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I'm bored of peace.

I'd like to inquire which is the best for thesis writing.

If you could have someone come to your place today and thoroughly clean one room for you, to get your year off to a good start, which room would you choose?

You haven't lost it, Norman. Still going strong with the extra-clever repartee. Happy top-of-the-year to you, my friend.

I hope your enterprising kid has the sense to collect overdue fines and pocket the cash!

Oh, my lord. College and McCaul. I've driven the car so rarely since I've been in Toronto that while going to buy printer ink I
suddenly found myself in gridlock and well into the reserve tank. I freaked, parked the car on the street, bought a gas can and some gas. Took me hours to get home.

Have you seen Queen's Park above College St. lately? It's a war zone.

You're probably their most stalwart and reliable donor, Norman. They're likely all saying, "It's good to have Norman back".

Yes. Yes, it was.

I don't know how "antisemitism" ever became a word to mean "against Judaism". Palestinians are Semites. Arabs are Semites. Many people, including some Israelis, are
Semites.

97 is a prime number?

Official Birthday Photo, 2025

Verrrry clllllever, Norrrrrman.

Thank you, Norman. The Kazmierowski parents were neighbours of yours; they were on Shaw.

I didn't know when I awoke that the day was going to plummet, with a message from Tom, the husband of my friend Alice Kazmierowski, to tell me of Alice's death. She'd been living with leukemia for nearly 4 years, cared for by Tom & the good folks at Princess Margaret Hospital. Alice was beautiful.

Really the only completely sympathetic character in the whole Barry and Honey Sherman murder case is one of his legal counsel, Shashank Upadhye. I was really taken with him: his integrity and his generosity of spirit. He's a genuine human being, and pretty humble and funny, too.

Summertime at Moss Bank. My sister, a textile artist, made this postcard-size piece for my upcoming bday. Moss Bank is the beloved little boathouse on my rural property. Formerly The Adam Vaughan, renamed some years ago. I thought of Termite Spa, but far too subtle. So Moss Bank it is.

Oh, dear god. I'll never make it to my dental appointment this afternoon. I wonder if I can get the dentist to play the podcast during my appointment, and save the cost of an anaesthetic. It'll be like hypnosis.

Small details, though: I imagined Honey's hair was dark in the days before her death, yet the many computer-generated images show a fair-haired woman. Also, in episode 4, her hands are by her sides in the staged death scene images, not held behind her by her pulled-down jacket.

I'm not a television person whatsoever, but I'm obsessed with the Sherman murders, so last night I subscribed to Crave to watch their 4 episodes of a riveting documentary by @kevin-donovan.bsky.social. I thought I knew every detail going in, but I was wrong. Holy, it's good.

Oh, hey, there, Norman! Stephanie is really a nice person and I've come to like and admire her a lot. Thanks for this. It really did cheer me up.

I am in such a bad mood that if someone even looks at me sideways I am likely to run screaming into traffic. I was wrong
to come onto here today. Everything makes me furious. Especially my relatives and most of my friends.

@shawnmicallef.bsky.social do you know Heathaven, on Avenue Road? Two doors north of Algiers South?

And to think that I once named my little yellow boathouse The Adam Vaughan. I'm surprised he didn't advise me to cut down all the trees and build a spa there. (I re-named it Moss Bank before it was too late).

with his red, sausage-like fingers

Si, certo.

Sincere thanks for spelling lasagne correctly.

This will inspire a new video game. Or a Driver's Ed simulator.

"One item. Two items. Many items." - your cat, counting.

Were you even a little bit tempted to rig the lottery by counting the number of items on your list before you left home?