Dog On A Root

- jim Young “Why doesn’t Schrödinger’s cat use Tinder? It’s already in a superposition of taken and single until observed.” - anon When Erwin Schrödinger visited Toronto he had tickets to the hockey game to see his favourite team, the Toronto Maple Leafs, play the Boston Bruins at the Scotiabank Arena. Just before he was about to leave for the game, Schrödinger's agent called to tell him there was a scheduling conflict and he was due to lecture at the University of Toronto instead. Schrödinger fulfilled his obligation to lecture at the U of T where he illustrated a paradox of quantum superposition through the thought experiment he designed that had become known as Schrödinger's cat. At the end of his lecture, Schrödinger looked at his watch and declared “The hockey game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins has just ended. Just to put my thought experiment of the cat in the box into perspective, as we are here and isolated from the game, it could be said that th...

- jim Young “If any of you cry at my funeral, I’ll never speak to you again.” Stan Laurel I once had an uncle who resisted going to funerals more than most. My aunt would have to cajole him into attending. When she finally broke my uncle down and got him to reluctantly agree to go, my uncle would inevitably say, “Fine. I’ll go. But I won’t have a good time.” To be fair to my uncle, “funeral ceremonies” of the day were sombre and sad events unlike many “Celebrations of Life” that are held in honour of the deceased today. Although the name itself might suggest otherwise, there was never much “fun” at any “funeral” I’ve ever attended. The Celebration Of Life concept on the other hand, became popular in the western world in the 1970s. Many believe it originated with the Irish and their custom of holding “wakes” which are often a happier celebration in honour of the deceased. The Celebration Of Life held this past Sunday in Newmarket for Rod (Talk Turkey with Urqey) Urquhart fit more into t...