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Father. Husband. Teacher. Making the best of this world.

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Do you really want it in the hands of organized crime though? And, I would argue it being legalized wasn’t what expanded its reach. It was the ubiquitous advertising on every single sports broadcast.

15.11.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think sports betting is bad in and of itself. It would just move underground if it was banned again. The absurd amount of advertising that is allowed is definitely harmful. I shouldn’t have to watch the Fan Duel half time show. It should be allowed but be periphery when watching the game.

15.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey! It put North Haverford on the map!

I kid, obviously. London watered down LRT to BRT and then cancelled two of the lines when downtown business owners complained they would lose street parking. Myopic to say the least.

17.09.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Red Robbie is always best! Doesn’t strip like a Phillips. Easily the best screw.

31.08.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Soda Pop is a jam.

29.07.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To quote Field of Dreams, β€œbuild it and they will come”.

02.06.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand that you’re technically correct that he’s King of Canada, but to ignore the fact he is King of Canada by virtue of being the sovereign of the UK seems to be ignoring the truth.

To think he occupies both roles separately seems naive though I understand that is the legal reality.

27.05.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s our tree in full bloom

28.04.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pope Francis molded a Catholic Church where I felt comfortable calling myself a Catholic again.

May we choose another Pope who continues Francis’s legacy of inclusion, hope, compassion, and ecological justice.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

21.04.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

46 students?!?!

Good lord.

01.04.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Desperation is a stinky cologne.

31.03.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a cat sanctuary!

25.03.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For just under $1000, your child can experience the exuberance of a McDonald’s birthday party! It comes with 10 happy meals and 10 cones!

25.03.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Read the room, geez.

23.03.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I tell ya, I am absolutely loving sunset Charlie Angus. His brand of pugnacious indignation is exactly what would bring the NDP from the ashes of the next election. We need more former punk rockers in politics.

20.03.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They should continue the grade separation for bike lanes all the way down Ridout to Southdale and beyond.

14.03.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So if you told me a year ago that we’d be living through Canadian Bacon, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are.

08.03.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Democrats need to grow a pair. This sign bullshit is not it. They should either have not attended that spectacle or heckled the absolute hell out of that man.

Do something. Get dirty. Don’t let this happen with a whimper and curling over.

05.03.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you wear a suit before.

28.02.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost certainly.

27.02.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That may come to be.

I have wondered a lot recently how London would shake up if we had the same boundaries as the federal ridings for the provincial election. Old south has been moved from LW to LC and I bet that would have turned LW PC and LC would stay orange. Lots of NDP signs in Old South.

27.02.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I will quibble by saying that someone who avoids riding level debates hasn’t run an excellent campaign. One should have the decency to engage with their opponents for it to be excellent.

Just my two cents.

27.02.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

My youngest boy asked for sloppy joes tonight. I told him that I’d make them extra sloppy for him.

He appreciated the sloppiness of the joes.

25.02.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hear me out.

SWO GO.

A regional rail service for Southwestern Ontario. It even rhymes!

14.02.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the John Labatt Centre.

It’s the Gulf of Mexico.

12.02.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The beach camera at our family cottage caught a furry friend!

12.02.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You must be aging like a fine wine, Frances, only getting better as the time passes.

06.02.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s time for us to tear down our inter-provincial trade barriers.

I want to buy wine from the Okanagan valley not the Napa valley.

I want to buy Albertan beef not Texan beef.

02.02.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Buy Canadian, folks. Or more accurately, just don’t buy American.

31.01.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doug Ford is doing what is best for his own self interest and not the self interest of Ontarians. He fears he will lose government if the headwinds keep blowing the way they are in 2 years.

Govern, you cowards.

29.01.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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