Today is the birthday of Paul Levitz.

To those who follow my Legion of Super-Heroes blog entries, Paul Levitz is an American comic book writer, editor, and executive. His oeuvres in the comics industry are quite extensive, as he's been around for a long time (check out this list of his works). He spent 47 years with DC Comics, helping to turn it ( Read more... )

Considering it's the middle of October here in the Ottawa valley, it's been a very warm day. The day has mostly been sunny with overcast periods, and it may have rained a bit but I didn't really notice. The temperature reached around 18oC today, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) that was decent, but not great. I have a bit of pain in my chest ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving Day, Canada!

It's a relatively typical early October day here in Ottawa for Thanksgiving Day. The day is quite cool, with the windchill making it feel somewhat colder. The temperature outside as I write this is around 7oC but feels about 5oC. It promises to be a dark, gloomy, possibly rainy day. Nothing that a nice, hot cup ( Read more... )

Today is another relatively cool day in the Ottawa valley with seasonal temperatures for the day, a bit of a breeze outside and somewhat cloudy, overcast skies. The temperature is going up to a high of 11oC outside, and is currently at 8oC as I write this. Have a bit of a blocked nose, am in a lot of pain on my right side and some pain in my left ( Read more... )

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And so the start of the 2024-2025 NHL hockey season is upon us.

The new season begins tonight, with three games on the schedule, including Seattle at St. Louis, Boston at the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, and Chicago at the Utah Hockey Club (formerly the Arizona Coyotes).

The Ottawa Senators will be playing Thursday night (the 10th), ( Read more... )

It's been a relatively warm day here in the Ottawa valley for this time in October. Mostly sunny outside with a few periods of drizzle and rain, with a relatively overcast sky. The temperature has been around 21oC with no real humidity to speak of, so relatively comfortable. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was somewhat high today, so my lungs ached ( Read more... )

The start of a new month. Thus, as is my standard usage of my blog space at or near the beginning of the month, I present the listing of my September, 2024 reads.

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Books Read in September, 2024

Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks (r)

False Value by Ben Aaronovitch

Tales From the Folly by Ben Aaronovitch

Doctor Who and The Dalek Invasion of ( Read more... )

Today at sundown marks the start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh HashanahSo I would like to wish all my Jewish friends and followers Shana Tova, and best wishes for the New Year. May it be filled with happiness, health, prosperity, joy, love, and everything else that you would wish from the New Year. And be a far better year than this year has been ( Read more... )

There's a birthday in the Primeval tv series family today.

Happy Birthday to Ciarán McMenamin today!

Ciarán is the talented actor who played Matt Anderson in Series 4 and 5 of the Primeval tv series. Ciarán, who turns 48 years of age today, has a pretty decent set of credits in both television and film (see the link above ( Read more... )