Aug 21Member-onlyThe whales that travel from Kitimat to LahainaThere is an interesting connection between Kitimat and Lahaina the site of the Maui fire disaster last week. After I saw the item on CBS Morning Sunday News last Sunday about the Happy Whale tracking site, I uploaded all the photos I captured of humpback whales in Douglas Channel over…Whales3 min readWhales3 min read
Jul 9Member-onlyIs it Kitimat or Star Trek’s Delta-Vega? | Robin’s Weir“There’s something familiar about this place.” I was on a bus tour of Kitimat’s giant $40 billion LNG Canada facility on Saturday, July 8. I’ve never been on site, but had this strange feeling I had seen it before. The LNG Canada Liguified Natural Gas project, is the largest industrial…Star Trek3 min readStar Trek3 min read
May 13Member-onlyBBC Panoroma uses “ADHD Face” in what appears to be a second apparently unethical and disgraceful “investigation”UPDATE THREE 1531 Pacific Time May 15 The UK ADHD Foundation has issued a statement Response to BBC Panorama “Private ADHD Clinics Exposed” As I suspected Panorama failed to reach out the ADHD community groups in the UK. This is a major failure of journalistic ethics. Whilst we welcome responsible…BBC9 min readBBC9 min read
Mar 31Member-onlyIt was “a dark and stormy night” in 1813A dark and stormy night 1813 edition (I don’t usually post excerpts from my work in progress, I often put far too much into first drafts and then have to drastically cut. This episode of “a dark and stormy night” I discovered is too good to pass up. I am…Snoopy5 min readSnoopy5 min read
Feb 17, 2022Member-onlyThe Ottawa protestors are partying on the 80th anniversary of a real crime against humanity the sook ching massacre in Singapore.(Warning: This post may be triggering to people or their families who were victims of real crimes against humanity. I didn’t want to raise the temperature of the Ottawa protest debate but the continuation of the blockades and remembering the anniversary date compelled me to write this). The heads of…Covid-198 min readCovid-198 min read
May 16, 2021Member-onlyMy own private London. A gay life in the first year of It’s a Sin. Part Six of Six The Reviewers(Contains spoilers and may trigger some AIDS survivor readers. Names in quotation marks are pseudonyms. Many of the names from the 80s aren’t mentioned because I don’t remember. Other names are real, taken from my occasional diary or letters I wrote) It is obvious that It’s a Sin has made…Gay10 min readGay10 min read
May 15, 2021Member-onlyBack to Toronto. Part five of A gay life in the first year of It’s a Sin.(Contains spoilers and may trigger some AIDS survivor readers. Names in quotation marks are pseudonyms. Many of the names from the 80s aren’t mentioned because I don’t remember. Other names are real, taken from my occasional diary or letters I wrote) The job that changed everything After the job at…Toronto16 min readToronto16 min read
May 14, 2021Member-onlyThe Craziest B&B in London Part four of A gay life in the first year of It’s a Sin(Contains spoilers and may trigger some AIDS survivor readers. Names in quotation marks are pseudonyms. Many of the names from the 80s aren’t mentioned because I don’t remember. Other names are real, taken from my occasional diary or letters I wrote) When “Darren” and I arrived in London, we knew…Gay8 min readGay8 min read
May 13, 2021Member-onlyThe captain (Royal Navy retired) Part three of six A gay life in the first year of It’s a Sin.There’s one other customer in “the semi-gay pub” that I have to mention, an elderly gentleman, friendly and personable, who was one of the most popular people in the “semi-gay pub.” James (his real name) was probably in his seventies, (He was probably straight. …AIDS4 min readAIDS4 min read
May 13, 2021Member-onlyMy own private London A gay life in the first year of It’s a Sin (Part two of six: The Semi-gay Pub)(Contains spoilers and may trigger some AIDS survivor readers. Names in quotation marks are pseudonyms. Many of the names from the 80s aren’t mentioned because I don’t remember. Other names are real, taken from my occasional diary or letters I wrote) After I arrived in London, it took me about…Gay10 min readGay10 min read
