Leif Harmsen
@harmsen.net
Painter, webmaster-coder, art-historian, husband, brother, uncle, friend, neighbour, citizen, tourist, investor, renovator, cabaret, queeraoke, burlesque, club-kid, filmmaker, centrist, otter-top, cyclist, shill for PR, lumberjack, gentleman parvenu.
QUEERAOKE Monday 12 January at the London Brewing Co-op beer factory is also my BIRTHDAY PARTY🎉 and you're invited. So come to celebrate, dance, drink and sing with us. A drunken Cruela might stumble in, or a lecherous Ursula. PUPPIES BEWARE!
Monday 12 January 6-9pm @ the London Brewing Co-op. The QUEERAOKE🌈 theme this week is the fab world of Disney! Themes are an excuse to try something new or dress up; Disney is super fun for that. You can find this and other events of interest to Queers in London at queeraoke.ca/pride-calendar
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
QUEERAOKE Monday 12 January at the London Brewing Co-op beer factory is also my BIRTHDAY PARTY🎉 and you're invited. So come to celebrate, dance, drink and sing with us. A drunken Cruela might stumble in, or a lecherous Ursula. PUPPIES BEWARE!
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Monday 5 January (tomorrow) 6-9pm 🌈QUEERAOKE's theme is "Femininomenon": feminine songs. As usual we're at the London Brewing Co-op. You can find this and other events of interest to Queers in London at queeraoke.ca/calendar
January 5, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Monday 5 January (tomorrow) 6-9pm 🌈QUEERAOKE's theme is "Femininomenon": feminine songs. As usual we're at the London Brewing Co-op. You can find this and other events of interest to Queers in London at queeraoke.ca/calendar
Drag King name idea:
"Colin Twerk"
"Colin Twerk"
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Drag King name idea:
"Colin Twerk"
"Colin Twerk"
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Simply breath taking !!!
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Simply breath taking !!!
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December 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Drag name idea:
"Pretty Broadly"
"Pretty Broadly"
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Drag name idea:
"Pretty Broadly"
"Pretty Broadly"
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Santas is out for Queeraoke!
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Santas is out for Queeraoke!
Drag name idea:
Charity Case
Charity Case
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Drag name idea:
Charity Case
Charity Case
Drag queen name idea:
"Sisi TV"
"Sisi TV"
December 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Drag queen name idea:
"Sisi TV"
"Sisi TV"
Mario et moi have plans to party in Hamilton next weekend Sat 13 Dec at the Corktown Pub! Yay Corktown in Steeltown! My xmas sweater's totally going to get unraveled. corktownpub.ca
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Mario et moi have plans to party in Hamilton next weekend Sat 13 Dec at the Corktown Pub! Yay Corktown in Steeltown! My xmas sweater's totally going to get unraveled. corktownpub.ca
I was interested in buying a house. I saw one I liked with a metal roof at Dollarama but it has these weird foreign electrical outlets.
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I was interested in buying a house. I saw one I liked with a metal roof at Dollarama but it has these weird foreign electrical outlets.
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QUEERAOKE Latin Songs last night were a RIOT! Coming next Monday 8 December 6-9pm QUEERAOKE is themed "High School Hits"; songs that were hits or your faves when you were in high school. @ London Brewing Co-op.
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
QUEERAOKE Latin Songs last night were a RIOT! Coming next Monday 8 December 6-9pm QUEERAOKE is themed "High School Hits"; songs that were hits or your faves when you were in high school. @ London Brewing Co-op.
Hey everyone it's Latin nite at Queeraoke @queeraoke.ca tonight, London Brewing Coop 6-9pm. QUEERAOKE: Sing Drink Dance Repeat.
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Hey everyone it's Latin nite at Queeraoke @queeraoke.ca tonight, London Brewing Coop 6-9pm. QUEERAOKE: Sing Drink Dance Repeat.
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TONIGHT! 6-9pm QUEERAOKE presents Sad Emotional Songs at the London Brewing Co-op, London. Show up and have a good cry into your beer. Your absinthe doesn't help anyone. Sing, shout, let it on out because everybody hurts, sometimes. You're not alone in your misery!
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
TONIGHT! 6-9pm QUEERAOKE presents Sad Emotional Songs at the London Brewing Co-op, London. Show up and have a good cry into your beer. Your absinthe doesn't help anyone. Sing, shout, let it on out because everybody hurts, sometimes. You're not alone in your misery!
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MONDAY 24 November 2025 6-9pm Queeraoke is featuring Sad / Emotional Songs. Get ready to pour your hearts out and catch tears in your beers at the London Brewing Co-op 521 Burbrook Place. Express your depths! Bawl your eyes out! Feel the agony! It's our party and we'll cry if we want to!
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
MONDAY 24 November 2025 6-9pm Queeraoke is featuring Sad / Emotional Songs. Get ready to pour your hearts out and catch tears in your beers at the London Brewing Co-op 521 Burbrook Place. Express your depths! Bawl your eyes out! Feel the agony! It's our party and we'll cry if we want to!
Drag name idea:
"Lisa DeFiles"
"Lisa DeFiles"
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Drag name idea:
"Lisa DeFiles"
"Lisa DeFiles"
I'm new to Business Class and don't understand the drinks menu.
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm new to Business Class and don't understand the drinks menu.
AI is a problem looking for a problem.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
AI is a problem looking for a problem.
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Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Country explores taking part in the glitzy song contest as it distances from the US and seeks to deepen ties with Europe
When Canada released its federal budget this month, much of it was standard fare, from the plans to downsize the public service to the boost in defence spending.
But one line tucked in the nearly 500-page document has captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic: a mention that the government is working with Canada’s national broadcaster to explore participation in the Eurovision song contest. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
I'm getting in the Xmas spirit.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm getting in the Xmas spirit.
Margaret Howe was one of the first women in the Canadian Military and served overseas in WWII. At 98 she published her 1st book about the experience then published a 2nd before she died in 2019 at 103. Our house at 6 Cartwright St. London, had been her house from 1970 until we bought it in 2015!
Age is More: Meet Margaret Howe
YouTube video by Cogir Senior Living Canada
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November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Margaret Howe was one of the first women in the Canadian Military and served overseas in WWII. At 98 she published her 1st book about the experience then published a 2nd before she died in 2019 at 103. Our house at 6 Cartwright St. London, had been her house from 1970 until we bought it in 2015!
Douglas Jerrold O'Leary Shortt 1925-1946
Sub-Lieutenant (A), Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
My uncle & our hero was a WWII pilot who died testing experimental aircraft 11 March 1946. He was 25 and engaged.
Walking to the Cenotaph at Victoria Park now.
Sub-Lieutenant (A), Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
My uncle & our hero was a WWII pilot who died testing experimental aircraft 11 March 1946. He was 25 and engaged.
Walking to the Cenotaph at Victoria Park now.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Douglas Jerrold O'Leary Shortt 1925-1946
Sub-Lieutenant (A), Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
My uncle & our hero was a WWII pilot who died testing experimental aircraft 11 March 1946. He was 25 and engaged.
Walking to the Cenotaph at Victoria Park now.
Sub-Lieutenant (A), Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
My uncle & our hero was a WWII pilot who died testing experimental aircraft 11 March 1946. He was 25 and engaged.
Walking to the Cenotaph at Victoria Park now.
I'm practising Broadway tunes now for QUEERAOKE @queeraoke.ca tonight 6-9pm @ the proletariat London Brewing Co-op beer factory (as my good London friends well know)! So off-Broadway we're in Old East! Elbows up we're not travelling to the US, but we'll recreate the best of Broadway right here!
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm practising Broadway tunes now for QUEERAOKE @queeraoke.ca tonight 6-9pm @ the proletariat London Brewing Co-op beer factory (as my good London friends well know)! So off-Broadway we're in Old East! Elbows up we're not travelling to the US, but we'll recreate the best of Broadway right here!
Mario et moi are at the Pink Pony Club Experience at the Palace Theatre! It's about to start. So many fabulous local glitteratzi here!
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Mario et moi are at the Pink Pony Club Experience at the Palace Theatre! It's about to start. So many fabulous local glitteratzi here!
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Thanks everyone for coming out for Golden Oldies. Hold on to your hats, next week is BROADWAY! Mon 10 Nov 18:00h-21:00h London Brewing Coop beer factory 521 Burbrook Ln. London. We're so Off Broadway that we're in Old East! Practise up & bring down the house. Everyone welcome.
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Thanks everyone for coming out for Golden Oldies. Hold on to your hats, next week is BROADWAY! Mon 10 Nov 18:00h-21:00h London Brewing Coop beer factory 521 Burbrook Ln. London. We're so Off Broadway that we're in Old East! Practise up & bring down the house. Everyone welcome.