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Goodbye, dear friend . I learned of Ram 's death on Tuesday evening, from the mother of Ram's wife (Rita, who is also a dear friend). She added that Rita has requested that people not try to contact her. It's now early Wednesday morning, and I am going to bed.

I recently had the privilege of visiting Portugal . What a beautiful country! Ok, so I took a few photos. Want to see some? Stay tuned ...

The quote is from an acquaintance of mine. I'm sure somebody else has said this, but it's a good point!

On February 16th, Hershey announced that they intend to close their chocolate factory in Smiths Falls, Ontario . The factory is about an hour-and-a-half's drive from my home in Ottawa, and as careful planning would have it—I was there today. (The photo of a lamp post that I took, shown to the left, provides some evidence of this.) Like most members of our species, I have—shall we say—"a thing" for chocolate, and Hershey's make some very delectable chocolate treats . I happily carted home several kilos of the stuff from the Hershey Chocolate Shoppe that is attached to the factory. The Visitor's Center also features a "free self-guided tour from an elevated viewing gallery" to see the treats in production, which is pretty cool. What isn't so cool is that a total of about 500 people will lose their jobs with the closure of the factory . As I understand it, 100 positions have already been eliminated and eventually about 400 more people will lose the...

Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885–1954): I could not have acted otherwise, and I therefore accept all that has befallen me with love.

God didn't design humans. Natural selection did it for Her. By the way, when I googled "thought du jour" just now, I got " about 23,100 " results. Double by-the-way, does anyone have a roughly precise (if you know what I mean) notion of what Google means by "about x results"? Triple by-the-way, it almost goes without saying: props to Google !