Well, it was a damn good thing the White Sox got a thrashing last weekend and that the Tigers played well against the Yanks or it would be more like a two game lead instead of six. That being said, the Yankees have played the last two games like...the Yankees. Pettitte and Clemens were both …

Can we be collectively narcissistic? Could it be that too much access and too much information can be too much? What happens to a society when everything is ok and everything should be open and available to and from all? Is it only simply a flourishing or are their limitations inherent either in a …

There are some things I won't put on the beer blog - including some new gack called "Guinness Red". Apparently the much jiggered with recipe moves over the last few decades have done their deed leaving the brewer to consider "the brand is the asset" now that it has destroyed the actual drink …

So at Burning Man it is a crime to...burn the man. You know the free collective spirit of the communal community (that is and then is not - like the wind) can't work without a schedule, people! Not to mention the need to do what you are told by the leadership. This is up there with that Ayn Rand …

It's too bad there isn't an independent body to study stuff that no one wants studies that much. I would submit an application for a grant for a calculation of how much waste computers and the internet have caused:  •  “ "The issue is now you have something that seems to be genuinely irresistible …

None of the above. Like most Canadians, the lack of a compelling leader is either a big problem or an admission that we really do not need someone to tell us what to be, we just need someone to administer. It is interesting that many of our southern nieghbours may feel the same thing if ry is …

Like the vast majority, I don't know enough to write with any particular insight on politics...or most stuff for the most part. But this article in the NYT on Fred D. Thompson has me interested in the what might be. Specifically, someone called President Fred. I thought having a Prime Minister …

I may not write about all of those I see...that lawn mower on a stick, the chopsicle over at the base...but they are out there. Jetsicles and their variants. Yesterday, heading towards a great new microbrewery in old Galt, I saw my first rocketsicle out by the roadside in front of a budget motel …

Amongst all the insane middle-of-the-night thunder and lightning - again - I turned on the radio and heard that the Yankees were tied at six in the 6th inning in Detroit...because, due to rain delay, they only started at 11 pm and finished in extra innings around 3:30 am. Smile and back to sleep …

Don't expect much from me today. What a thunder storm. Like the 1812 Symphony without the orchestra: boom, blam, whammo. What with the many mouths a wailing, not a lot of sleep. I almost wrote "flat chest" up there. One more week in August and therefore in summer. Summer really ends around here in …

I know I go on but all this digital stuff is a bit depressing. Just look at these British stats:  •  “The average Briton now spends 50 hours per week on the phone, using the net, watching TV or listening to the radio. However, the mix of how much time is spent on each one has changed radically …

That whole feeling good about baseball thing, that not judging until the facts are known thing...that may be about to end.  •  I just hope Coco is clean. I have his t-shirt.

Much in the news about the Soviet era bombers again floating around international airspace. Apparently all that windfall oil revenue that is floating into Alberta is also floating into Russia - mention that next time a Calgarian gives you the lecture on the moralnomic superiority of western …

Like most Yankees individually, I have a lot of respect for Mike Mussina who may have pitched his worst game in his worst year last night:  •  “Mussina lasted one and two-thirds innings, giving up seven runs. At the outset, Mussina could not throw strikes. Then he started throwing strikes and got …

I noticed this brief article at the NYT about a blogging convention and thought that was a little weird. Blogging conventions sorta died in 2004-2005 not long after they started. But at least this one has some admission in its own blog that things are different in a post entitled "Is Blogging …

So why do the Tampa Bay Devil Rays call themselves just the "Rays" and not the "Devils" as New Jersey's hockey team does? Dopey and pandering. Who else would a real athlete fear to face more than the Prince of Darkness. Apparently one knuckleballer with his game on:  •  “With Tim Wakefield’s …

Yesterday, we took the Glenora ferry over to Prince Edward County. Easlakia is a ferry fan's dream with five within an hour of HQ and more in the hinterland like those on the Ottawa river and Lake Champlain. Yet, I have never had the ferry captain put on a show like yesterday when, apparently as a …

Find a radio with the long wave band and play your local airport's radio beacon. It is a slow non-stop repetition of its call letters in Morse code. Who knew?  •  Note use by Rush.

Another week has passed. What have we learned? Friday is better than Monday, that's what we have learned - are you kidding?  •  Update: Toronto in 1977 and 2007. Just click on "next day" for the next comparison. 1977 was waaay cooler.  •  The Totalitarian Olympics (and, really, when weren't they …

You know, it is a great idea to set up something that sounds like an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. It just has to turn out to be the best source of truth going. And Canadians are sooooo trustworthy. Dudly Do-right picked up a Canadian Federal government wage, right? Just like the people doing …

Finally an exciting game with the Red Sox winning it in the ninth with Coco driving in Tek from second. Wooo. And the Yankees got blown away by Baltimore. Wooo. Except Boston was playing Tampa, the worst team in baseball. Hmmm. But their Kazmir was pitching, worthy on any roster. Wooo.  •  This is …

This is an interesting article but not necessarily for the intended reasons:  •  “Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin joined Ms. Robertson in her siege against a "business model" of operating law firms that is soul-destroying, outmoded and steadily driving women away from a …

Here is an easy one for the dog days of summer: was Karl Rove a force for good or evil? Remember - on his way out he called you all "the mob" as in he was not going to leave at a time dictated by the mob. When was the last time a public official in a democracy could call the people "the mob" …

Via NYCO, and just for the record, this post is very important not because of its critique of the Dino BBQ but because of its identification of three more worthy WNY BBQ joints to explore:  •  “But there I was, chewing on a rib as Harleys rumbled up and parked next to my outdoor table, thinking …

Gee - another gorge shot...  •  Why is there not more clamo(u)ring for hydro? Ought not every historic lock be wired? Every drop of a drop from up there to down there temporarily barred? While wind farms are beautiful, having now first seen but not photographed the back of Tug Hill from the …

...or is it just an attempt to cross-breed whales and goldfish? This article about NBC's 600 million blown in trying to converge something with something else is illustrative:  •  “Most embarrassing, an effort to increase traffic by introducing a syndicated television program, “iVillage Live …

See the differences?  •  This year I am understanding football more. But not CFL. I have had a drop in my interest in CFL and NHL that I am finding a little disconcerting but, frankly, it's not my fault. No doubt the current national NuGov's determination to undo Canada is a big part of it. Heck …

It's all about the caverns. Name them!!!  •  People say you need three weeks off to get to that point when you can't recall the day of the week, your local phone extension or your boss's wife's name. I am lucky. I get there by about 5:43 pm on any Friday. So I am a little unclear why I am doing …

I got a million of them. Name it!

Why did none of you tell me? This is the best stuff for a summer van drive around Lake Ontario with the family - even with all the slutty drunkenness. Watch for yourselves.  •  But you would know that already. Because you all decided to not tell me.

Name it.

Now that I am back in Canada even after only a few days, I can celebrate the lack of a third colour on the flag, our poor standards for lawn mowing and trimming as well as the capacity of our national leaders to leave all the toys on the political stairway, like these results of Steve's great idea …

We happened upon the site of the torture and deaths of Messrs. Boyd and Parker, circa 1793 today making our way north down the Genesee valley. Wikipedia has a somewhat biased opinion:  •  “Native American raids in Upstate New York compelled General George Washington to send General John Sullivan …

I had suggested we could be on the Wolfe Island Ferry fifteen minutes ago to get to the first the one to Cape Vincent at 8 am but I ain't even packed yet. Why rush?

Just a week off. Just one but, really, it's already begun in my mind. When did it start? When I began planning? When work got quiet from other people being away? It's always better on holiday.  •  Death to the animals update: We salute you, cougar choker!  •  Thanks for nothing, Norma.  •  So even …

I know I am breaking a cardinal sin of social networking but our correspondent and vital connection to Heuvelton has announced on Facebook the birth of his and Laura's bambino. As Hans is an adult male, there is no reference to time of birth, weight, height, gender or name of the child.

There is a new book in Canada called Lawyers Gone Bad which is causing a controversy within the law talking trade:  •  “Lawyers Gone Bad features the story of about 20 disgraced lawyers who faced disciplinary action for offences ranging from overbilling to sexual offences against children, to …

Amuse yourselves. Find something in the archives to read. There are, after all, 3760 posts in there. Something for any taste or political persuasion.

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