Category Archives: Entertainment

I need to shoot more people

In the eighteen months we’ve been dating my girlfriend has never once been mean or cruel. A few nights ago I was showing her some of my recent photos and she said “I really love the photos you take of … Continue reading

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Black Dog of the Apocalypse

. Remember the Canadian program about a dog who travelled from town to town, from city to city, solving problems, making kids happy and catching the bad guys called “The Littlest Hobo”? This dog would be in the version made … Continue reading

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Little Victor Update | Little Victor turns eight months old plus we see another Angel

. I have to start writing this stuff down. I just had to call Diane because I can’t remember half the stuff we did last week… at least, I can’t remember half of last week. We did have fun during … Continue reading

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Little Victor Update | Big brother Andrew the Adventurer

. Victor and I hardly saw each other this past week. He spent his nights with his mother, and his days and afternoons with his grandmother. I’m sure they treated him great, but it’s going to make for a pretty … Continue reading

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Little Victor Sunday Update | Zucchini and the Beeping thing

. I’m not sure what Victor will be interested in when he’s a little older. My grandfather asked me this week what sports my girlfriend and I will enroll Victor in, I really didn’t have an answer, and when I … Continue reading

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Life got so bad during the Great Depression people were actually fooled into thinking Corn Flakes had flavour

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the archives of The Review*, the 117-year old, Vankleek Hill-based weekly broadsheet newspaper — I’m writing a series of pieces on how the people in my village survived the Great Depression**. The … Continue reading

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