Managed to scan and copy a legal size document onto legal size paper without cursing at our printer and now I think I need to lie down

One Jeopardy clue today was about the band The Who. I wonder if they'd accept the single word question "Who?" as a response.

I would definitely have tried it.

Curious to see what the exact seats we sit in for Argos games would cost for a World Cup game. Checking. In queue. Not gonna buy. Just curious. Stand by.

here, btw, is the official Jello 1-2-3 DIY recipe (or as they call it, "Do It Yourself Layering Jell-O" as distributed at the Jell-O Museum in Le Roy, New York.

Speaking of products that I miss, here's another one.

I've always wondered if Lotus 1-2-3 (1983-2002) was named after Jell-O 1-2-3 (1969-1996)

Today’s poem is called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.

This Alto high speed rail project is not the right way to spend billions to upgrade train service in Canada.

How about for starters we try to fix what we have now and make it more reliable?

https://blog.hayman.net/2026/04/21/the-alto-misguided-highspeed-rail.html

@shayman Dang, I always thought it was Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.

But hang on a minute. It seems you've been out-retired. The following says that the longest place names in 🇨🇦 are:

3. L’Annonciation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie-de-Nazareth in Québec
2. Cape St. George-Petit Jardin-Grand Jardin-De Grau-Marches Point-Loretto in Newfoundland
1. Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde in Ontario.

#1 kind of feels like a cheat... 🤔

https://www.howderfamily.com/blog/longest-place-names-in-canada/

Also TIL "Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik Lake" (in Manitoba) is Canada's longest place name.

people wonder how i'm putting in the time in retirement

TIL in Canada, "you can only mail bees between March 1 and October 31."

A memory popped up today and I suddenly got nostalgic about the WayTools TextBlade - a super-compact keyboard that I pre-ordered a decade ago but which never shipped (except to a few lucky beta-testers, one of whom I know and he says it actually works pretty well.)

Found this article about what happened.

I still want one.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91249548/waytools-textblade-pocket-keyboard

Chatting with someone about the community band I play trombone in.

"Is that the one that plays down at Bronte park in the summer?"

Yes it is!

"The one with all the old guys?"

um....Maybe there's two bands? Is that possible?

Canada and Australia will be merging, and I am not taking questions.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_NnqVXV1RGA

We are back to see "Sister Act" again and I noticed that this musical has something in common with another favorite musical of mine, "Chess."

Both have songs that rhyme "cloister" with "oyster."

This has been Another Theatre Moment with Steve. Tune in tonight and tomorrow when we go to see the show again.

because it's good. (And our kids are in it. )

So we visited our safety deposit box today, and I'm thinking of what my mother found when she opened my grandmother's.

https://blog.hayman.net/2026/04/17/our-onceadecade-visit-to-the.html

Doug Ford's government: "15% of your high school mark will now be based on attendance."

Also Doug Ford's government: "Ontario legislature takes a break from December 11 to March 23."

#onpoli

People sometimes ask me "Steve, what sort of thing that immediately becomes the highlight of your week these days?"

well, we ordered new socks and they were delivered today.

shock: socks box rocks

amongst the many reasons why this country is superior to that one, we get another couple of weeks to procrastinate about filing taxes.

If Jamie Ding wants to be even more of a Jeopardy legend than he already is, I'd love to see him sit out the entire first round, and still win.

Our local Tim Hortons has just reopened after being closed for a few weeks for a remodel. I came to check it out. They have replaced a cozy fireplace and comfy chairs in one corner with this.

Of course, the annoying sound of something beeping loudly every 15 seconds is still here.

Tim's has lost its way. But I think we knew that already.