Dave Ferguson
@daveferguson.bsky.social
Not as bad as you might think. Tangential. Instructional design, job aids, Ensampler.com. May be related to Alistair MacLeod. Francophonesque. Pic: Dad.
Chì mi Ceap Breatuinn, mo luaidh,
Fada bhuam, thar an t-sàil.
Chì mi Ceap Breatuinn, mo luaidh,
Fada bhuam, thar an t-sàil.
It's not like the execs listen to any humans who aren't execs.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's not like the execs listen to any humans who aren't execs.
Or, really, like running a condo board.
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Or, really, like running a condo board.
I left when I was a month shy of three years old. My parents moved to Detroit. As you probably know, three of the biggest cities in Cape Breton are Detroit/Windsor, Calgary, and Fort McMurray. ;-)
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I left when I was a month shy of three years old. My parents moved to Detroit. As you probably know, three of the biggest cities in Cape Breton are Detroit/Windsor, Calgary, and Fort McMurray. ;-)
I can definitely hear that lilt in your great-grandmother's voice.
Here's another voice you might decide has a similar cadence: Inverness's Frank Macdonald (my favorite cousin).
www.instagram.com/reel/DQFrO3r...
Here's another voice you might decide has a similar cadence: Inverness's Frank Macdonald (my favorite cousin).
www.instagram.com/reel/DQFrO3r...
Mike and Kristen on Instagram: "Frank MacDonald on Cape Breton’s storytelling tradition ✨
#artpodcast #novascotiaartist #capebretonisland #inverness"
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November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I can definitely hear that lilt in your great-grandmother's voice.
Here's another voice you might decide has a similar cadence: Inverness's Frank Macdonald (my favorite cousin).
www.instagram.com/reel/DQFrO3r...
Here's another voice you might decide has a similar cadence: Inverness's Frank Macdonald (my favorite cousin).
www.instagram.com/reel/DQFrO3r...
I’ve surprised and amused more than one person when, aggravated or exasperated, I’ve burst out with “CRIPE KATE!” No bidding required.
Mom and Dad count as ancestors, right?
Mom and Dad count as ancestors, right?
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ve surprised and amused more than one person when, aggravated or exasperated, I’ve burst out with “CRIPE KATE!” No bidding required.
Mom and Dad count as ancestors, right?
Mom and Dad count as ancestors, right?
Mastercard Inc CEO Michael Mieback:
Total 2024 compentation: $30 million, including 19.4 in stock awards, 4.7 in option awards.
2023 total: 25.7 million
2022 total: 21.0 million
www.mastercardannualmeeting.com/annual-repor...
Pay people more, Mike. I bet someone's picking up *your* meals.
Total 2024 compentation: $30 million, including 19.4 in stock awards, 4.7 in option awards.
2023 total: 25.7 million
2022 total: 21.0 million
www.mastercardannualmeeting.com/annual-repor...
Pay people more, Mike. I bet someone's picking up *your* meals.
Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement
www.mastercardannualmeeting.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Mastercard Inc CEO Michael Mieback:
Total 2024 compentation: $30 million, including 19.4 in stock awards, 4.7 in option awards.
2023 total: 25.7 million
2022 total: 21.0 million
www.mastercardannualmeeting.com/annual-repor...
Pay people more, Mike. I bet someone's picking up *your* meals.
Total 2024 compentation: $30 million, including 19.4 in stock awards, 4.7 in option awards.
2023 total: 25.7 million
2022 total: 21.0 million
www.mastercardannualmeeting.com/annual-repor...
Pay people more, Mike. I bet someone's picking up *your* meals.
Did Hillel not say "All feasts are festive?"
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Did Hillel not say "All feasts are festive?"
My mother had an expression of exasperation / frustration: "Cripe Kate!"
It may be just from the Maritimes (or even just from Cape Breton).
It's a sure-fire tell for my own "everything is too much" days.
It may be just from the Maritimes (or even just from Cape Breton).
It's a sure-fire tell for my own "everything is too much" days.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My mother had an expression of exasperation / frustration: "Cripe Kate!"
It may be just from the Maritimes (or even just from Cape Breton).
It's a sure-fire tell for my own "everything is too much" days.
It may be just from the Maritimes (or even just from Cape Breton).
It's a sure-fire tell for my own "everything is too much" days.
Yeah, it was Car Talk, not the Car Guys.
"Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers" did come to mind.
"Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers" did come to mind.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yeah, it was Car Talk, not the Car Guys.
"Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers" did come to mind.
"Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers" did come to mind.
As a Gentile I wonder what the thoughts of Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai would be concerning canned cranberry sauce (whole, with ridges) versus that made by the hand of one's mother-in-law.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As a Gentile I wonder what the thoughts of Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai would be concerning canned cranberry sauce (whole, with ridges) versus that made by the hand of one's mother-in-law.
without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
U S Constitution, Article IV, Section 3:
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States...
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States...
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
U S Constitution, Article IV, Section 3:
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States...
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States...
Tom and Ray Magliozzi once said on their Car Guys call-in show, "If you never sell your car, there's no such thing as depreciation."
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Tom and Ray Magliozzi once said on their Car Guys call-in show, "If you never sell your car, there's no such thing as depreciation."
On their way out, they should introduce a motion to vacate the chair--which needs nine members of the majority party.
Then in the Speaker vote, don't vote. Democrats elect a Speaker. THEN quit.
Then in the Speaker vote, don't vote. Democrats elect a Speaker. THEN quit.
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On their way out, they should introduce a motion to vacate the chair--which needs nine members of the majority party.
Then in the Speaker vote, don't vote. Democrats elect a Speaker. THEN quit.
Then in the Speaker vote, don't vote. Democrats elect a Speaker. THEN quit.
I’m old enough to remember the absolute JOY of discovering chalk paper, before liquid paper was a thing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’m old enough to remember the absolute JOY of discovering chalk paper, before liquid paper was a thing.
Neither could type, though my mother’s father had an upright that he’d tap out letters on, including in Scottish Gaelic (his first language).
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Neither could type, though my mother’s father had an upright that he’d tap out letters on, including in Scottish Gaelic (his first language).
I do like picturing them talking to the salesman. They’d be going by appearance and price tag.
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I do like picturing them talking to the salesman. They’d be going by appearance and price tag.
My parents bought me a (more or less) portable typewriter from Sears. And later a guitar, also from Sears.
I was thrilled with both at the time but only in retrospect did I realize how supportive they were of interests they didn’t really get.
I was thrilled with both at the time but only in retrospect did I realize how supportive they were of interests they didn’t really get.
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My parents bought me a (more or less) portable typewriter from Sears. And later a guitar, also from Sears.
I was thrilled with both at the time but only in retrospect did I realize how supportive they were of interests they didn’t really get.
I was thrilled with both at the time but only in retrospect did I realize how supportive they were of interests they didn’t really get.
In an earlier time, they called this taking in each other's washing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In an earlier time, they called this taking in each other's washing.
Oh, yeah. They've been complaining about WHISTLES.
Wait till half a dozen krewes turn up, with a few inflatable frogs.
Wait till half a dozen krewes turn up, with a few inflatable frogs.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Oh, yeah. They've been complaining about WHISTLES.
Wait till half a dozen krewes turn up, with a few inflatable frogs.
Wait till half a dozen krewes turn up, with a few inflatable frogs.