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What Do You Mean by That?
Razor sharp after a midnight departure from Vancouver and 15 hours in the air, I squint again at Question 9. The series of 11 questions had started with a seemingly innocuous lead-in: “Are you bringing into Australia . . . … Continue reading
#hashtag
In the eternal-now and never-live-it-down that is the internet, you can see the interaction again and again. What’s more appropriate here than a spoiler alert is a patience-needed alert. Gibbs’ artless question doesn’t come until the 27-second mark of the … Continue reading
Life Is
Life is a bucket brigade: Don’t slop the bucket when it’s your turn. What’s that you say? You’ve never heard that metaphor for life before? You wonder if I made it up? Well, OK. I understand your skepticism. What else? … Continue reading
Doors of Few Words
Washroom or restroom doors might not be the most appropriate venue for concise communication. In some places, clarity trumps all. Shopping for hiking gear at a large huntin’ and fishin’ supply store, I am interrupted, appropriately enough, by nature’s call. … Continue reading
Days of Mateus and Macaroni
A little old lady asks where pasta came from, opening a window into a whole world of food diversification in the last 20 years. Where did pasta come from? I’m puzzled. The speaker, a little old white-haired lady I’ve known … Continue reading
You’re Too Kind
Starting with the expression that “it takes all kinds,” I explore just how many kinds there are. It takes all kinds, or so I hear. Although it’s not when someone is being a fun, thoughtful, or salt-of-the-earth kind. No, … Continue reading
Give ‘Em an Inch, They’ll Take a Kilometre
If you’re bilingual, you’re going to have a lower risk for Alzheimer’s. Dr. Gary Small, in conversation with Allan Gregg Hey! I’m in. No, not that whole Official Languages thing: I’d say that the Ship of French has already sailed, … Continue reading
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Aliens in the Midst
There are aliens among us. Space aliens, that is, not illegal aliens, although when you think about it, they may well be both. After all, it’s hard to see that stealthy invaders from another galaxy would have filled in the … Continue reading
Say What?
I’m getting the Look. You know the one: the face loses expression, the entire body goes still. Continue reading
