My greatest hobby is collecting anything to do with pioneer aviation - including airmail - okay I confess I’m also a stamp geek. Yes, I am a philatelist - and proud of it. But as an extension of my passion for early airmail stamps, I also collect all things dealing with pioneer flight.
I just acquired [...]
Entries Tagged as 'History'
Pioneer aviation and my latest acquisition
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Aeroplanes · Airplanes · Aviation · Early Flight · History
Another journey along Canada’s Highway of Heroes
November 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Two Canadian soldiers and their interpretor were killed in the early hours of the morning today. While we slept soundly here in Canada, Corp. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp of the 5th Field Ambulance in Valcartier and Pte. Michel Levesque of the Royal 22nd were killed when their light armoured vehicle hit an IED. Three other soldiers [...]
Tags: Canada · Good Citizen · History · War
The decline of the articulate insult - some random thoughts
October 19th, 2007 · 7 Comments
I’m at my usual place - my favourite cafe, eating and drinking cappuccinos and have begun to ponder the decline of the articulate insult. Insulting one’s opponents was an art form no so long ago. It took flair and certain amount of literary panache to come up with an intelligent insult. Today, alas, insulting someone [...]
Tags: History · Illiterate · Obnoxious People · Politics · Rants
Cardinal Wolsey - I need your insight - The Tudors on showcase
October 16th, 2007 · 10 Comments
I haven’t watched this new show, though it is hard to miss the ads for it. Huge posters pepper the streetcars and subway stations here in Toronto. It’s a Showcase tv miniseries about the life of young Henry VIII.
There is something unsettling about the posters. The title character - Henry of course - has been [...]



