Driver karma, finally

Good morning, officer
London, ON
July 2026
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Sometimes karma drops in when you least expect it.

Like when you’re walking the dog and a stealthy EV police unit pulls someone over for driving like a doofus.

The driver of this lovely Mercedes coupe is no stranger to the neighbourhood. Despite the fact that he has a vanity plate - SEIZEDAY - that makes him ridiculously easy to remember, he has driven like an idiot on multiple occasions in recent months.

I notice these things while walking the dog because a) you can hear this one coming from a mile away, and b) I need to keep my head on a swivel to avoid being hit by the dorks like him who think streets are race tracks.

So it was a lovely surprise when he got nailed not far from home. This being the first time in decades that I’ve seen any on-street enforcement in this part of town - seriously, none - I felt compelled to record the moment.

If anything, it’ll give me a reason to smile when this entry pops up in some future memory. Sometimes justice is served. Not often enough, mind you, but I’m okay starting with this single example.

Fingers crossed this guy starts seizing something else.

In the meantime, profound thanks to the London Police Service - Canada for making the streets safer in our corner of town, and for using such an awesome vehicle in the process.

#ldnont #canada #traffic #roadsafety

My birthday wish for the country

Maple leaf forever
London, ON
May 2026
This photo originally shared on Instagram

I feel torn as Canada celebrates its 159th birthday today.

On the one hand, it’s a pretty wonderful country. In just about every global ranking, we’re somewhere near the top of the heap. Everyone seems to really like us. Even Americans stitch the maple leaf onto their backpacks when they travel.

On the other hand, all countries have warts, and Canada is no exception. We have blind spots around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Not everyone feels equally welcome or supported. Hatred runs rampant here while various levels of government choose to look the other way. Our leaders are great at virtue signalling, but little else.

It hit me this week as I finished up the recycling on the front lawn. We had finished a box of Manischewitz matza and I was arranging everything inside the blue bin. When the flattened box ended up on top of the cardboard pile, I looked at it for a second before deliberately burying it out of sight.

See, I’m a Jew, and in Canada in 2026, I still feel compelled to suppress obvious signs of my background - even in my blue box - for fear of being targeted before the recycling truck shows up the next morning.

Because we are led by a prime minister and others who speak out of both sides of their mouths on issues of hatred for fear of losing the support of the majority who think nothing of hating folks who aren’t exactly like them.

Because my community has to hire security to protect us from haters who routinely shoot real bullets into our synagogues, schools, and community centres.

Because Jews, Jewish businesses, and Jewish institutions are being not-so-randomly attacked while leaders like Toronto’s mayor, Olivia Chow, wantonly ignore the rising tide and not so tacitly add fuel to it.

Because not all of us feel safe enough to even identify as being different in the first place. So we quietly hide who we are and hunker down under the radar.

That’s Canada at 159, and it all feels so very un-Canadian.

We can do so much better, yet we seemingly choose not to.

Why is that?

#ldnont #canada #canadaday