Interesting or Curious! At least to me and I hope to you! And sometimes, just fun!
Formerly “And This Week …… “. I often found myself scrambling to put together a selection of articles, stories, and / or quotations. But expect some of the same content! In one recent newsletter, I explored the origins of the expression “Woke” because I was interested how it became an insult! I will move that kind of exploration to this section!
Sometimes the topics will be serious or just something that pisses me off. Sometimes, I hope, this section will be nothing but fun.
Week Ending May 6
This week ending May 6 has all been about Guy Lafleur. He is England’s Sir Bobby Charlton, Australia’s Don Bradman, Brazil’s Pele. His importance to Quebecers and, to a lesser degree, other Canadians, matches that of Maradona for Argentinians. Flair, dash, love of life. Anywhere they play ice hockey, Guy remains an icon. Sadly, he […]
Week of April 18th
Among the things that I found interesting this week of April 18th: Eight Conservative Men Finland and the NATO conundrum The new home of the Seattle Kraken Shaved Heads Everywhere And I never did get to fossil fuels and strange trading partners, so I will start with that. Fossil Fuels and Alternative Suppliers Surprise! I […]
Week of April 11th
I have fallen behind so some of this is not from the week of April 11th. Amongst the things that I found interesting: Official languages Fossil fuels and strange trading partners The western democracy bubble & the Ukraine Language Squabbles at ASEAN The Association of South East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) has an aggregate population of […]
Week of April 4th
I have fallen behind so some of this is not from the week of April 4th. Amongst the things that I found interesting: Vietnamese investment in the United States US insistence that Putin and Russia be charged for war crimes in the Ukraine “Don’t Say Gay” laws The Good Country Index Sunflower oil shortage VinFast […]
Week of February 14
What caught my attention the Week of February 14 New Words (at least for me): Hellacious – very great, very bad, very overwhelming. Example: The pandemic was hellacious. Chris Selley, National Post of February 14 Selley addresses the need to manage and police protests with consistency. So, he calls out Justin Trudeau for attempting to […]
Week of February 7
What caught my attention the Week of February 7 New Words (at least for me): Truthiness – a truthful or seemingly truthful quality that is claimed for something not because of supporting facts or evidence. So, something has truthiness because of a feeling that it is true or a desire for it to be true. […]
Week of January 31st
What caught my attention the Week of January 31st? A Shell First Shell opened its first all-electric fueling station in Hammersmith and Fulham, London. Not a gas or diesel pump in site. Ultra rapid chargers bring car battery capacity from 0% to 80% in less than ten minutes. Built of sustainable construction materials, the charging […]
Week of January 24th
My head hurts!
Week of January 17th
What caught my attention the Week of January 17th? Covid Risk Calculator In its January 19 newsletter, the New York Times publicized this online tool. Scientists at Oxford University developed this calculator available to UK clinicians on the NHS web site. It helps determine patients that can be returned home safely. Sample calculations: If vaccinated […]
Week of January Tenth
What caught my attention the Week of January tenth? Appeasement Did you notice that this week, the US and NATO are taking the lead in Ukraine negotiations with Russia? If my memory of history serves me correctly, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain left Czechoslovakia on the sidelines while negotiating the Munich Agreement of 1938. As […]
Week of January Third
What caught my attention the Week of January Third: The power of Amazon, Our World in Data’s Stringency Index, the selfishness of the unvaccinated, and the vacuous social-media influencer Amazon Courtesy of Scott Galloway – it takes Amazon 45 minutes to process an order. That includes the processing, locating, packing, scanning and putting it on […]
What Have I Been Reading? August 16, 2021
It has been a horrible two weeks! What has been dominating the news? Wild fires just in western North America, Greece, and Italy! Floods in Turkey! Climate change – the IPCC update Covid-19 continues to cause havoc! The 20th anniversary of 9-11 looms large as the Taliban retake Afghanistan. To recite Bruce Springsteen “Same sad […]