Doug MacLeod
@kdmacleod.bsky.social
Ex-litigator, baritone, grandfather, been in the odd thing.
"Mr. Gorbachev, reinforce this big beautiful wall."
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"Mr. Gorbachev, reinforce this big beautiful wall."
Those guys love their LOTR. (Also Ayn Rand, of course.) www.salon.com/2023/02/16/r...
Right-wing rings of power: The far-right's bizarre obsession with Lord of the Rings
Right-wing Lord of the Rings fans find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why?
www.salon.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Those guys love their LOTR. (Also Ayn Rand, of course.) www.salon.com/2023/02/16/r...
Man, hillbillies have some weird views.
December 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Man, hillbillies have some weird views.
Americans do love that 'aw' sound: pasta, Mazda, sorry, saga, codify, Halloween, process, drama, lava, Gaza, Nevada (for people outside Nevada).
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Americans do love that 'aw' sound: pasta, Mazda, sorry, saga, codify, Halloween, process, drama, lava, Gaza, Nevada (for people outside Nevada).
Wondering whether the U.S. has now achieved "shithole country" status.
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Wondering whether the U.S. has now achieved "shithole country" status.
All I want is that people stop saying PRAH-ses-seez.
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
All I want is that people stop saying PRAH-ses-seez.
I'm not sure I'd blame "liberals." For instance, Fox pronounces it that way, PBS pronounces it the right way.
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I'm not sure I'd blame "liberals." For instance, Fox pronounces it that way, PBS pronounces it the right way.
I like to think that Tony Gilroy is writing a sequel to Michael Clayton.
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I like to think that Tony Gilroy is writing a sequel to Michael Clayton.
The same year that the Maple Leafs almost won a third round series for once in the team's history.
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The same year that the Maple Leafs almost won a third round series for once in the team's history.
The guy on the right appeared less than 40 years after the guy on the left. Gerrymandering began in 1812. Your country has been hopelessly corrupt ever since. Good luck!
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The guy on the right appeared less than 40 years after the guy on the left. Gerrymandering began in 1812. Your country has been hopelessly corrupt ever since. Good luck!
As a Blue Jays fan, I hope it goes 20 innings.
October 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
As a Blue Jays fan, I hope it goes 20 innings.
As an articling student in 1979, I was told that it was standard form in demand letters, i.e. letters demanding payment of a debt allegedly owed to a client of the firm.
September 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
As an articling student in 1979, I was told that it was standard form in demand letters, i.e. letters demanding payment of a debt allegedly owed to a client of the firm.
Who are some American Indians, as your country calls them, who portray Indigenous characters?
September 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Who are some American Indians, as your country calls them, who portray Indigenous characters?
I can't tell you how eager I am to go to the 2028 Olympics.
September 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I can't tell you how eager I am to go to the 2028 Olympics.
I'm seeing "reign" instead of "rein" more and more often.
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I'm seeing "reign" instead of "rein" more and more often.
Or a Canadian Prime Minister: "You need to get out of
Ukraine." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpOQ...
Ukraine." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpOQ...
Harper tells Putin to get out of Ukraine
YouTube video by Global News
www.youtube.com
August 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Or a Canadian Prime Minister: "You need to get out of
Ukraine." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpOQ...
Ukraine." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpOQ...
I saw Dana Ivey at Theatre Calgary as a teenager. She was wonderful.
August 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I saw Dana Ivey at Theatre Calgary as a teenager. She was wonderful.
You're wrong. One meaning of academician is academic. Also, she taught French.
August 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You're wrong. One meaning of academician is academic. Also, she taught French.
I don't share her opinion but I like her use of both "academician" and "franchement." But then I'm not American. You guys don't handle French very well.
August 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I don't share her opinion but I like her use of both "academician" and "franchement." But then I'm not American. You guys don't handle French very well.
The free trade agreement among the U.S., Canada and Mexico is an initialism in the States (USMCA) and an acronym in Canada (CUSMA).
August 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The free trade agreement among the U.S., Canada and Mexico is an initialism in the States (USMCA) and an acronym in Canada (CUSMA).
I remember that I preferred Country Hoedown. It was probably just a Gordie Tapp thing.
August 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I remember that I preferred Country Hoedown. It was probably just a Gordie Tapp thing.
This made me go to my freezer to check that tenderloin I bought at FreshCo. "Verified Canadian pork." "Prepared for Sobey's, Mississauga." Whew.
August 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This made me go to my freezer to check that tenderloin I bought at FreshCo. "Verified Canadian pork." "Prepared for Sobey's, Mississauga." Whew.
You know you guys lost, right?
August 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
You know you guys lost, right?