The Province of Ontario has a total area of 9,984,670 km2 of which 9,000,000 km2 is either farmland, forest or impenetrable igneous rock which geologists have affectionately named The Canadian (Precambrian) Shield; Not to be confused with the post-Cambrian, menopausal-Cambrian or bi-Cambrian Shields. In the 1960s, NASA sent astronauts to Sudbury’s nickel mine slag heaps to do practice runs on its hostile terrain because it made for a close approximation of the surface of the Moon. When they actually got to the Moon, much to NASA’s surprise, there were no nickel miners to be found.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 4: ONTARI-ARI-ARI-O by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags Big Nickel, Bob Segarini, Canadian Shield, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gasoline Alley, Gordon Lightfoot, Hwy 17, Hwy 400, Jaimie Vernon, James Worthington, Kenora, NASA, Newmarket, Orillia, pre-Cambrian, Saulta Ste. Marie, Skylark, Sudbury, Temagami, the moon, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway on July 20, 2020 by segariniPat Blythe – SING! Toronto, Jeff Jones Trio and …Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Ault Sisters, Beyond The Cage, Bob Segarini, Cherry Cola's, Countermeasure, Craig Riddock, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie and Quincy Bullen Jazz Review, Eddie Bullen, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Freeplay, Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Trio, JJ3, Little Magic Sam, luvthemusic, Melissa Ogden, Mzansi Acappella Ensemble, NASA, Nelson Mandela, Pat Blythe, Patricia Silver, Retrocity, Reuben Cherry, Sam Taylor, SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival, Sister Someone, Swagger, The Swingles, Young People’s Theatre on June 8, 2019 by segarini
I am still in awe of what happens every time I step out the door whether it’s for a walk, head to a club, meet a friend for a meal, hop in the vehicle and drive….somewhere, photograph a festival, have a random conversation with someone you just met…..something totally unexpected invariably transpires, something I was totally unprepared for. Whether I’m learning it or experiencing it at least it’s consistent. Standing back and studying the broader picture I find there are a hundred million large and teeny tiny connections, that, as the universe unfolds and does its thing, links us all together. Whether it’s a person, a concert, a band, a type of music, an experience, a friend of a friend, we are all our own “six degrees of separation”. I find it all rather fascinating……and I’m still in awe.
JAIMIE VERNON – MY SUMMER HOLIDAY 1975 – PART 1
Posted in Opinion with tags Big Nickel, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Trans Canada Highway, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Expo 67, Jaimie Vernon, Kenora, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, moon landing, NASA, North Bay, Ontario, Orillia, Port Arthur, road trip, Route 17, Sault Ste. Marie, Skylark, Sudbury, Summer Holiday, Theselon, Three's A Crowd, Thunder Bay, Travel, WW2 on June 6, 2015 by segarini
For those remotely following along at home you may know that my current day gig is to impersonate a security guard at cemeteries around Toronto. On Sunday and Monday nights I’m usually assigned to Pine Hills in Scarborough. Many of my relatives are buried there as I’ve posted most recently in acknowledging my mother’s mother’s 100th birthday.
JAIMIE VERNON – SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER
Posted in Opinion with tags Aliens, Amazing Stories, Apollo, Astronauts, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Civilization, climate change, comet 67-P, DBAWIS, deforestation, Don't Believe a Word I Say, dystopia, Earth, Einstein, Europa, European Space Agency, explorers, famine, flying cars, Ford, Gene Roddenberry, gold mine, Hubble Telescope, Industrial Revolution, Interstellar, inventions, Jaimie Vernon, Jupiter, Mars, Moon, NASA, Puritans, Solar System, Space, space travel, Spanish, Star Trek, Star Wars, static cling., Tesla, The Final Frontier, time travel, transporter, Virgin Galactic on November 15, 2014 by segarini
On November 19th I will be 51 years old. I was born three days before the Kennedy assassination so that puts me in a respectable place to look at a half-century of human endeavour and simultaneous failings with some authority.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 