Michael (Mikhail) Bennett is AI generated
A video of an America's Got Talent performance is making the rounds. It portrays an aging rocker singing a ballad about his impending demise and the lack of attention he…
Small stuff, and it is all small stuff
Wainwright Base Fire
On Saturday, October 17, a fast moving brush fire overcame a group of 84 soldiers from C Company 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who were training at the…
On friendship and habits
I read a post back during Blaugust on JCProbably's site on the topic of friendship. It was a touching bit of thinking on the topic of habits we persist in…
Death of an icon: Margaret Hamilton
I was saddened today to read of the death of Margaret Hamilton. She was one of the key programmers on the Apollo program having been responsible for much of the…
Throwback: cell phone standards in Iraq
Fasten your seat belts as today my own personal "Wayback machine" is taking us all the way back to March of 2003. At the time the Iraq war was still…
Lions lose in conflict between nomads and government
Ten lions have been killed with poison in an attack on the wildlife in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation area. It is yet another incident where human factors outweigh the survival of…
Narcissism, thy name is Drumpf
I refuse to name the man here today who has called for the closure of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (CBC) in Washington. But he is the one…
ICE Canadian Offices
A CBC news article brought to light the fact that the U.S. Government has an ICE presence right here in Canada. This isn't really surprising at all. The U.S. government…
When your charity is you
I put in considerable effort to avoid talking to much about President Cheeto. The fact that I manage to mention this toxic dumpster fire and the destruction he has wrought…
Will you click this link on Facebook?
I "cross-post" most of my blog entries as links on Facebook. My intent is to have most of my writing here on my own blog, mostly so I can retain…