Category Archives: Trout on the Line

My rants, about almost anything

So some times I get too serious

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

But this is not one of those times Now, as a retired old fart I get to do pretty much what I want to with my time, including watching far too much Streaming TV. And not going to the gym. … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 7 Comments

So What the Fuck is Happening in Hong Kong?

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Well, how the fuck should I know? I have only lived here 38 years. Well, to start with, most of the Western Press has got it absolutely wrong. I used to believe in the New York Times and the Washington … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 1 Comment

Do you want to upgrade Java?

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

No I fucking well do not I don’t want to upgrade anything.  I want my gawdamn computer to work the way it has always worked. I don’t want to log on and see a new user interface promising me an … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 2 Comments

Keep Your Eyes on the Skies! Part 2

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

In which more personal experience of high strangeness is reviewed This was originally attached to my Part 1 post as an update on 29 September 2017, but best to make it stand alone. About time I got around to updating … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

American Gun Laws and Mass Shootings

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

…and there is no possible way to make a joke here. Following on from the latest school shooting atrocity in the USA, I have been engaged in numerous polemics on various social media as the predictable – and wholly justifiable … Continue reading →

Posted in Other people's trout, Really scary salmon with great big teeth that hurt like hell when they bite you, This is not a cat video type trout, Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

Anomalies – Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

They just keep getting better Apologies for the length of time between substantive posts, too much time enjoying the Canadian summer, the Hong Kong Autumn and a lot of heavy sailing and a nice Christmas at SDM, plus a sailing … Continue reading →

Posted in Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's plane! It's a trout!!!!!, Spooky trout acting at a distance, Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

One Minute Movie Review: Peaky Blinders

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Okay, so it’s a Series not a movie Trailer here I’ve watched the whole Sopranos series at least twice, same with Boardwalk Empire, and have been mulling over going back and watching them again. But that ain’t gonna happen while … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews, Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

One Minute Movie Review

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again I watched this shivery, savory, slippery, updated, undead creature of the last night with great antici…. … pation, and it was, in a word fabulous, an absolute hoot from the opening scenes right through … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

Victory at Ostrander Point!

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Originally posted on CCSAGE Naturally Green:
Congratulations to Prince Edward County Field Naturalists and to their lawyer, Eric Gillespie, and his team. Fittingly, on the anniversary of D-Day the Environmental Review Panel found that the remedial measures proposed by Gilead…

Posted in Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

One Minute Movie Review

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

…well, it’s still a book but I have no doubt the movie is on the way. This is the most kick-ass crime thriller I have run into since I first met Jack Reacher digging swimming pools in Key West!! Finished … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

Anomalies – Part 1

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

You know you love ’em… After my last three substantive posts, all based in consensus reality I am heartily sick of the real world. From  corrupt politicians in Canada (here’s another one with some really scathing general comments about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 1 Comment

We’re all gonna die… Part 3

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Probably from heart attacks when we open our electricity bills The graphic above was the lead image for a lecture I gave (and was actually paid for!) in October 2012. My brief was to present a 2 hour University level … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

We’re all gonna die… Part 2

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

…but not from the radiation released from Fukushima. About a year or so ago a friend of mine posted this graphic on FB with a title claiming it represented the spread of radiation from the Fukushima release. This was only … Continue reading →

Posted in Really scary salmon with great big teeth that hurt like hell when they bite you, This is not a cat video type trout, Trout on the Line | 1 Comment

Welcome!!

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

You’ve found my personal blog Since I am an opinionated old fart it is nice to have a virtual soapbox where I can pontificate about things that matter to me, concern me, interest me or which I know something about … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

The Adventures of Chas from Tas – Part 2

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Full Book Review – Renegades at Sea: The Adventures of Chas from Tas by Charles Blundell and Juliet Prentice My first review of this book (published here on my own blog) didn’t really do it justice, in particular as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Old trout, probably pretty smelly, Sea Trout, Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

We’re All Gonna Die!!!

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

But it won’t be from Fukushima Radiation No, it will far more likely be from the effects of Climate Change which are undoubtedly causing dire consequences all over the world. I have been working on a post about the misconceptions … Continue reading →

Posted in Really scary salmon with great big teeth that hurt like hell when they bite you, Sauteed trout, This is not a cat video type trout, Trout on the Line | 6 Comments

5 Years On

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

A Blast from the Past I have had another post in the works for about a month or so, involving an adventure I recently had 0n the Sailing Anarchy website. The working title is ‘Tits’ and it doesn’t just just … Continue reading →

Posted in Old trout, probably pretty smelly, Trout on the Line | Tagged , | 2 Comments

On the rocking road to Boracay

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

WARNING!! Contains adult and non-PC content, also sex and mild innuendo and strong language. And rum. Boracay is a tiny Island just North of Panay in the Sibuyan Sea, in the central Philippines. It’s an Internationally famous tourist destination and … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Trout, Trout on the Line | 9 Comments

I hate Toronto International Airport

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

and apparently it hates me… For all you masochists out there seeking a really diabolical air travel experience I heartily recommend Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. To start with, the ground transport links to and from Pearson are positively medieval. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 3 Comments

Movie Review – ‘All is Lost’ (especially credibility)

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

A friend of mine (a landlubber but a nice intelligent person nonetheless) told me to watch this movie. I was put off enormously by the trailer which contained a lot of unconscionable nautical errors. Even so, a number of sailing … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 3 Comments

Comments by Ostrander Point ERT presenter / expert

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Originally posted on CCSAGE Naturally Green:
[Following is a comment (slightly edited) submitted to the Whig Standard recently by Ian Dubin, who was qualified as a presenter and expert witness in the Ostrander Point ERT appeal. He is a civil…

Posted in Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

Its Hell in the East

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Ran out of time for a Doctor’s appointment the other day, did a quick change into a suit for my evening Masonic Lodge function, stuffed everything into my bag and out the door of the flat ASAP, just after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

Cloud Atlas

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Galloping down the home stretch of this astonishing book, I find I don’t want to get to the end of it – so I stop to take a breather and bang the keyboard on this. It is rare to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Other people's trout, Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

Gun laws, eh?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

My last post was a rave about (arguably) the fourth most annoying aspect of Canada, that being Canadian drivers. This rant will take aim at number three, as per the title. Numbers one and two may or more likely may … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 2 Comments

Canadian Drivers

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

The busiest freeway in North America (one of the widest and busiest in the World) is the segment of Ontario King’s Highway 401 (the MacDonald Cartier Freeway) which passes through downtown Toronto. It was designed in the fifties and the … Continue reading →

Posted in This is not a cat video type trout, Trout on the Line | Leave a comment

Mortality

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Not really a very amusing fish That is a small word but it seems to loom awfully large when you see it at the top of a blank page. I suppose it depends to some extent on the circumstances and … Continue reading →

Posted in Really scary salmon with great big teeth that hurt like hell when they bite you, This is not a cat video type trout, Trout on the Line | 5 Comments

The tip of the Iceberg

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Ontario Tories call for halt to wind turbines after gov’t documents released The tip of the Iceberg On January 8 I had a letter published in the Kingston Whig Standard criticizing the Ontario Minister of the Environment’s (MOE’s) approval of the … Continue reading →

Posted in A trout by any other name, would smell as sweet, Trout on the Line | 2 Comments

Well done you Field Naturalists

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Ian Dubin AKA Lord Dubin of Kellett Island

Well done you Field Naturalists Turbines decision overturns Precautionary Principle The Dec. 20 decision by the Minister of the Environment to approve the Ostrander Point Industrial Wind Turbine project is an astonishing and sad display of cynical and manipulative decision-making … Continue reading →

Posted in Trout on the Line | 3 Comments