Simon St. Laurent
@simonstlaurent.bsky.social
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.
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Pinned
My website/blog: "Simon St. Laurent — Squibber"
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My new website post:
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A Remembrance Day to Be Remembered
"With Remembrance Day upon us, I'm reminded of a story of my own regarding that special day; and its special and important symbol: The poppy."
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A Remembrance Day to Be Remembered
"With Remembrance Day upon us, I'm reminded of a story of my own regarding that special day; and its special and important symbol: The poppy."
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/a-re...
A Remembrance Day to Be Remembered
"With Remembrance Day upon us, I'm reminded of a story of my own regarding that special day; and its special and important symbol: The poppy."
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/a-re...
A Remembrance Day to Be Remembered
"With Remembrance Day upon us, I'm reminded of a story of my own regarding that special day; and its special and important symbol: The poppy."
My new website post:
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This Time of Remembrance
"Yesterday I took a trip on the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission), the subway portion. I saw just three people wearing a poppy. The good news is there were four of us."
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This Time of Remembrance
"Yesterday I took a trip on the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission), the subway portion. I saw just three people wearing a poppy. The good news is there were four of us."
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My new website post:
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This Time of Remembrance
"Yesterday I took a trip on the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission), the subway portion. I saw just three people wearing a poppy. The good news is there were four of us."
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/this...
This Time of Remembrance
"Yesterday I took a trip on the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission), the subway portion. I saw just three people wearing a poppy. The good news is there were four of us."
The Conservative Party of Canada is not really the conservative party of Canada, and smart MPs are rejecting it... some by walking away.
It must reject Pierre Poilievre in January, and pick a leader with even a modicum of charm, never mind actual "Paragraph Policy".
LOL
It must reject Pierre Poilievre in January, and pick a leader with even a modicum of charm, never mind actual "Paragraph Policy".
LOL
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Conservative Party of Canada is not really the conservative party of Canada, and smart MPs are rejecting it... some by walking away.
It must reject Pierre Poilievre in January, and pick a leader with even a modicum of charm, never mind actual "Paragraph Policy".
LOL
It must reject Pierre Poilievre in January, and pick a leader with even a modicum of charm, never mind actual "Paragraph Policy".
LOL
My website post yesterday:
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The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"Some of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sailors were not a lot older than I was at the time: a few were in their early twenties, a couple were barely out of high school."
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The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"Some of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sailors were not a lot older than I was at the time: a few were in their early twenties, a couple were barely out of high school."
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My website post yesterday:
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The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"Some of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sailors were not a lot older than I was at the time: a few were in their early twenties, a couple were barely out of high school."
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The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"Some of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sailors were not a lot older than I was at the time: a few were in their early twenties, a couple were barely out of high school."
My new website post:
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The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"How it all happened exactly is still open to much conjecture and speculation. My own feeling is that she "bottomed out". However, perhaps some secrets are best kept to the lake."
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The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"How it all happened exactly is still open to much conjecture and speculation. My own feeling is that she "bottomed out". However, perhaps some secrets are best kept to the lake."
The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
I started high school in September of 1975. My strongest memory of those earliest months of, what would turn out to be, my laboured secondar...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/the-...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"How it all happened exactly is still open to much conjecture and speculation. My own feeling is that she "bottomed out". However, perhaps some secrets are best kept to the lake."
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/the-...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Sank 50 Years Ago Today
"How it all happened exactly is still open to much conjecture and speculation. My own feeling is that she "bottomed out". However, perhaps some secrets are best kept to the lake."
A Glass of Chardonnay?
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"Wait. I can't find my corkscrew. I guess it's been a while. Oh. Good. A screw-on cap...."
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"Wait. I can't find my corkscrew. I guess it's been a while. Oh. Good. A screw-on cap...."
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A Glass of Chardonnay?
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"Wait. I can't find my corkscrew. I guess it's been a while. Oh. Good. A screw-on cap...."
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"Wait. I can't find my corkscrew. I guess it's been a while. Oh. Good. A screw-on cap...."
My new website post:
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Picturing: Railway to Nowhere and Somewhere
"Having lived for years in Nova Scotia (Canada) and Germany gave me a love of railways. Better still are railway tracks that have long been abandoned or are used so infrequently...."
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Picturing: Railway to Nowhere and Somewhere
"Having lived for years in Nova Scotia (Canada) and Germany gave me a love of railways. Better still are railway tracks that have long been abandoned or are used so infrequently...."
Picturing: Railway to Nowhere and Somewhere
Having lived for years in Nova Scotia (Canada) and Germany gave me a love of railways. Better still are railway tracks that have long be...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/pict...
Picturing: Railway to Nowhere and Somewhere
"Having lived for years in Nova Scotia (Canada) and Germany gave me a love of railways. Better still are railway tracks that have long been abandoned or are used so infrequently...."
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/pict...
Picturing: Railway to Nowhere and Somewhere
"Having lived for years in Nova Scotia (Canada) and Germany gave me a love of railways. Better still are railway tracks that have long been abandoned or are used so infrequently...."
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My website post (2 of 2) last Thursday:
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Picturing: Swans Cruise by Toronto's Harbourfront
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Picturing: Swans Cruise by Toronto's Harbourfront
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My website post (2 of 2) last Thursday:
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Picturing: Swans Cruise by Toronto's Harbourfront
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Picturing: Swans Cruise by Toronto's Harbourfront
My website post (1 of 2) last Thursday:
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Book: Fantastic Television (Gerani with Schulman)
Television science fiction & fantasy shows.
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Book: Fantastic Television (Gerani with Schulman)
Television science fiction & fantasy shows.
Book: Fantastic Television (Gerani with Schulman)
Copy Number 2. I bought Fantastic Television when it came hot off the presses in 1977. Unfortunately I left it under a school desk during a...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My website post (1 of 2) last Thursday:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/book...
Book: Fantastic Television (Gerani with Schulman)
Television science fiction & fantasy shows.
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/book...
Book: Fantastic Television (Gerani with Schulman)
Television science fiction & fantasy shows.
My website post last Monday:
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Picturing: Building a Set for Graveyard Shift
Motion picture design; art direction; set design; production design.
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Picturing: Building a Set for Graveyard Shift
Motion picture design; art direction; set design; production design.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My website post last Monday:
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Picturing: Building a Set for Graveyard Shift
Motion picture design; art direction; set design; production design.
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Picturing: Building a Set for Graveyard Shift
Motion picture design; art direction; set design; production design.
My website post last Sunday:
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Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!
Yes, the National Post.
#halloween #Halloween2025
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Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!
Yes, the National Post.
#halloween #Halloween2025
Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!
Click on image for "more scarier". On Friday, Halloween, in keeping with the spirit of ghosts and goblins, I posted a picture of a monster ...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My website post last Sunday:
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Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!
Yes, the National Post.
#halloween #Halloween2025
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Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!
Yes, the National Post.
#halloween #Halloween2025
Last evening I made yet another financial contribution to the Liberal Party of Canada.
For those Cons who are so easily upset by such initiatives, and perhaps provocative announcements, try "instant"... "decaf".
For those Cons who are so easily upset by such initiatives, and perhaps provocative announcements, try "instant"... "decaf".
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Last evening I made yet another financial contribution to the Liberal Party of Canada.
For those Cons who are so easily upset by such initiatives, and perhaps provocative announcements, try "instant"... "decaf".
For those Cons who are so easily upset by such initiatives, and perhaps provocative announcements, try "instant"... "decaf".
The "Leafs Curse" May Be Its Fans
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November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The "Leafs Curse" May Be Its Fans
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Picturing: Conical Red Peppers Stuffed with Cheese
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They are absolutely delicious.
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They are absolutely delicious.
Picturing: Conical Red Peppers Stuffed with Cheese
Today I saw these behind the deli counter and I could not counter the powerful pull of such delicious-looking morsels of spicy-hot goodness ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Picturing: Conical Red Peppers Stuffed with Cheese
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They are absolutely delicious.
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They are absolutely delicious.
Past Pic: Toronto Chicken-Cow-Pig Save Chicken Scratch
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Past Pic: Toronto Chicken-Cow-Pig Save Chicken Scratch
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November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Past Pic: Toronto Chicken-Cow-Pig Save Chicken Scratch
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November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Beautiful Swans Cruise by Toronto Harbourfront....
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Beautiful Swans Cruise by Toronto Harbourfront....
On the Ontario Conservatives' Backtrack
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A Class of Corpulent Clowns all its own.
#onpoli #fordnation #dougford #cdnpoli
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A Class of Corpulent Clowns all its own.
#onpoli #fordnation #dougford #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On the Ontario Conservatives' Backtrack
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A Class of Corpulent Clowns all its own.
#onpoli #fordnation #dougford #cdnpoli
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A Class of Corpulent Clowns all its own.
#onpoli #fordnation #dougford #cdnpoli
Picturing: A N/E Section of Bloor/Spadina ― Toronto
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"I miss this Bloor Street Second Cup store location... and, for that matter, its wonderful staff. Corporate interests are partially destroying those charming and essential parts of Toronto."
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"I miss this Bloor Street Second Cup store location... and, for that matter, its wonderful staff. Corporate interests are partially destroying those charming and essential parts of Toronto."
Picturing: A N/E Section of Bloor/Spadina ― Toronto
I miss this Bloor Street Second Cup store location... and, for that matter, its wonderful staff. Corporate interests are partially destroy...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Picturing: A N/E Section of Bloor/Spadina ― Toronto
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"I miss this Bloor Street Second Cup store location... and, for that matter, its wonderful staff. Corporate interests are partially destroying those charming and essential parts of Toronto."
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2024/04/pict...
"I miss this Bloor Street Second Cup store location... and, for that matter, its wonderful staff. Corporate interests are partially destroying those charming and essential parts of Toronto."
Dr. Who and the Daleks - One Dell of a Comic Book
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"After I received my latest crew cut, my dad bought me the Dell comic book, Dr. Who and the Daleks. It was a fair trade."
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"After I received my latest crew cut, my dad bought me the Dell comic book, Dr. Who and the Daleks. It was a fair trade."
Dr. Who and the Daleks - One Dell of a Comic Book (Repeat)
Nineteen Sixty-Six, RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia. After I received my latest crew cut, my dad bought me the Dell comic book, Dr. ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dr. Who and the Daleks - One Dell of a Comic Book
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"After I received my latest crew cut, my dad bought me the Dell comic book, Dr. Who and the Daleks. It was a fair trade."
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"After I received my latest crew cut, my dad bought me the Dell comic book, Dr. Who and the Daleks. It was a fair trade."
Blu-rays: Black Zero Titles of Four Ready to Go
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"As a matter of interest, his book 'Hamilton Babylon: A History of the McMaster Film Board' (University of Toronto Press, 2016) is an excellent example of the scholarly kind."
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"As a matter of interest, his book 'Hamilton Babylon: A History of the McMaster Film Board' (University of Toronto Press, 2016) is an excellent example of the scholarly kind."
Blu-rays: Black Zero Titles of Four Ready to Go
As noted on its website : " Black Zero is a multimedia publisher specializing in Canadian experimental cinema from the 1960s to the prese...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Blu-rays: Black Zero Titles of Four Ready to Go
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"As a matter of interest, his book 'Hamilton Babylon: A History of the McMaster Film Board' (University of Toronto Press, 2016) is an excellent example of the scholarly kind."
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"As a matter of interest, his book 'Hamilton Babylon: A History of the McMaster Film Board' (University of Toronto Press, 2016) is an excellent example of the scholarly kind."
NFB Film: Test Pilot (1957) — Starring James Doohan!
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"The acting is fine, especially from that famed starship engineer, and the filmmaking sound, which is to be expected from the NFB, old or new."
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"The acting is fine, especially from that famed starship engineer, and the filmmaking sound, which is to be expected from the NFB, old or new."
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
NFB Film: Test Pilot (1957) — Starring James Doohan!
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"The acting is fine, especially from that famed starship engineer, and the filmmaking sound, which is to be expected from the NFB, old or new."
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"The acting is fine, especially from that famed starship engineer, and the filmmaking sound, which is to be expected from the NFB, old or new."
Athot for the Day: An Important Difference....
"I love dogs. But, through no fault of their own, they're not cats."
"I love dogs. But, through no fault of their own, they're not cats."
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Athot for the Day: An Important Difference....
"I love dogs. But, through no fault of their own, they're not cats."
"I love dogs. But, through no fault of their own, they're not cats."