Tag Archives: Robert K. Stephen

Passage of the Day: William Thackeray “Vanity Fair”: Death

“The doctor will come up to us too for the last time there, my friend in motely. The nurse will look in at the curtains and you take no notice- and then she will fling open the windows for a little and let in the air. Then they will pull down the front blinds ofContinue reading “Passage of the Day: William Thackeray “Vanity Fair”: Death”

“God Loves Caviar”: Ioannis Varvakis: Pirate, Merchant and Greek Revolutionary

Ioannis Varvakis (1745-1825) was born on the Greek island of Psara then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. His real name was Ioannis Leontides but Varvakis was a nickname that he received in childhood due to his imposing eyes which were like those of a bird of prey which lives on the island ofContinue reading ““God Loves Caviar”: Ioannis Varvakis: Pirate, Merchant and Greek Revolutionary”

“Mutantism on the March”; Chapter 28 “Santa’s Reign of Terror; Tarzan Gets Involved”

It was with a great deal of curious pomp that Santa arrived in his sleigh. Squid had run over to greet him and the six burly elves he had brought along. Santa was already well briefed on the situation. Squid only threw in some recent information. Santa, Squid and the elves discussed strategy over theContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”; Chapter 28 “Santa’s Reign of Terror; Tarzan Gets Involved””

“Voluntary Sharing” of COVID Vaccination or COVID Tests

How can the sharing of your COVID test result or vaccination be voluntary? Your employer or the airline may require you to provide proof of COVID vaccination or your COVID test results and of course thanks to IBM and its Digital Health Pass at the end of the day is providing this information really voluntary?Continue reading ““Voluntary Sharing” of COVID Vaccination or COVID Tests”

You trust Big Pharma, technology companies and IBM with your personal information…….right? Who are these “organizations” accessing your health information?

Moderna and IBM Plan to Collaborate on COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain and Distribution Data Sharing Initial focus on technologies aiming to bolster trust and help reduce community spread CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ARMONK, N.Y., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced their intentions to explore technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and hybrid cloud, thatContinue reading “You trust Big Pharma, technology companies and IBM with your personal information…….right? Who are these “organizations” accessing your health information?”

“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 27: “Off Goes Santa and His Elves Into the Fray”

The first order of Santa and his band of merry elves was to loot and destroy the colonialist’s stores in the North Pole such as Mudson’s Bay and Frantic Adventures. They then had moved onto Montreal orchestrating a series of “fund raising” affairs, namely bank robberies often in tandem with Machine Gun Molly’s gang. InContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 27: “Off Goes Santa and His Elves Into the Fray””

10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: #6 Increase Access to Mental Health Services

Again the Quebec magazine L’actualitê has an interesting feature article in its April edition dealing with COVID-19 and translated it means what are the steps we can take to ensure we don’t have a year like 2020? The sixth step to increase access to mental health services. President of the Quebec Order of Psychologists ChristianeContinue reading “10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: #6 Increase Access to Mental Health Services”

Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Non-Striving

“Although it takes a lot of work and energy of a certain kind, ultimately meditation is a non-doing, It has no goal other than for you to be yourself. The irony is that you are already are, this sounds paradoxical and a little crazy, Yet this paradox and craziness may be pointing you toward aContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Non-Striving”

“Dig Our Roots” : Wineries of Niagara-on-the Lake Annual Celebration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2021 Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake ‘Dig Our Roots’, the Annual Celebration of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Wine Appellation, is back! NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ON- Wineries of Niagara on-the-Lake is ready to welcome back VQA wine lovers to safely taste exceptional wines grown in the heart of wine country. During the ‘Dig Our Roots’ weekends in April,Continue reading ““Dig Our Roots” : Wineries of Niagara-on-the Lake Annual Celebration”

10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: #5 Vaccinate all the planet

Again the Quebec magazine L’actualitê has an interesting feature article in its April edition dealing with COVID-19 and translated it means what are the steps we can take to ensure we don’t have a year like 2020? The fifth step is to ensure the entire planet is vaccinated. Tedros Ghebreyesus the Director General of theContinue reading “10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: #5 Vaccinate all the planet”