a few months, should I pester him? Maybe? No?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-f...
It's been a few months, should I pester him? Maybe? No?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-f...
My Favorite 2025 Reads
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My favorite reads from last year. A few I've gifted (not my copy, mind you), many I've recommended and one I'm still waiting for my neighbour to return.
It's been a few months, should I pester him? Maybe? No?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-f...
It's been a few months, should I pester him? Maybe? No?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-f...
Came across an exceptional discussion the Beatles compositions last month and I'm still digesting it. There are plenty who could geek out on the guitar tech side of this but here are my thoughts. #wabisabi
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wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2026/01/john...
John, Paul and an 8 Hertz Mystery
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Came across an exceptional discussion the Beatles compositions last month and I'm still digesting it. There are plenty who could geek out on the guitar tech side of this but here are my thoughts. #wabisabi
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2026/01/john...
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2026/01/john...
In the fall of 1992, I introduced a world-weary, film-jaded group of teenagers to The Princess Bride and they had an experience that excited them in ways that movies have always been supposed to.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/reme...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/reme...
Remembering Reiner
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In the fall of 1992, I introduced a world-weary, film-jaded group of teenagers to The Princess Bride and they had an experience that excited them in ways that movies have always been supposed to.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/reme...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/reme...
One of the things that #wabisabi encourages is a tolerance of ambiguity and paradox that few people wish to accept at this time. With detachment and more open thinking there will be a path forward.
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2025/12/wabi...
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2025/12/wabi...
Wabi Sabi and the Binary
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
One of the things that #wabisabi encourages is a tolerance of ambiguity and paradox that few people wish to accept at this time. With detachment and more open thinking there will be a path forward.
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2025/12/wabi...
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2025/12/wabi...
Uhm, last week I turned the page on a rather adverse chapter but now realize it's going to take me a while to really put it behind me.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Decade-Year
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Uhm, last week I turned the page on a rather adverse chapter but now realize it's going to take me a while to really put it behind me.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
My thoughts on a government whose modus operandi seems to be "pre-exacerbation."
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-wr...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-wr...
A Wrong Government for the Times
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My thoughts on a government whose modus operandi seems to be "pre-exacerbation."
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-wr...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-wr...
Hearing the federal Conservatives complain that the Throne Speech is brimming with slogans and no plan betrays incredible levels of hypocrisy and an absolute deficit of self-awareness. FTS
May 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hearing the federal Conservatives complain that the Throne Speech is brimming with slogans and no plan betrays incredible levels of hypocrisy and an absolute deficit of self-awareness. FTS
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Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
I suppose that, at age 58, it is time to figure out what will keep me running long term rather than accumulating as much mileage as I do. closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
The Redacted Race Report
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I suppose that, at age 58, it is time to figure out what will keep me running long term rather than accumulating as much mileage as I do. closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...
I've had reason to ponder the extraordinary efforts aimed at preserving and maintaining monuments and a few other things --such as orange boufant numbskulls -- that just don't need extended life. wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2025/05/of-m... #wabisabi
Of Monuments and Maintenance
wabisabimusings.blogspot.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've had reason to ponder the extraordinary efforts aimed at preserving and maintaining monuments and a few other things --such as orange boufant numbskulls -- that just don't need extended life. wabisabimusings.blogspot.com/2025/05/of-m... #wabisabi
A simple question: Would you trust Danielle Smith and the UCP to write a constitution?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/comp...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/comp...
Competence and the Sovereignty Stunt
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A simple question: Would you trust Danielle Smith and the UCP to write a constitution?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/comp...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/comp...
With Pierre Poilievre no longer able to hold the title of the His Majesty's Leader of the Loyal Opposition, we ought to ask if we want MPs that represent us in Ottawa or pitchmen for the political parties pretending to rep us. closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/of-a...
Of Avatars and Pylons
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
With Pierre Poilievre no longer able to hold the title of the His Majesty's Leader of the Loyal Opposition, we ought to ask if we want MPs that represent us in Ottawa or pitchmen for the political parties pretending to rep us. closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/05/of-a...
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If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.
April 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.
Mordecai Richler once said, "Canada is... a society well worth preserving."
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/in-r...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/in-r...
In Richler's Words
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Mordecai Richler once said, "Canada is... a society well worth preserving."
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/in-r...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/in-r...
With Poilievre and Trump both talking about defunding public broadcasters at the same time, I find it quite hard to believe Poilievre has ever or ever could be Team Canada material.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/shou...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/shou...
Should We Be Having the CBC Discussion? Now?!
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
With Poilievre and Trump both talking about defunding public broadcasters at the same time, I find it quite hard to believe Poilievre has ever or ever could be Team Canada material.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/shou...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/shou...
Somebody raised the question of whether Canada is a viable nation. I doubt that that somebody knows the difference between feasible and viable. We are viable and more necessary than ever.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-vi...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-vi...
A Viable Nation and More
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Somebody raised the question of whether Canada is a viable nation. I doubt that that somebody knows the difference between feasible and viable. We are viable and more necessary than ever.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-vi...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-vi...
There are signs that Calgary and Edmonton might add a few flecks of red to the electoral map before the month is out. If anyone is on the fence still, consider who would work harder to get your vote in 2029?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/elec...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/elec...
Elections and the Definition of Insanity
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There are signs that Calgary and Edmonton might add a few flecks of red to the electoral map before the month is out. If anyone is on the fence still, consider who would work harder to get your vote in 2029?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/elec...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/elec...
We complain about politicians' lies tell what so much of discourse consists of today, but we have to acknowledge that we put more energy into lying to ourselves than connecting with and heeding the truths that we know, need but prefer to ignore.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-...
Our Reciprocity with Lies
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
We complain about politicians' lies tell what so much of discourse consists of today, but we have to acknowledge that we put more energy into lying to ourselves than connecting with and heeding the truths that we know, need but prefer to ignore.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-...
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1. 🚨 Groundbreaking new research finds that nearly half of Europeans now support a high-carbon advertising ban.
Here's how The Hague showed the world that a future free from fossil fuelled-advertising was possible. 🧵
Here's how The Hague showed the world that a future free from fossil fuelled-advertising was possible. 🧵
Strong Support Among Europeans for Banning Fossil Fuel Ads, Study Finds
Almost half of people surveyed across the European Union are in favour of banning fossil fuel advertising — nearly twice as many who oppose such a move, according to a new study. Climate campaigners a...
www.desmog.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
1. 🚨 Groundbreaking new research finds that nearly half of Europeans now support a high-carbon advertising ban.
Here's how The Hague showed the world that a future free from fossil fuelled-advertising was possible. 🧵
Here's how The Hague showed the world that a future free from fossil fuelled-advertising was possible. 🧵
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We might screw ourselves in this federal election, but during a moment of optimism, it is worth asking how our relationship to the land, to one another and our diversity has ensured our wellbeing.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/why-...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/why-...
Why The North?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We might screw ourselves in this federal election, but during a moment of optimism, it is worth asking how our relationship to the land, to one another and our diversity has ensured our wellbeing.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/why-...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/why-...
In 2025, as in 2020, Canadians are examining their privilege, what's important and preparing to make sacrifices for the good of their country and fellow Canadians. Hopefully it proves more lasting this time around. closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-do...
A Do-Over?
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
In 2025, as in 2020, Canadians are examining their privilege, what's important and preparing to make sacrifices for the good of their country and fellow Canadians. Hopefully it proves more lasting this time around. closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-do...
If DJT is proof of anything it is that the less justifiable the ends, the more ruthless the means. His border talk while shilling Teslas from the White House indicates he doesn't know the value of anything.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/nort...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/nort...
Northern Border Problem?!
closedrighteye.blogspot.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If DJT is proof of anything it is that the less justifiable the ends, the more ruthless the means. His border talk while shilling Teslas from the White House indicates he doesn't know the value of anything.
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/nort...
closedrighteye.blogspot.com/2025/03/nort...
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“Asking about Carney’s CV is “like asking someone whether War and Peace is a good book,” says Miller, who backed him to take over from Justin Trudeau. “It’s a f***ing good book.””
Why Canada Is Giving Mark Carney a Shot
The former central banker will become the next PM, and many Canadians see him as the best hope in the Trump era.
time.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“Asking about Carney’s CV is “like asking someone whether War and Peace is a good book,” says Miller, who backed him to take over from Justin Trudeau. “It’s a f***ing good book.””