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12/12/2024

If this doesn’t make you chuckle, don’t blame me!

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06/10/2024

Second only to the memoir project (but, perhaps just as important) is my “Farewell Tours” project. A couple of years ago I realized that, as I have joined the ranks of the aged, there are a number of special friends who have been important parts of my life for many years and they are getting long in the tooth too.

So, I started visiting long missed favourites in 2022: Montreal, Montpelier, VT, Cambridge, MA and Ithaca, NY; Sebringville, ON and Chapala, Mexico last year. Fortunately, most of these friends are still thriving but two have died since my visit. My Farewell Tour # 4 is planned for later this year. Phone calls and texts are fine but not the same as in person time with those you care about. And just last week, a longtime business friend suddenly died that another colleague and I had been planning to visit in a nearby city. We had been trying to schedule the day visit for months but we waited too long.

Is there someone you’d like to get in touch with after a long absence? Please don’t wait to pick up the phone and schedule a visit.

05/30/2024

Some key developments since I last left a message here:
1. My life companion and author of “Damaged Angels”, Bonnie Buxton, succumbed to Alzheimer Disease in November of 2022.
2. Because of other responsibilities and my age (I’m now 87), I decided it was time to retire.
3. A new Board of Directors was created for FASworld Canada and the new President is Carol Gauthier.
4. the new Board has updated the name of the organization to FASD Canada and can be reached at [email protected]
5. I will continue to comment on this page and welcome comments and suggestions on all topics.
6. I plan to write with a focus on my memoir and will be glad to hear of any reminiscences on any subject concerning interactions with Bonnie and me over the years.

Please stay in touch. All the best, Brian
[email protected]

09/30/2022

I know it’s only symbolic, but symbols matter.

09/30/2022

BreakingNews Out of Russia:
The residents of Anadyr, capital of the Chukorka Autonomous Okrug, have overwhelmingly voted to join Canada as a Provisional Territory. Mayor Ivan Liman was thrilled to report that I’ve 90% were in favour of Canada over the USA. As Mayor Liman said, “We looked at health care and preferred the single payer approach that we’re used to. And we sure didn’t want to exchange Russian oligarchs for American ones. We’re also counting on getting better deals on Sorel hi top mukluks and Canada Goose anoraks. When asked about policing on Chukotka, the Mayor simply shrugged.

03/09/2020

Shouldn't this info be part of every S*x Ed Class?

Women of childbearing age who are sexually active with men must avoid alcohol unless they always use reliable contraception.

The American College of Gynecology and Obstetrics (ACOG) produces this advert to remind us that alcohol is a teratogen (cause of prenatal damage).

Because at least 50% of pregnancies are unplanned, and many women are unaware they’re pregnant for weeks following conception — a crucial developmental period — both women and men can only ensure that when they have in*******se they must abstain from drinking to prevent the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure from touching their baby. And if they drink, they must properly use birth control to prevent pregnancy.