Whimsy

What is wrong with the world?

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https://flatlanderfaith.com/2022/11/14/what-is-wrong-with-the-world-2/?page_id=11889

B.O.O.K.

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JIntroducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device, trade named BOOK. BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on.  It’s so easy to use even a child can operate it.  Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere—even sitting in an armchair by the fire—yet it … Continue reading B.O.O.K.

Seek the peace of the city

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When God’s people were led into captivity in Babylon, He instructed them, by the mouth of the prophet Jeremiah: “Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace” (Jeremiah 29:7). Do we … Continue reading Seek the peace of the city

Surviving the weather apocalypse

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I was almost five years old when the great blizzard of 1947 hit southern Saskatchewan. After it was over my mother took a photo of me standing on top of what must have been an almost 10 metre snowdrift. Our driveway passed through multiple rows of trees and that snowdrift fully blocked it. A passenger … Continue reading Surviving the weather apocalypse

A pinch of salt

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Image by Олександр К from Unsplash About 30 years ago we attended a family reunion in Massachusetts. For supper one evening, we were served succotash to acquaint us with the type of food available to our ancestors upon their arrival in 1638. Succotash consists of corn and lima beans, native North American vegetables cultivated by … Continue reading A pinch of salt

A claustrophobic cat and a chair that let me down

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I went to the vet clinic yesterday to work on their bookkeeping. Our big Puff was due for his annual checkup, so I took him along. He began wailing frantically as soon as we put him into the cat carrier, continued to protest loudly all the way to Delisle, and only stopped when he was … Continue reading A claustrophobic cat and a chair that let me down

Christmas day in the morning

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God rest ye merry, gentlemen,Let nothing you dismay.Remember Christ our SaviourWas born upon this day.To save us all from Satan' s power,When we were gone astray.O tidings of comfort and joy,Comfort and joy.O tidings of comfort and joy. This is a beautiful old English carol that is not much sung nowadays. There seem to be … Continue reading Christmas day in the morning

Just Bob

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I went to the vet clinic a few Saturdays ago to pick up a stack of receipts that needed to be entered to calculate the GST tax return for the clinic. They were supposed to be in a pizza box by the passthrough window between the reception desk and the office. (Don’t laugh; my clients … Continue reading Just Bob

Where are we headed?

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Humans are called homo sapiens because of our capability for reasoning and abstract thinking. What happens when we outsource our thinking to AI? Do we then become homo inconscient?

Henny Penny as allegory

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The following is a version of an ancient folk tale that I read in French on the internet several years ago. The main character is called Chicken Little in the USA and Petit Poulet in France. I have used the name that is more familiar in Canada and the UK. Henny Penny made her breakfast … Continue reading Henny Penny as allegory