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Avoid Univershity at all costs:

Wilfrid Laurier University is advising students against dressing up as ninjas, prisoners or hula dancers for Halloween – claiming that these costumes entail offensive appropriations.

I kid you not.

How about going as a professor? Scary thought.

Before picking a costume, students should ask themselves if their costume “makes fun of human traits, identities, cultures, or races [or] represents an identity that isn’t their own… reduces culture, gender, or religion to stereotypes.”

The post also provides an exhaustive list of costumes that students should avoid. This includes costumes of Indigenous peoples or those that make fun of sexual and gendered violence as well as those that depict transgender people. 

Students must also not dress up as ninjas, prison inmates, mentally ill persons in psychiatric facilities, hula dancers or as homeless people. 

Well, that just about covers everything and everyone, don’t ya think.

This just in:

Australia Warns Ferries about EVs

So, if you’re a ferry, don’t buy one.

And speaking of Justin:

Justin Trudeau has appointed a former Liberal MP to be one of his independent, non-partisan senators.

Do they think we are stupid?

I guess so. Just look at that smirk on his face. He is thinking: Canadians, especially English Canadians, are soooo stupid.

And this:

Justin has just announced a Carbon Tax waiver for three years for all of Atlantic Canada provinces as 40% or more heat their homes there with oil (they still use home heating oil????). The rest of us in Canada be damned.

As we use natural gas, don’t ya know. And here’s to the rest of you stupid Canadians, especially in the west.

Continue to use natural gas.

Okay! Here’s to you.

Or this.

That feels sooo good, the cow retorts.

We should use methane me thinks.

It is a weird but wonderful world out there.

Have fun and avoid Univershity at all costs. Learn a trade instead.

It’s a gas,gas, gas.

Have a nice day.

Staying at the airport Ibis hotel. Inexpensive but clean and good value. And they have a free shuttle service to and from the airport. And there is a train station at the airport,  which will take you to Central Station and the heart of Amsterdam.

Ɓut miserable weather here in Amsterdam. First day in over a month that we experienced rain. We went out to explore but just didn’t feel like doing anything. We went to the Reijks Museum but it was way too crowded. Could not really enjoy it so we left. That is the problem with traveling now. Too many people….everywhere. So we decided to return to our hotel. We leave for home tomorrow, 26th October.

By the way. Amsterdam is super expensive. And they nickel and dime you to death here. You pay for everything. A cup of tea will cost you 8 cdn dollars, coffee around 10. Beer about 13. Club sandwich 25. So bring money if you come here.

Soon to be home. This has been one fantastic trip in spite of Amsterdam’s expense.  The Camino was great as was Lisbon and the other places we travelled to. But as the old saying goes there is no place like home.

Thanks for being a part of the journey.

Out for awhile. Read ya sometime later and may all your Caminos be great ones.

So long Chester. May you rest in peace. You will be missed.

Reijks Museum with big truck.

 

Come to Crete. It is fantastic. May and mid September are the best times as it gets too hot in the summer months.

Knossos palace was very interesting. Imagine the Minoans being the first European civilization. Walk among ruins that are 4,000 years old.

Beer is excellent. Food too. I am not a salad person generally but I loved the Greek salads here. Traditional and those unique to a region. People are super friendly. Alas they cannot make a decent pizza here and the fries are not so good. Interestingly, clubhouse sandwiches are very popular on Crete.

Now waiting for our flight to Amsterdam.

Boy oh boy I love this country.‏

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Today, October 21st, is Trafalgar Day. The day back in 1805 when Admiral Horatio Nelson and the Royal Navy kicked the butt of the combined fleets of France and Spain during the Napoleonic wars. This victory ensured that the Royal Navy ruled the waves for the next 140 years. The victory also ensured that England would not be invaded by Napoleon’s Grande Armee.

Cross the “T” or line.