My First Tuesday: Welcome To My Blog.
The new school year started today for my wife and my two daughters. For me, today is the day my retirement officially started. A new start for them, a new… Read More »My First Tuesday: Welcome To My Blog.
The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #18/250: Where Have All The Good People Gone? by Sam Roberts Band
We live in a potentially wondrous time. The whole of the world’s knowledge is available at our fingertips. We needn’t wonder any more about anything. All of the answers to… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #18/250: Where Have All The Good People Gone? by Sam Roberts Band
The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #75/250: The Trooper by Iron Maiden from the Original Soundtrack of the Television Series Stranger Things
If there was a “Mount Rushmore” for Heavy Metal bands then I propose that Iron Maiden be one of the four bands preserved there in stone. *(Judas Priest, Black Sabbath… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #75/250: The Trooper by Iron Maiden from the Original Soundtrack of the Television Series Stranger Things
Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #80/250: Berghain by Rosalia
Rosalia is a Spanish singer. In 2025 she released an album called Lux. When the year-end lists were cobbled together by all of the major music magazines, many critics declared… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #80/250: Berghain by Rosalia
The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #87/250: Little Boats Sway by Adam Ruzzo
Adam Ruzzo is a Canadian singer, songwriter, adventurer, storyteller, amateur historian and guitarist who travels the highways, byways and waterways of this great land of ours drawing inspiration from what… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #87/250: Little Boats Sway by Adam Ruzzo
Who’s Punk? What’s the Score?….Song #24/24: Dear Coach’s Corner by Propagandhi
It is getting so difficult to keep up with the daily tsunami of outrageous statements and acts coming out of MAGA America that we hardly know where to direct our… Read More »Who’s Punk? What’s the Score?….Song #24/24: Dear Coach’s Corner by Propagandhi
Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #79/250: Down Under by Men At Work
Way back in my bachelor boy days, a group of friends and I formed an international cooking club. Each month we would select a country and then we would each… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #79/250: Down Under by Men At Work
The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #74/250: Duettino: Sull’Aria (from the Opera The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart) by Edith Mathis and Gundula Janowitz from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the Film The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption is one heck of a great movie. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards at the time of its release (including Best Picture, Best Actor for Tim… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #74/250: Duettino: Sull’Aria (from the Opera The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart) by Edith Mathis and Gundula Janowitz from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the Film The Shawshank Redemption
From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #11: Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer
NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #11: Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #86/250: Sun In An Empty Room by The Weakerthans
Editor’s note: This post is being written in the wake of Canada’s worst mass shooting involving children at a school which, in this case, was in a tiny town in… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #86/250: Sun In An Empty Room by The Weakerthans
Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #78/250: Cult of Personality by Living Colour
When was the last time you heard a really good speech? I’m talking about a speech so good that it has gone down in the annals of history? A speech… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #78/250: Cult of Personality by Living Colour