The Glass Character
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Why I HATE "mental health"

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I hate buzzwords and fads, and they exist in every single area of human endeavour. The one I hear repeatedly now is "mental health...
Monday, August 16, 2021

The Troll Doll Channel: GRIM REAPER and COOL SKATER!

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These two represent the alpha and omega of trollhood. As Bob Dylan puts it: "I sleep with life and death in the same bed." 
Sunday, August 15, 2021

🤡CARNIVAL FROM HELL😲 (badly-damaged film)

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This was one of the worst-damaged pieces of film I've ever seen. How I love the sparkling surrealism, the sense of bombs going off every...
Friday, August 13, 2021

🌞GOOSE ON THE LOOSE: Canada Geese TRAMPLE Goose Barrier!🌞

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Geese don't read signs very well. Or maybe they read them TOO well, and just ignore what they say.

Take a gander (or take a goose!)

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I don't know why I've had this rather inane nursery rhyme repeating in my head lately. I don't know how it got started. I'm ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Tell Tale Tit (your tongue shall be slit)

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This was one of those accidental finds. For some reason a line from a nursery rhyme popped into my head - no, wait, it was something I read ...
Friday, August 6, 2021

HOLY SHIT, BATMAN!

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Kenneth Hagin causes a man to fall out of his chair in a paroxysm of religious ecstasy, just by waving his hand around his head. Must be a m...
Thursday, August 5, 2021

Every once in a long time. . .

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Below is a nice little unexpected comment on a YouTube video I made several years ago, about Harold Lloyd and my struggles to capture his e...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

The Troll Doll Channel: GIANT Dam Trolls!

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One of the more gratifying aspects of troll collecting has been sharing them on my YouTube channel. I suppose this gives me an excuse to buy...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The PHILCO PREDICTA Guy!

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My favorite part of the Philco Predicta ad. This is the Philco Predicta guy.

😲WOW, WOW, WOW!! 1965 Philco PREDICTA TV Commercial🙄

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The Philco Predicta was quite possibly the ugliest piece of electronic equipment ever made, let alone the ugliest TV set. Yet its "futu...
Friday, July 30, 2021

False Prophet

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This is the Summer of Bob, but then again, it has been that way for 50 years. This song is actually helping me to walk. My pace has slowed w...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Cute Lamb Needs Attention

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Just something cute to get you through the day. Yes, it has come to this!
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

MASSIVE Canada Goose colony in Barnet Park!

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My wild goose chase and other bird adventures are keeping me sane right now (as sane as is realistically possible, that is). This goose colo...
Monday, July 26, 2021

FIFTY SHADES OF EVIL: common traits of cult leaders

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Here are the typical traits of the pathological cult leader (from Dangerous Personalities) that you should watch for:  1. He has a grandiose...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Matchbox Cats

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Colorado-based artist Arna Miller uses vintage style packaging, advertising, and illustrations as inspiration for her goofy creations. The s...
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Margaret Gunning
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Welcome to Margaret Gunning's blog: a tribute to the strangeness of the ordinary. Ms.Gunning is the author of The Glass Character (Thistledown Press), her paean/tribute to the brilliant silent screen comic Harold Lloyd. Researching and writing this novel celebrating Harold's legacy and legend was by far the most compelling (and fun!) experience in her long and varied writer's life. The novel is available on Amazon and Kindle, Thistledown Press, and other major book sites. Her previous novels, Better than Life (NeWestPress) and Mallory (Turnstone Press) explore her lifelong fascination with family secrets, alienation, and the surprising joys of the ordinary. She has also written hundreds of book reviews (Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Toronto Globe and Mail) and newspaper columns for small-town papers across the country. Her philosophy: "Everything that happens is happening for the first time."
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