Remembering John Bil
I only knew John Bil as the owner of the Ship to Shore, the erstwhile restaurant in Darnley where I had the pleasure of eating several times, most notably on the night of Reuben’s Jamboree back in...
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The Almanac in Topic
In The Surprising Success of America’s Oldest Living Magazine, journalist Marin Cogan goes deep on The Old Farmer’s Almanac that’s been my professional home for more than 20 years (which, given its...
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Air Miles Analytics
The only “loyalty card” program that I have the patience to participate in is Air Miles. There’s only a small real-world pay-off for doing this, as its reward levels are so high that using its points...
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Donating Plasma
More than 10 years ago, following the example of my friend Lowell, I started to donate plasma, every 56 days, at Canadian Blood Services here in Charlottetown.At the time my office was right across the...
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Maybe if I hide behind this blanket...
Every morning around 9:00 a.m. Ethan (the service dog) needs to get his vest on and start his formal work day. He generally does everything he can to avoid this: he’ll hide in his crate, he’ll run...
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"A Snap Snot Across the Province"
When we watch CBC Compass on our Kodi, the closed captioning is automatically turned on. The result is often equal parts hilarious and disturbing.Hilarious because the captioning is so bad so often,...
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My House, the East Wiltshire Cafeteria
There was a long, long period after Apple Maps launched during which it showed Charlottetown Harbour to be land rather than water. And in my experience, it’s remained the perennial also-ran of the...
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Back to the Classroom
I was back in the classroom at the University of PEI this week, guest-teaching two classes of Philosophy 105, Technology, Values & Science, the same course I audited in 2009 and guest-taught for...
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It was a year ago today that I cleared out my Twitter archive, emitted one last Tweet, and decamped from social media altogether.In the same way that it took me a while to kick a sugar habit, it took...
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"Which vegan restaurant should we go to?"
The Island’s record store, Back Alley Music, has a new home at 257 Queen Street, between Fitzroy and Euston, and the expanded space has afforded it the opportunity to welcome a vegan take-out, called...
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Pepsi: Better with Gasoline!
Surely the brand book for Pepsi has some sort of “advertising that appears to suggest mixing gasoline with our beverages is to be avoided” guidance.
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11,849 Steps
It was a day off school for Oliver today, so we walked from downtown to the Charlottetown Mall to see Black Panther. Added to the rest of our walking around today, Oliver’s Fitbit counted 11,849 steps....
View ArticleMcCarthyism
There were two Senator McCarthys, one (Joseph) from Wisconsin, the anti-Communist, and the other (Eugene) from Minnesota, a candidate for President in 1968.I had long-conflated the two; realizing my...
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Charlottetown Harbour Ice
Oliver and I took Ethan for a walk along the boardwalk yesterday, and I took this photo while standing in front of the Culinary Institute facing Government House. Google Photos automagically...
View ArticleGathering for New Yorker Subscribers
Longtime readers may recall that two years ago I wrote about the 25 subscribers to The New Yorker magazine on Prince Edward Island.At the time I wrote:Perhaps I can cement up the list and organize some...
View Article"Modernize the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act"
The Government of PEI is seeking input on a proposed update to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation, with a deadline of this Friday, February 23, 2018.Here’s the submission,...
View ArticleRetail Sales of Cannabis
The Guardian reports that the City of Charlottetown Planning Department is seeking input on any amendments to the Zoning and Development Bylaw that might be required once the retail sale of cannabis...
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Freshii is Done in Charlottetown
We workers of Queen Street arrived Monday morning this week to find that the Freshii location in the old Woolworth’s was closing up shop.When Freshii first opened I was a regular customer, often...
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What does "Always Open With" do on a Mac?
It turns out that I’ve misunderstood the meaning of “Always Open With” on a Mac for all the years I’ve been using one.Here’s where I’ve been going wrong.Let’s say I have a PDF file on my Desktop, and I...
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