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NEW! The Real Thing

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

“501s” – our only pants “Back to Basics” is the death of romance Stephin Merritt ’90: Dreaming in Tetris Even before TikTok and Instagram came along, it is not like humanity was free of comparison. Even Betty Rubble probably looked at Wilma Flinstone and thought – “Rock necklace, eh? What an uppity beeyatch!” I was…

Special Valentine’s Dinner for Two

Posted on February 22, 2022March 20, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

On Valentine’s Day, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (OK, so it was Burns Lake in the year 1989) Valerie and I had our first date in the premiere Chinese restaurant in our small northern town. China Moon, run by the Lam family was in a shuttered “Mr. Mike’s” location in…

Say “Hello” to my Little Friends

Posted on February 21, 2022March 20, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

It’s hard to imagine the words “cheap”, “accommodations” and “Vancouver” in the same sentence. But in the 1990s when Valerie and I attended university as a young married couple, there were still a few bargains to be had. As we waited for an on-campus space to open up, we searched for a place between Kitsilano…

The Quickest Way to Save the Rainforest, Fix Climate Change, and Help the Animals

Posted on January 30, 2022February 21, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

The graph below says a lot. We can greatly reduce our environmental footprint if we don’t need pasture and feed crops to produce beef and lamb. If we eliminate dairy it will help even more. Much of that extra land can grow forest and soak up carbon dioxide and support wildlife (there are more domestic…

World Weary

Posted on January 15, 2022February 21, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

The world has grown weary, and lately I have been feeling weary about the world. A song by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 sprang to mind this morning. My lifelong friend Lasse introduced me to this band at about the time the song came out – way back in 1994. Lasse and I and our…

Adventures in Delinquency (Part 3) – Fight! Fight! Fight!

Posted on August 29, 2021January 15, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

I certainly wasn’t born a fighter. I have notched up nearly a half-century of conflict avoidance, and counting. However, in my formative years I did have several brushes with the masculine art of fisticuffs. My first pseudo-fight was with a bullying kid. I had complained to my dad that the kid wouldn’t leave me alone….

Adventures in Delinquency (Part 2) – Karma is a Bitch!

Posted on August 12, 2021January 15, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

My dad is not a violent man, but he did care a lot about my well-being and growing into an upstanding member of society. A child needs lessons about how actions have consequences! You must understand that the years of my childhood were only just removed from the “strap at school” years. One day I…

Adventures in Delinquency (Part 1) – Trouble in the Hen House

Posted on August 2, 2021January 15, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

My friend Ted is wise beyond his years, even though he is in his eighties. When one of his relations was talking about the bad path her son was on, she told Ted “He is in with a bad crowd.” Ted replied “No, he IS a bad crowd.” Touche, Ted. Who we choose to hang…

One Thin DIME?!!!

Posted on August 1, 2021January 15, 2022 by Caring Curmudgeon

Many years ago, when I was just out of university, I found myself back in the big city of Vancouver to jump through some supplemental educational hoops. On the plus side, Valerie was able to join me and we took the opportunity to see the sights. As we walked along the downtown street, we passed…

Serendipity

Posted on July 26, 2021August 12, 2021 by Caring Curmudgeon

In the last week or so, someone posted a note on the Facebook page for our little island in the Salish Sea. “Tell us the story of how you came to be here.”  How did we get here? That is such a big question, considering how far back we have to go to untangle our…

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