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Sir Walter Scott -
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Books
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I like Sir Walter Scott. He gets a bad rap for his romances, they were good, competent, of the time, period pieces, he was reasonable, intelligent, he did well, why not?
Picked this up in a dollar bin. Good so far.
If only I could have found a first edition, or at least one with a less garishly illustrated cover...
A Yellow Ticket, Picking up my Mother
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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I'm at the hospital, picking up my Mother. They've a yellow ticket they're showing me, long, filled in with check-boxes, a 28 day stay until she died, the check-boxes are illustrating the services she used while she was alive, a bill of sorts...
...And upon my agreement to the charges the nurses pull out another check-box ticket, this one is for me, I've some 20-odd days left, and would I mind paying for the services I've used so far...
Canada Day 2017
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Images
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Spotted these around town leading up to Canada Day. You take any political stance here and you'll find some disciples, I'm not disagreeing, but it seems we've got a lot more pressing problems...
Reassessing the intelligence of Corvids
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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I mean my Blue-Jay is pretty sharp, but these birds are passing tests a lot of people couldn't:
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