There is a temporary reprieve from recent calamities. Of course, I still don’t know the end result.
Shakespeare said it best. “To be, or not to be, that is the question…“
anything to declare?
Jeremy Hansen left Earth ten days previous with his American astronaut buddies. They took off, presumably, from somewhere in the United States. They just arrived back home yesterday evening.
Canadian Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II crew splash down in Pacific after moon trip
So, did Mr. Hansen have to carry his passport with him? I can imagine a guy in uniform standing on the raft next to Artemis II space vehicle, waiting for him to come out. “Do you have anything to declare?”
headlight glare
Is something finally being done about this?
Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night
It’s about bloody time.
But, in true Canadian fashion, it will likely take years, hundreds of millions of dollars, and a certain number of deaths before any action is done.
two-faced policies
Donald Trump is a complete buffoon. He says he wants Americans to buy American stuff and “make America great (again)”. Yet, when Canadians decide they will do the same and not buy American alcohol, the United States says it is an “irritant” and wants us to start buying yankee booze again.
Alcohol, ‘Buy Canadian’ policy flagged by U.S. as trade irritants: report
How two-faced is this?! His administration continues to show how unjust it is.
wingless
After a long day of working, I thought it would be nice to bring home some wings. I phoned Floyd and told him I’ll bring home a box of chicken wings. However, despite what the sign says, Save-On Foods has no wings. Their wing oven broke two days before.
You’d think that, without a working wing oven, they wouldn’t put the sign up.
Four other places in town were also out of any hot food.
box half empty
There’s no way to sugar coat this. It is literally half empty.
co-joined gummy bears
Is it completely politically incorrect now to call them Siamese gummy bears? I suppose so.
Floyd stroke
What a crap weekend.
Floyd had a stroke. He woke up Saturday morning (Feb. 22, 2026) and made coffee. I sat down at the kitchen table and told him my plans for the day. He stammered and couldn’t get any words out – just mumbling and buzzing sounds.
I asked if he would be alright. He said he would. I should not have left for work, but I did.
I called him at home later. He said he wouldn’t be coming in as he was light-headed and had trouble thinking. I told him I’d call 911, and he agreed.
I met the paramedics at home. They did an assessment and found he likely had a stroke. They took him to the hospital where he had tests and found that he had a mini-stroke. He later rested at home.
The next day, today, he looks fine – no drooped face, no confusion, nearly normal speech. I’ll keep an eye on him. He’ll see the doctor soon.
medication agitation
I was fed up. I averaged 3 hours of sleep per night and have been dopey during the day because of overuse of mirtazapine.
Two weeks ago I had an online appointment with Dr. Ovwasa to refill a zolpidem prescription. He said I was way too early and that it should last 90 days. It was 89 days since my last refill. He denied me. We had a long, somewhat agitated discussion. He didn’t budge, saying I had to wait until Feb. 24 2026.
After many nights of lack of sleep and not yet asleep at 3am, I looked at the box label date – 05-Nov-2025.
two faces
Today I heard on the news that Donald Chump doesn’t like Canada’s deal with China.
“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.” (from Lethbridge Herald)
He said last week that pursuing the deal was a good idea for Canada. But … his volatile mind is now at work again, saying it’s a terrible deal.
So … he is blaming China for “the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life”, but he’s the one imposing tariffs on Canada? He says at first that he’s concerned about Canada being “eaten alive” but, in the same paragraph, says he is imposing punishments?
Why? Because it will flood the United States with cheap Chinese plastic things? How? Explain the method this will happen, presidor Trump. You cannot because your Trumped up ideas are false.
Besides, you have made it clear you don’t wish to do business with Canada. So … you do care about Canada doing business with other countries? You have no say. None. You’ve divorced yourself from us. You’re like a divorced spouse who doesn’t want to stay married but doesn’t want your ex-spouse to see anyone else. You can’t have it both ways, you two-faced buffoon.
While we’re on this subject, he’s criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza, Russian’s war with Ukraine, and China’s desire to take Taiwan … but he wants to take Canada, then Greenland, and he’s actually invaded Venezuela. That’s the pot calling the kettle black, isn’t it?