• Bathroom Graffiti
    Oct 18 2025

    —SHOW NOTES—

    ◘ A look at some student papers about the bathroom graffiti in various buildings on the Memorial University campus ◘

    Sources

    ◘ Arluke, Arnold, Lanny Kutakoff, and Jack Levin. “Are the Times Changing? An Analysis of Gender Differences in Sexual Graffiti.” Sex Roles 16, nos. 1–2 (1987): 1–7. ◘

    ◘ Bartholome, Lynn, and Philip Snyder. “Is It Philosophy or Pornography? Graffiti at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que.” The Journal of American Culture 27, issue 1 (2004): 86–98. ◘

    ◘ Bruner, Edward M., and Jane Paige Kelso. “Gender Differences in Graffiti. A Semiotic Perspective.” Women’s Studies International Quarterly 3, issues 2–3, (1980): 239–52. ◘

    ◘ Callanan, Ted S. “Latrinalia: MUN Campus.” 1972. University essay, accession number 72-148. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/3512). ◘

    ◘ Frampton, Tony. “Graffiti on the Bathroom Walls.” 1991. University essay, accession number 91-446. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/4498). ◘

    ◘ Fraser, R. Glenn. “Graffiti: The Expressional Outlet.” 1980. University essay, accession number 80-186. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/3065). ◘

    ◘ Halley, Morgiana P. “Women’s Latrinalia: A Diachronic Overview.” 1986. University essay, accession number 87-009. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/1461). ◘

    ◘ Harris, Wesley. “Graffiti.” 1968. University essay, accession number 68-045. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/377). ◘

    ◘ Kinsey, Alfred C. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. W. B. Saunders, 1953. ◘

    ◘ Leong, Pamela. “American Graffiti: Deconstructing Gendered Communication Patterns in Bathroom Stalls.” Gender, Place & Culture 23, 3 (2016): 306–27. ◘

    ◘ MacNaughton, Janet. “Women’s Interactional Graffiti.” 1983. University essay, accession number 83-133. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/8188). ◘

    ◘ Murphy, Clara. “Definition of a Nymphomaniac: Graffiti from Thompson Student Centre, Memorial University.” 1988. Survey card, accession number 88-372. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/1853). ◘

    ◘ Smith, Brent. “Graffiti in the Male Bathrooms at Memorial University of Newfoundland.” 1991. University essay, accession number 91-403. MUNFLA, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (record: https://capelin.library.mun.ca/v/folklore/4335). ◘

    ◘ Trahan, Adam. “Research and Theory on Latrinalia.” In Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art, edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross. Routledge, 2016. ◘

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    10 mins
  • Restaurants, Food Stores, and Food Trucks: Names and Locations
    Oct 12 2025

    —SHOW NOTES—

    ◘ Foods you can get and not get in Newfoundland: names and locations ◘

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    6 mins
  • Restaurants, Food Stores, and Food Trucks
    Oct 11 2025

    —SHOW NOTES—

    ◘ Foods you can get and not get in Newfoundland ◘

    Source—

    ◘ Statistics Canada, “Population by Census Subdivision (CSD), Newfoundland and Labrador, 2021 Census,” February 9, 2022, https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Topics/census2021/PDF/Pop_CSD_Alphabetical_2021.pdf. ◘

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    7 mins
  • Corner Brook: 100 Years with a Pulp and Paper Mill
    Oct 4 2025

    SHOW NOTES

    The paper mill in Corner Brook is a hundred years old

    Sources

    ◘ Alex Kennedy, “Here Are Some of the Newest Mayors in Western and Northern Newfoundland,” CBC, October 2, 2025, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/chaisson-corner-brook-mayor-1.7649828 ◘

    ◘ “Bowater,” Wikipedia, June 7, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowater ◘

    ◘ Harold Horwood, Corner Brook: A Social History of a Paper Town, Newfoundland History Series 3, Breakwater, 1986 ◘

    ◘ Kruger, “Our Locations,” Kruger, 2018, https://paper.kruger.com/locations/ ◘

    ◘ Maddie Ryan, “Kruger Celebrates Corner Brook Paper Mill’s 100th Anniversary with $700M Investment Plan,” CBC, July 25, 2025, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/corner-brook-pulp-paper-100-1.7594413 ◘

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    7 mins
  • Mother-in-Law Doors
    Sep 27 2025

    SHOW NOTES

    On a trip to visit my mother’s home town, I noticed changes in the communities along the way, including in their mother-in-law doors

    Sources

    Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 2nd edition with supplement, edited by G.M. Story, W.J. Kirwin, and J.D.A. Widdowson, Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage, 2025, https://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/ ◘

    The Flanker Dictionary of Newfoundland English, edited by Garry Cranford, Flanker Press, 2018 ◘

    ◘ Kurt Kohlstedt, “Doors to Nowhere: Elevated Front Entries in Newfoundland Raise Questions,” 99% Invisible, April 4, 2021, https://99percentinvisible.org/article/doors-to-nowhere-elevated-front-entries-in-newfoundland-raise-questions/ ◘

    ◘ Nora Reid, “Report on 28 - 30 Young Street, Welland: ‘The Morwood House,” Welland Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, January 1, 1990, https://www.welland.ca/Heritage/reports/MorwoodHouse.pdf ◘

    ◘ “Roamin’ Round,” The Western Star, May 22, 1970, page 4, https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/westernstar/WesternStar19700523.pdf ◘

    ◘ “Roamin’ Round,” The Western Star, September 9, 1972, page 4, https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/westernstar/id/117152/rec/2 ◘

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    8 mins
  • Health Care in Newfoundland: Public and Paid, Doctors and Nurses, Waiting and Waiting
    Sep 14 2025

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    SHOW NOTES

    The overall situation of health services in Newfoundland: facts and personal experience

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    Sources

    ||||| Statistics Canada, The Daily, “Government Spending by Function, 2023,” 2024, https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/241127/dq241127a-eng.htm ||||| ___

    ||||| Statistics Canada, Primary Health Care Providers, 2019, 2020, https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-625-x/2020001/article/00004-eng.htm ||||| ___

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    8 mins
  • A Tiny Trip to Tiny Topsail Beach
    Sep 6 2025

    Wayne visits Topsail Beach

    Sources

    ¦ “Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador),” Wikipedia, July 27, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Island_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador) ¦

    ¦ “Little Bell Island Formation,” Wikipedia, June 24, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bell_Island_Formation ¦

    ¦ NTV, “Webcam - St. Philip’s – Bell Island,” September 6, 2025, https://ntvplus.ca/pages/webcam-stphilips-bellisland ¦

    ¦ William James Reid, “A History of Kelly’s Island and Little Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland,” 1973, History Paper, Memorial University, https://catalogue.nlpl.ca/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:89256/one?qu=Little+Bell+Island+%28Nfld.%29+--+History.&te=ILS [not seen] ¦

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    4 mins
  • Me, Newfoundland, and Solitude
    Aug 30 2025

    Wayne talks about the solitude that both he and his home province experience, and what it tells you about both of them (us) —

    SOURCES

    ¦ “Corner Brook,” Wikipedia, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_Brook ¦

    ¦ “St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador,” Wikipedia, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador ¦

    ¦ Statistics Canada, 1971 Census of Canada: Population, 1973, https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS92-708-1971.pdf ¦

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    9 mins