June 2014

Announcement: New Website Launches Soon

This website and this domain name are close to my heart. The site was created by Robin at Thoroughweb Design in Milton ON and I’d recommend her services in a heartbeat. She’s reasonably priced, she listens and she is just an all-around cool gal. But sometimes change is necessary and not just for its own sake. …

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Less-Than-Friendly Competition

It’s possible that you’ve noticed a love/hate relationship between newspapers and radio stations.  At the papers, many believe radio newscasters merely rip off their work and put it on air. (There is basis in fact for this, which I’ll get to later.) At radio stations, there’s a belief that papers will go out of their way to overlook the whole medium and not name a specific station if they can help it.  This is also sometimes true.   …

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The Perils of Social Media …And Life in General

A thoughtful journalist friend recently posted to Facebook a viral YouTube video of a teen playing her guitar and singing.  The girl is very attractive and the featured aspect of the video is her ample breasts that wiggle with every motion of her arm.  My friend’s question was, is it exploitation if you do it to yourself?  …

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That’s Super

Hubby collects items from the now-defunct gas station chain, Supertest.  It was founded here in London in 1923 and sold to BP in 1971.  The name disappeared two years after that. Original items have become quite pricey and rare. We once admired a gravity-fed original Supertest gas pump at a store in Grand Bend. “Twenty grand”, said the owner. “Forget it,” I replied. “We don’t want it if it’s not a pair!”   …

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