Fan of Stephen King, Bruce Springsteen, Batman, John Connolly, CB Strike and the Ottawa Senators...not necessarily in that order. And books....definitely books.
🚨 June 2026 Canadian Homicide Statistics 🚨
Canada recorded 45 homicides in June 2026 — a 22% decrease compared to June 2025.
📊 Victims ranged in age from just 7 years old to 78 years old.
Homicides by Province/Territory:
🔹 Ontario: 18
🔹 Quebec: 11
🔹 Manitoba: 5
🔹 Saskatchewan: 5
🔹 Alberta: 3
🔹 Nova Scotia: 2
🔹 British Columbia: 1
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They banned DIFFERENT SEASONS in Utah. Contains STAND BY ME and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, stories of friendship and courage. Readable by teens, too. What's wrong with these people?
🚨#BREAKING: A police officer in Phoenix has rented out an ENTIRE 144-SEAT MOVIE THEATER for over 100 middle schoolers after their end-of-year field trip fell through, so they could see Toy Story 5.
When they got there, he realized many couldn't afford popcorn or drinks...
..so he bought EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM popcorn, candy, and a drink too.
His name is Sean Reavies,
For many kids, it was their first time ever inside of a movie theater in their lives.
When the kids asked how they could pay him back, he told them:
"As you get older in life, help other people. As a payback to me. Would you do that? That's all I ask of you."
MORE OF THIS!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Recently discovered @TimJRSullivan George Cross series. Just finished The Bookseller. Have to wait a bit longer in 🇨🇦 for The Tailor and hope there are many more to come.
This is one of my favorite videos of all time. As a child psychologist, it’s a perfect example of joint attention, preverbal communication, and coregulation.
📹 VIDÉO - #Insolite : Pendant la coupe des griffes, une marmotte semble avoir déjà accepté son destin… tandis que l’autre panique à chaque coup de coupe. Une scène aussi drôle que totalement théâtrale.
carrying a book everywhere you go is important...even if you can't read it...its important to carry one...always..i can't explain it but its important.
.@Peggynoonannyc is absolutely right about this: "The important thing to tell a student entering college or high school: Read."
This is just about the only advice I give anyone anymore, over and over.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!
“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”