Category: Humour

Something funny or a humorous perspective on some topic or thing.

  • Bookmarks

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    Bookmarks

    Over the years I have accumulated a collection of business cards.  I have cards for most of the positions I’ve occupied, but there are a few gaps.  For example, the years 1984-1994 are missing.  May be they will turn up. What follows is a brief history of change suggested or visible through the business card.  …

  • Shortest Day of the Year

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    Shortest Day of the Year

    Today is the shortest day of 2014.  To be precise, the sun will reach its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees at 18:03 Eastern Time today.   Today there remain just 19 days until my prelude to retirement.  In retrospect, I realise I have planned poorly as these remaining days will be the shortest of the year.  Rather,…

  • Upper Austrian Youth Orchestra

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    Over the last few weeks we’ve attended a couple of recitals. Continuing in the spirit …

  • Happy Canada Day … eh

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    To all my expat friends in Nairobi, Tokyo, Uganda, Hong Kong, BDG, New York, Atlanta,  and Vancouver 😉  

  • Passing: December 23, 2006 – June 19, 2014

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    Suddenly, after a short period of reduced functioning, our coffee machine passed on.  It entered the repair shop June 12th with an initial diagnosis of a failing pump.  Later was added a failing heater and poor suction.  Repeated attempts to recover the device resulted in a failure of the cost-benefit analysis.   The machine bound…