Glad that's over. Summer? What was that all about? Reality is back baby and the stock market is falling along as the space hardware. [Remember. It's wrong to wish on space hardware... even when it's aimed at you.] Speaking of collapses, what about the Red Sox? For a fan like me, it's a taste of … read more »

God love the nerds who load information into the internet:  •  Saturday, Sept. 11, 1976 TV listings  •  CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John / Channel 7 Moncton (CBC)  •  12:30 Circle Square  •  1:00 Onedin Line  •  2:00 Space: 1999  •  3:00 Saturday Sports  •  5:00 Water Skiing  •  6:00 Klahanie …

We have had a good crop of tomatoes and basil this year but there is a fair nip in the air so that may be drawing to a close. I don't mind. I picked up a copy of FutureSex/LoveSounds to keep me warm. I may start doing reviews of my new funky collection but suffice it to say that I never imagined …

While the world continues to wobble, drowning in debt to itself caused by buying into the shell game, some in Germany have a plan:  •  The shift was signalled on Friday, when Gunther Oettinger, the top German representative in the European Union, proposed that a bureaucratic invasion force be sent …

I was on a platform in a curling rink in Summerside, PEI after giving a presentation when I heard. I got home as soon as I could and six days later I started writing comments on a blog. For some reason, we had guests from Sweden, in-laws of in-laws who didn't speak English and for a time had a … read more »

...because, it's really the same thing as "the Harper Government" yet it is clearer about his intentions:  •  Erin Junker, a senior communications adviser at Health Canada, responded by email: “This was a directive I received from PCO.” The Privy Council Office is the bureaucratic nerve centre … read more »

You better be meditating on the benefits we all share from the labour union movement this weekend. "Sure, I'll take the day off but don't you dare think for a minute that I like unions." I can hear you. You hypocritical holidaying ingrates. Me, I will be singing "The International" and all my … read more »

Saw Steve Earle last... alive as you and me. It was great. Three hours of a wide range of styles. He was far hairier than in this video, my favorite of his songs. Here's the studio version.  •  There aren't enough good songs about Mainers. Chamberlain. Finest kind.