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Back in August , I started re-watching M*A*S*H end to end on Netflix. I promised updates... and here we are. (tl;dr: it's great.) Random...

On May 7, 1915, the gigantic luxury ocean liner Lusitania - an engineering marvel, the fastest ship of its era - was hit by a torpedo shot f...

Library smackdown ? Toronto Public Library vs. Kansas City Library, via Twitter .

Well, here's something I never expected: the Harper Conservatives get booted out, and I'm not celebrating. I'm happy they're...

Although I haven't been blogging much (or at all) about the upcoming Canadian federal election, I've been thoroughly and utterly obs...

Allan has been using Canada Computers & Electronics for a while, but for some reason, I was not onboard. I thought they were a small ou...

A mother and her young son enter the library, returning a big stack of books for beginning readers. A conversation is already in progress. I...

We need to get rugs or carpet runners for Tala; she's slipping on the wood floors when she and Diego play. But with one heavy shedder an...

On the long list of anti-democratic policies the majority Harper Government has enacted, the Orwellian-named Fair Elections Act ranks near t...

I see a lot of excitement online, in places like Common Dreams and The Nation , and in my Facebook feed, about Bernie Sanders, supposedly r...

You will not be surprised to learn that Allan and I own a lot of books. And CDs. And even LPs! Many, many hundreds of each. We have culled o...

A thriller about public relations? And for teens? It sounds improbable, and The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi is an improbably terrific...

The ancient Egyptians, when preparing a body for mummification, carefully preserved the heart, liver, lungs, and other vital organs in speci...

In the upcoming federal election, Peel residents have an opportunity to make a real difference for ourselves, our neighbours, and all of Can...

19th floor, central Mississauga, facing east. For locals, this is from the corner of Hurontario and Burnhamthorpe. You can see a bit of Lake...

As I've mentioned, my current library is located in a community centre. Here's an example of why that's so great. A customer cam...

Goodbye, old friends In the 10 years I've lived in Mississauga, I've always been impressed with Peel Region's recycling and tras...

On August 30, 2015, we marked 10 years of life in Canada. On August 31, we moved from our rented house to a high-rise rental apartment, like...

My apologies to wmtc readers who saw this on Facebook, but this story must be recorded on this blog! Yesterday morning the dogs were barking...