Greg French
@gregthecanuck.bsky.social
Retired teacher, web dev, systems manager, photographer, aircraft technician.
Thank you! This adds depth to an already excellent series.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thank you! This adds depth to an already excellent series.
Will your job at the aquarium include taking the penguins for walks?
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Will your job at the aquarium include taking the penguins for walks?
Ok, maybe too different from what you listed, but Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Ok, maybe too different from what you listed, but Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
You weren't in Nova Scotia for the ice storm in, I think 2007? Our power went out, and when I contacted NSPower the estimated time of restoration was 5 days for most of the Annapolis Valley.
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
You weren't in Nova Scotia for the ice storm in, I think 2007? Our power went out, and when I contacted NSPower the estimated time of restoration was 5 days for most of the Annapolis Valley.
If the ridges were randomly coiled instead of straight, it would look like a brain.
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If the ridges were randomly coiled instead of straight, it would look like a brain.
And some Men, Whynot
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
And some Men, Whynot
Big fan of Married Women
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Big fan of Married Women
Persistence of Vision, a collection of SciFi short stories by John Varley. His Titan/Wizard/Demon Trilogy is my favourite book series in all genres, after LOTR. But it's very close.
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Persistence of Vision, a collection of SciFi short stories by John Varley. His Titan/Wizard/Demon Trilogy is my favourite book series in all genres, after LOTR. But it's very close.
He lives on Big Macs, he's immune to all toxins.
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
He lives on Big Macs, he's immune to all toxins.
Ah, I think you're right! According to the site I'm looking at it might be sort of a fossil gastropod, which is very interesting.
October 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ah, I think you're right! According to the site I'm looking at it might be sort of a fossil gastropod, which is very interesting.
I didn't know Lake Winnipeg had fossils that old, very cool! Vaguely related: in the 90s at Victoria Beach I found a roughly triangular stone, with a perfectly circular hole in it, that I am 99% sure was a net sinker used by First Nations fishers.
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I didn't know Lake Winnipeg had fossils that old, very cool! Vaguely related: in the 90s at Victoria Beach I found a roughly triangular stone, with a perfectly circular hole in it, that I am 99% sure was a net sinker used by First Nations fishers.
OMG, this is my Theo:
September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
OMG, this is my Theo:
And you know he won't certify the next election if they lose.
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
And you know he won't certify the next election if they lose.
I'm going with 'whatever'
September 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I'm going with 'whatever'
Now I must dig out my old battered copy of Dandelion Wine.
September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Now I must dig out my old battered copy of Dandelion Wine.
He's trading Vance for Loomer. Tomorrow he'll retire.
September 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
He's trading Vance for Loomer. Tomorrow he'll retire.