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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Blog Post: To Cast a By-election Ballot in Toronto

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I just voted in the advance polling for the riding of  University-Rosedale . Danielle Martin ... X marked the spot! To be able to cast a vot...

Paramount Pictures "Stage M" & Elmer Bernstein Too

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In a piece I wrote on December 7, 2024, I mentioned a 'famous' film studio's music recording stage: Paramount Pictures' Sta...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Flatscreen Tonight: Annie Hall (1977)

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What a wonderful film. I saw Annie Hall when it was first released. While I was young at the time, just sixteen, for the most part I got th...
Friday, April 3, 2026

Picturing: To the Polls! (University-Rosedale)

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While grabbing my Tim Hortons coffee this morning I was reminded that advance polls opened today for three important byelections here in Can...

Picturing: On the Ferry from England to France

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Looking down the stern into English Channel waters churning.
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Picturing: Eastern Arm — Port of Dover

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Returning from France: late afternoon sun as we enter the Port of Dover.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Artemis II and a Book About the Great Apollo 8

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Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8 ― The First Manned Flight to Another World ― by Robert Zimmerman Dell Publishing 1998 With the Artemis II mis...

Blog Post: I Was a Fool!

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Okay! I can no longer keep up this charade. Posing as a Liberal all these years has been painful, and has taxed my constitution to unbearabl...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Book: Midway (Sanford) ― Film Tie-In Novelization

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Midway by Donald S. Sanford A Bantam Book June 1976 Midway  (1976) was much anticipated by this military brat. I picked up that film's t...

Behind the Arriflex IIB 35mm Motion Picture Camera

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Shooting a Dick Tracy lookalike.

Behind the Mitchell Mk II 35mm Motion Picture Camera

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I loved that camera. It's primarily an "effects" camera due to the fact that it is un-blimped... too noisy for audio recording...

Blog Post: Toronto is Warm Today

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About an hour ago I returned home from running a couple of errands. Wow... Toronto is warm right now: 17 Celsius ( 63 Fahrenheit ) My RCAF ...

Picturing: Emirates A380 on Approach to Pearson

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Some great views can be had when one walks under one of an airport's approach lanes. An Emirates Airbus A380 flew overhead; it's su...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Website Stats: From the Last 24 Hours

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Last Wednesday I got all excited and posted my websites website traffic from " now ". I'm interested in statistics, especially...
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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Picturing: A Red Metal Bird on Finch (Toronto)

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While up in the northern part of Toronto yesterday I snapped a picture of this lovely new arrival of red-enameled steel: a Finch? I'm pr...

Sunday Fun: For the Love of Movies, Eh?

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TVO (TV Ontario), through its extensive interviews done for its great film shows, Saturday Night at the Movies and Magic Shadows , both hos...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Looping The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

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Do I believe in God? No. Why would I when he doesn't believe in me?
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Humour: Unfortunately

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She dumped me. "I'm leaving you for another man." I was crushed. "Just kidding!" I felt much better. ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Website Stats: From the Last Two Hours

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Statistics bore many people. But while I was taking in some website traffic data minutes ago, I noticed the spread of hits; as in what count...

Question: What Movie Did I See?

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After taking in a movie matinee at Toronto's "Bloor Cinema" (now the "Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema") one beautifully s...
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Simon St. Laurent
Welcome! RCAF Brat duty: St. Hubert, QC; CFB Greenwood, NS; CFB Baden–Soellingen, Germany; CFB Borden, ON. Now living in Toronto's beautiful "Annex" neighbourhood.
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