Ron FinniganApr 20, 20201 minChristmas card: "find a nice lady..."During this pandemic, I decided to complete a project I've put on hold for ages. I have thousands of personal photographs and greeting...
Ron FinniganAug 23, 20191 minThéâtre de l'île - picturesOn Friday, August 23rd, our excursion bus took us to the Théâtre de l'île to see "Les Grandes Chaleurs", a comedy about the relationship...
Ron FinniganAug 9, 20191 minLittle Red Wagon WineryThis is a blog about our recent visit to the Little Red Wagon Winery (Le Vignoble Petit Chariot Rouge) in Shawville Quebec. For now, I'm...
Ron FinniganJul 6, 20193 minNot really a cat person (postcard story*)I’m not really a cat person. Seriously. I’m a dog person and don’t care much for cats. Bernadette was all cats. She had cats on...
Ron FinniganMay 4, 20195 minWelcome to Gay ParisIn the late Summer of 1978, I was invited to the European Managers Annual Meeting in Paris France. I was the youngest member of a...
Ron FinniganJun 9, 20189 minDON'T PANIC!The Layman’s Guide to a post-Brexit Britain is the World’s most popular book, after The Bible. It has sold twice as many copies as the...
Ron FinniganFeb 19, 201710 minBIOBED 10.2My sleeping was up to 23 hours a day now. They had promised my new biobed would provide me with continuous, 24-hours per-day sleep, but...
Ron FinniganDec 28, 201611 minHere Comes the Sun (sequel to Ray Bradbury’s “All in a Summer’s Day”)Introduction: All in a Summer’s Day is a short story written by Ray Bradbury in 1954. It has been adapted into a short 30 minute film,...
Ron FinniganOct 1, 20164 minHow to Stop BulliesShame. That’s the only way. I’m not speaking as a bullying expert. I’m speaking as a victim. This is what worked for me in Grade 7 in...
Ron FinniganOct 18, 20153 minInterviewing Paul"Interviewing Paul" was a follow up blog to "The Fire-Breathing Undergraduate". This blog was originally published in October 2015. When...
Ron FinniganOct 17, 20155 minThe Fire-Breathing UndergraduateThis is one of my favorite blog postings originally published in October 2015. One of this year’s First Year Undergraduates is a...
Ron FinniganOct 14, 20153 minBeing an Undergraduate and a SeniorThe following blog was originally published one year ago on on Carleton University's Learning Log website (http://learninglog.carleton.c...
Ron FinniganSep 2, 20155 minUniversity Then and NowThis article was originally published in September 2015 as a blog on the Carleton University Communications Undergraduate Student...
Ron FinniganDec 25, 20111 minMy First Grey Hair (by my niece)One of my Christmas presents today was this wonderful poem by my niece, Olivia: My First Grey Hair ------------------ Today I found my...
Ron FinniganAug 1, 20114 minHarry's BirthdayHarry dreaded birthdays. His three, very competitive kids would always try to outdo each other every year first with the card they gave...
Ron FinniganJul 15, 20113 minThe PennyYesterday was my 60th birthday, and I was fortunate enough to spend it with all my family. They held a big fancy party with all the...
Ron FinniganJan 7, 20073 minCorncob MikeThings are usually pretty quite on my late evening shift as I monitor the highly automated system that controls the broadcast of news,...