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Encountered a commemorative bust of Tommy Douglas, father of Canadian Medicare, in a miscellaneous tourist cafeteria in Scotland of all places—apparently he was born in Falkirk!
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Appalbarry
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Writer, Nova Scotia, France, Vancouver. and now Cambridge UK, Barry’s writing is focused on how people live, and how the environment around them influences their choices. Clips at: https://appalbarry.com/ Blog at : https://www.threesquirrels.ca/
Most valuable lesson that I ever learned was that Libel Insurance is REALLY worth the premium. Those bills add up fast enough that being "right" isn't really relevant. Trust me, seeing the other guy (it's ALWAYS a guy) run out of money first is delightful.
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On Saturday my across-the-street neighbor walked by me taking care of the plants and asked me to plant some stuff in his planters, so I immediately did. Sunday he walked outside, and there was a butterfly on his plants and he yelled across the street to tell me. This is what it's all about.
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Michaelmildly funny that X is having blazing rows about Nolan’s Odyssey because he cast black people in it and Bluesky is having blazing rows about whether a noted Homeric translator’s LRB review of it misses the point or not
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Barry. Fucking. White.
NanoraptorYou suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
