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Thought of the Day - March 16 2022 - Farewell
This is the last post of the Daily COVID Neighbourhood Blog, so I thought it only fitting to pass on some thank-yous. First thanks to...
Cliff Fraser
Mar 16, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - March 15 2022 - Once Upon a Time - Final Chapter
Another month has passed and so it is time to tell the final part of our tale ( Thought of the Day - September 6 2021 - Once Upon a Time,...
Cliff Fraser
Mar 15, 20223 min read


Thought of the Day - March 7 2022 - 100% of Canadians Have Had COVID
Here we are back in Canada. We survived mixing with the masses, managed to obtain negative rapid test results (the resort provided the...
Cliff Fraser
Mar 7, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - March 3 2022 - Hand (in)Sanitizers
As you may have seen at the end of February there was yet another set of Canada-wide hand sanitizer recalls. It seems this time...
Cliff Fraser
Mar 3, 20222 min read


Thought of the Day - February 14 2022 - Pandemic Dating
Here we are Valentines Day 2022. I thought it fitting to provide a quick update on all the "dating vernacular" that has evolved during...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 14, 20223 min read


Thought of the Day - February 2 2022 - Once Upon a Time - Part III
More months have passed and so it is time to tell the third part of our tale ( Thought of the Day - September 6 2021 - Once Upon a Time,...
Cliff Fraser
Feb 2, 20224 min read


Thought of the Day - February 1 2022 - 恭喜發財 (Gung Hai Fat Choi)
In the last while the blog has been focussing more on COVID than on the Neighbourhood, so a change today! Trust you are all doing well....
Cliff Fraser
Feb 1, 20221 min read


Thought of the Day - December 16 2021 - Keeping the Public Distracted
You can't make this up. Rather than spend money on research that could prove to the public that Vitamin-D, Zinc, Invemectin, nasal spray...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 16, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - December 15 2021 - COVID Crossword 2021
Scary to think when the Neighbourhood Daily Blog started early in 2020 I never thought it would be needed for a year. Now here were are...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 15, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - December 14 2021 - Fighting Stupid with Stupid
When I saw this headline I could not resist posting on the blog. As you know one recurring theme during COVID times has been the issues...
Cliff Fraser
Dec 14, 20213 min read


Thought of the Day - November 19 2021 - Once Upon a Time - Part II
Several months have passed since the first part of our tale was written ( Thought of the Day - September 6 2021 - Once Upon a Time ). For...
Cliff Fraser
Nov 19, 20214 min read


Thought of the Day - October 25 2021 - 500th Blog!
Who'da thought some twenty months ago, when things started to get serious here in Canada, that I'd still be at it. It has been quite a...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 25, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - October 21 2021 - A Randy Surprise
Decades after it was stolen, rock star Randy Bachman has finally found the rare guitar he used to compose hits like "American Woman" and...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 21, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - October 14 2021 - COVID Marketing
I saw an ad the other day for Buckley's for Dry Cough. Wow, I thought, I will look a little deeper, check in to this new Buckley's...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 14, 20211 min read


Thought of the Day - October 11 2021 - Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving fellow Canadians (notice I did not say "all y'all", you guys need to wait another six weeks, by then the snow will be...
Cliff Fraser
Oct 11, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - September 20 2021 - What's In A Name?
First it was the WHO moving away from the colloquial names for the SARS-CoV-2 variants ( Thought of the Day - June 4 2021 - Announcement...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 20, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - September 6 2021 - Once Upon a Time
This week I have a series of heavy topics. Canada is currently at an important juncture (socially, economically, politically, and oh, as...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 6, 20214 min read


Thought of the Day - September 2 2021 - Who's Been Vaccinated?
Bud: ‘You can’t come in here!’ Lou: ‘Why not?’ Bud: ‘Well because you’re unvaccinated.’ Lou: ‘But I’m not sick.’ Bud: ‘It doesn’t...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 3, 20213 min read


Thought of the Day - September 1 2021 - Pfizer US FDA Approval
I have been asked by a couple of people: "What is this announcement that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has only just been approved by the...
Cliff Fraser
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Thought of the Day - August 26 2021 - The Prediction
Here we are a solar cycle later after a prominent astrologer made their pandemic prediction: Thought of the Day - August 12 -...
Cliff Fraser
Aug 26, 20211 min read
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