Twenty years ago, at 4:10 p.m. on August 14, the power went out across eastern Canada and the US, sparking the largest blackout in history. Jean and I both walked home from work and decided to stroll along Toronto’s Bloor Street where members of the public were directing traffic and restaurants were serving meals on the streets because their freezers were kaput and the food would spoil.
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Unless, of course, you’re getting old: you feel cold more no matter what you’re wearing. But there are other defences against the snowy blast. The “seven-day forecast” is one. Another is Vitamin D, especially if it’s cold and dark. Here’s a third: Yuma, Arizona, which is the only place on earth that has more than 4,000 hours of sunshine a year.
So, to brighten up your weekend, here’s the week’s Omnium-Gatherum blog.
Last night, I turned away from the Trump-Biden debate, not because it was another train-wreck, but because it wasn’t. My appetite for viewing curated chaos
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