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Category Archives: Cool

A Cantic Christmas

By pierre@bedard.com | December 21, 2023 - 10:26 am |September 9, 2024 Cool, Family, History, Short Stories, Writing, Writing Samples
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This is a story about Nicolas Leblanc, a transient who, on Christmas morning, 1953, decides to cross into Canada. Click here for the full article →

Tagged #jeandusud, #purelaine, #theresebedard, #TheSouthShore, amabilis, Bedard, Canada, canadian character series, ennui.press, quebec, sainte croix

typewriter porn

By pierre@bedard.com | November 4, 2017 - 7:36 am |September 8, 2024 Cool, History, Photos
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First came the Selectric II. And now the Selectric I and the IBM Typewriter Model 01. This makes at least six typewriters in the house. Things are trending up Luddite!  But oh, the touch, the feel, the design . . .  Click here for the full article →

Tagged computers, mainframes, nerds, sales, selectric

I saw Norm Mineta and didn’t get a selfie!

By pierre@bedard.com | April 13, 2014 - 10:02 am |May 4, 2022 Cool, History, Travel
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I was flying into San Jose Norm Mineta Airport yesterday. At the gate waiting to board the American Eagle plane I had just landed in was  . . .  Norm Mineta! Click here for the full article →

Tagged hero, Norm Mineta, norm mineta san jose airport, San Jose, SJC

Antonio was here

By pierre@bedard.com | September 21, 2024 - 3:34 pm |September 21, 2024 Cool, Family, History
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The Germans attacked four times the night of 15 September, by the next day the 22nd Battalion was down to 200 men of the original 900. Click here for the full article →

Tagged #memorialday, #remembrance day, #royalcanadianarmy, #thetfordmines, Canada, hero, memorial day, Paul Roy, royal canadian army, sapper, thetford mines

Remember Antonio Roy

By pierre@bedard.com | November 10, 2023 - 7:46 am |November 24, 2023 Cool, Family, History
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On 2 November 1914, my grandfather, nineteen-year-old Antonio Roy, signed up to serve in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Click here for the full article →

Tagged #memorialday, #remembrance day, #royalcanadianarmy, #thetfordmines, Canada, hero, memorial day, Paul Roy, royal canadian army, sapper, thetford mines
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