Graham A. Yeates

Locally, we've received our first snowfall of the winter. All the social media posts about it remind me of a quote from the second Jurassic Park (Lost Worlds)

"Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and screaming."

I get my winter tires on Thursday.
#Timing

I was asked recently what makes me happy. It's this; a fresh loaf of Scottish bread, and a pot of quality strawberry jam. That's really all it takes.

Speed cameras are controversial in Canada. So why does Europe love them? | CBC News Speed cameras are widely in use across Europe, where studies have shown they are highly effective at preventing accidents.

“People who have traditionally been able to evade law enforcement are sensitive to this issue,” Retting said. “Ultimately, one of the arguments against automated enforcement is that it doesn’t discriminate. It’s also a great argument for it.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...

Angela is currently typing a letter on my 1923 Underwood Four Bank portable.

It's the first time she has ever used one of my typewriters.

I've never been so aroused in all my life.

Oh baby here I am
Signed
Sealed
Delivered
I'm yours!

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Apparently in Denmark, it's legal to have a pet fox. What am I even doing here? What? Why? Why do I live where pet foxes and illegal? That's it, I'm moving!

Wow, the French really won that one!

Today's kit

Twice the opportunity for colour!

I don't know about expensive, but number three is the best made, while number two is the one I'd personally want.

Tonight's thesis:

Settling in for a Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery event, "Culture Talks: Art, Architecture, the Public Realm and Social Infrastructure". Been looking forward to this evening since late August.

I look forward to the Zohran Mamdani biopic starring Charlie Cox.

I've not watched much reality television. This is not a comment on its quality, just a fact that I've not tried much of it; maybe two or three episodes, and never a full season.

I have been watching Celebrity Traitors, and I've really enjoyed it. I just found out that tonight is the last episode!

Well...only one them is currently trapped in my head, so.....

Did you have Pizzaville? They had the best Monty Python-esque radio ads.

"It was a rainy day in Pizzaville..."

So pick up the phone and call us
Pick up the phone and call us now
Call Pizza Nova pick up the phone and get a "ciao"
4-3-9 oh oh oh oh Pizza Nova!
4-3-9 oh oh oh oh Pizza Nova!

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Yes! Very fair point. I was thinking of tarring all AI with the Gen AI brush. Quite unfair, as true AI can do some amazing things.

Most accurate meme of the year award goes to:

Yes, between Finland's "forest schools" and Denmark's "empathy schools", we could learn a lot from our Scandinavian cousins.

"And on Wednesdays we wear pink!" Today's kit attempts to stay #fetch.

I try to say goodbye and I choke
I try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it's clear
My world crumbles when you are not near

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The blues in this photo are great, Carmi.

Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feelin' warm and right
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

Everybody here is out of sight
They don't bark and they don't bite
They keep things loose, they keep things light
Everybody was dancing in the moonlight

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I remember when a cordless landline telephone was the cutting edge of technology. DECT 6.0? It really felt like the future had arrived!

Gracie came home with us 13 years ago today, and is still the best cat ever.

Sorry Jasmine, but that is funny!

Oh, maybe it had too much gluten? Next time try making a gluten-free vegan cake. That'll have to be delicious!

Today's kit

Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone

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The Bretha for Catslechtaib is a part of the 8th century Senchus Mór collection of Irish legal texts.

I did something similar for a jacket I used to fence in. The "at rest" position for the arms weren't in the normal place. I drove the tailor mad, but she did a great job on it.