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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Voting – a forgotten civic duty?
The Opposition had finally got its act together it seemed and was going to make a fall election happen – not! The timing was apparently not right – again! I wonder what the real holdback was this time? Courage? Or … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian, civic. Winston Churchill, democracy, duty, election, excuses, opposition, vote, voting
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The invasion of our libraries – Fahrenheit 451 all over?
When I read the article about how an online retailer deleted a controversial book from its buyer’s e-book readers, without their knowledge, it shocked the hell out of me. Ironically, I was in the middle of reading Ray Bradbury’s classic … Continue reading
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Tagged 451, Bradbury, deletion, e-books, electronic books, Fahrenheit, intrusion, libraries, online retailer, Ray
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Life’s a Stage, with a six-act play
Shakespeare had seven stages of life, but I have settled for six acts on one stage… The First Act – Innocence– You are running free as a child, with images of past lives and guardian angels vivid in your mind; … Continue reading
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Tagged act, angels, behave, child, children, Life, play, Shakespeare, stage
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