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Artist, cat-lover, and avid reader. Former film/tv tech, now customer service. Military brat, always! RCAF Station St. Hubert (QC), CFB Greenwood (NS), CFB Baden-Soellingen (Germany), CFB Borden (ON). Now living in Toronto. https://www.simonstlaurent.ca/
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My website post today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/tale... Tales of Television Centre — Telly Documentary BBC Television Centre was a hotbed of television production for over half a century (1960 to 2013), and its ultimate reconfiguration remains a touchy subject for many Brits. "Why?"

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My website post yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/pict... Picturing: TTC Subway Train Rider in Black and Cap

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My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/tale... Tales of Television Centre — Telly Documentary BBC Television Centre was a hotbed of television production for over half a century (1960 to 2013), and its ultimate reconfiguration remains a touchy subject for many Brits. "Why?"

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Yes! A very "Happy Birthday" to June Lockhart. Wow. 100 years! The lady just keeps on ticking! Did you know her father, Gene, was Canadian? Yep, from London, Ontario.

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My website post yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/pict... Picturing: TTC Subway Train Rider in Black and Cap The lady knew when she had arrived at her stop. "Next stop...."

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My website post today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/pict... Picturing: TTC Subway Train Rider in Black and Cap Any rider of the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) should be allowed to travel and chill in peace.

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My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/pict... Picturing: TTC Subway Train Rider in Black and Cap Any rider of the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) should be allowed to travel and chill in peace.

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Good Morning, Toronto! It's 6:45am and it's already 25 Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) our there... not counting the Humidex. The projected high today: 33 (91) As we said in the '70s, "Gross".

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Now, in the UK: A final debate and vote in the House of Commons on whether or not to pass a bill on assisted dying in Wales and England.... Of course, if it is approved, it'll be passed on to the House of Lords for further scrutiny.

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Whoa! At first blush (explosion) this reminds me of the "Nedelin disaster". Moment SpaceX rocket explodes into massive fireball www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

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Space Force: From the Files of Donald J. Trump www.simonstlaurent.ca/2018/06/spac... ... from June 18, 2018 U.S. president Donald J. Trump announced today that he wants to build a sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces. He calls it "Space Force".

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Jeremy Vine, on BBC Radio 2 just now: Re Trump: "Towards the end of today we'll start to hear what is in his mind." LOL *What* mind?

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A minute ago I learned that the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup last night. It's a good thing I have "subspace radio", otherwise I would never have known.

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Pierre Poilievre (and his fellow dimwits) lost the federal election, lost his seat, and now has a 'dedicated' podcast. Ouch.

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My website post this morning: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/the-... The Restoration of the "Mind the Gap" (1985, Super-8, 5 minutes) The epic short documentary was more a tone poem than a conventional doc. Images and music to tell a story: taking a TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) subway train.

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My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/the-... The Restoration of the "Mind the Gap" (1985, Super-8, 5 minutes) The epic short documentary was more a tone poem than a conventional doc. Images and music to tell a story: taking a TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) subway train.

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Pizza Delivery www.simonstlaurent.ca/2020/08/pizz... "A few months later I ordered again, just to do a little quality control and a needed customer service check."

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My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/a-mo... A Monday Morning Smile: Squeak Squeak Squeak #TrumpParade #TrumpParadeFail #humour #humor

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Blu-ray: Aguirre, the Wrath of God www.simonstlaurent.ca/2020/09/blu-... Directed by Werner Herzog Shout! Factory LLC

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Hey, Let's Make a Musical About It! www.simonstlaurent.ca/2017/07/hey-... "On that theme, why hasn't anyone done a musical about pest control?"

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My website post yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2023/06/fath... Father's Day 2023

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Book: Irwin Allen's Lost in Space Vol. One (Cushman) www.simonstlaurent.ca/2020/05/book... "Terrible show. When I was a kid I liked Lost in Space, but when I saw it again as a teen I learned the meaning of:"

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A Monday Morning Smile: the Cat with the Bat www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/04/a-mo... My cat had done something bad, so I wasted no time in waking up to face the challenge of extracting a cute little bat.

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Card: Communist Party of Canada (2025) www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/05/card... "This student of history, with a focus on those former 'Eastern Bloc' states such as the Soviet Union (USSR) and East Germany, especially East Germany, has something of an opinion here...."

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My website post today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/fath... Father's Day 2025: H.W. St. Laurent, RCAF / CAF #Fathers #FathersDay📷📷 #FathersDay2025📷📷 #RCAF

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A column by Philip Kennicott from this afternoon's edition of the Washington Post: "Trump wanted a military spectacle. Instead, he got a history lesson." Trump's so thick and dim that he wouldn't understand it.

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Answering Toronto Maple Leafs Play www.simonstlaurent.ca/2022/05/answ... Quite easy, really. As much as I love this city, I'm hardly a Leafs fan. But for years I've been saying: "Clean house!" (It's the only answer.)

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John Waters on The Audition Process www.simonstlaurent.ca/2020/03/john... There might be a lot of broken hearts.

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A Forever Question: I Don't Like Somedays www.simonstlaurent.ca/2022/05/a-fo... The Boomtown Rats had something vital to say, didn't they?

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Sober Bar - A Sobering Thought www.simonstlaurent.ca/2019/10/sobe... "We walked to a pub that sat just across the street from St. Paul’s Cathedral. Sir Christopher Wren’s mighty architectural masterpiece would stand overlooking my first serious foray into beer."

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My website post last Friday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/atho... Athot for the Day: Witnessing a History Replay "So! It looks like a once-great democratic nation is morphing into a fascist state before our very eyes:"

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My website post last Thursday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/06/atho... Athot for the Day: On Losers' Row The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Conservative Party of Canada have something in common....

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