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On Christmas day 2024, Special K and I took a stroll around the bay in Wellington Ontario in the beautiful County of Prince Edward. The only people around were the two of us, so my soundscape is pure Canadian Anatidae. … Continue reading →

Listen : 3m14s I cut my finger, accidentally, at lunch. It was against our very sharp, never used, vegetable peeler, in the drawer. I was reaching for the meat thermometer. Seems like the protective cover came off or one of … Continue reading →

The CNE, otherwise known as the Canadian National Exhibition, runs for a little over two weeks at the end of the summer.   The grounds are very near the northern shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto, about one to two kilometres … Continue reading →

The garden tour is finally done. Peaceful, but not quiet, the bullfrogs, insects, and birds are settling in for the night on June 13, 2023, 9:00 pm. Listen Here: After The Garden Show (13mb 5m34s) Hardware and Software: iPhone 12, … Continue reading →

Ninja defends Buck Angel and Madge defends Dave Chapelle . Madge doesn’t see the point of fanning the flames of the culture wars.  Ninja frets about her powerlessness over the existential threats facing humanity. Those threats include AI, climate change, … Continue reading →

At the end of January, Special K and I went to the Toronto Tea Festival.    The last time we were there was February 2020.   It’s the first time it has been held since the pandemic started.    Speaking of the pandemic, … Continue reading →

When Special K and I stepped into the AGO in Sep 2022,  the dulcet tones of Jónsi, the Icelandic artist and singer/guitarist for the band Sigur Rós, reverberated in the hall. Drawn onward by the music I listened and poked … Continue reading →

On October 17, 2021 an International Drumming Festival was held at the Wychwood Barns in heart of what we now call midtown Toronto. Mostly, a cool and windy day, later in the afternoon, it rained which ultimately drove Special K … Continue reading →

Distracting myself from the end of the world, I do some gardening.  Famous anti-semitic poets mentioned:  T.S. Eliot. Apparently his anti-semitism is a matter of debate so I can no longer say for sure that it is so. Other subjects broached: … Continue reading →

More depressing discussion about the end of the world. The beautiful people of Tik Tok. Boostagrams. Premptive Strikes. Abortion. Building love into robots. Deep talk about the consciousness of biological beings. Trying to simulate life on earth. The impossibility of … Continue reading →

Today I have another conversation with Madge Weinstein of Yeast Radio.   The conversation will be cross-posted there.   And will be slightly different so listen there too.  Things don’t start well for me.  I have numerous technical problems despite the fact … Continue reading →

In this episode it’s  Sunday June 27, 2020.   In the absence of a 2020 Pride celebration, some of our neighbours organized our very own pandemic Pride street party.   Several streets were invited.   Complete with floats, music, face painting, and a … Continue reading →

My guest today is Dragon, a dear friend and Uber Fan of the British television Series Gentleman Jack.  The series is based on the actual diaries of the landowner Anne Lister, who lived in early 19th century in Halifax, England.   … Continue reading →

Listen here: HotFRM 233 (133MB 58m21s) Today, I have a conversation with one of the bravest people I know.   Buck Angel is a transman who began his transition from a woman to a man twenty-five years ago amid personal turmoil, … Continue reading →

In this episode I talk with long-time friend and pod-colleague Madge Weinstein, of Yeast Radio, who happens to be my cousin about 30 times removed.   After all,  we are both descended from the same 350 people that may have originated … Continue reading →

  Last week a friend sent me a link to a removed YouTube video and the question, “Censorship?”  That sent me on a search for the video by Drs. Erickson and Massihi, two Californian physicians who want sheltering-in-place ended in … Continue reading →

  Special K and Ninja meet Charlie at the St. Lawrence Market.  Ninja waits for the balalaika player to begin and it seems like it will never happen. Special K and Charlie entreat Ninja to spare you this visit but … Continue reading →

Listen to this episode (25mb 10m38s)   I read Life Hacks by Keith Brandon so that you don’t have to. There are 1000 so-called life hacks in this book. I share my review that is more of a rant against misinformation that … Continue reading →

This week Special K and I, by chance, happened upon an apartment building that was top to bottom inside and out done up with colourful and original Halloween decorations.   Debbie Andrews and Gary Smith have been doing up the building … Continue reading →

  On Friday, September 27, 2019, Special K and I participated in the Climate Strike.   We headed down to Queen’s Park, home of the Ontario legislature, to take part in the rally and march.    I spoke to a number … Continue reading →