A day to not do anything:  •  “GENERALLY EAST OF ROCHESTER THIS MORNING. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR MODERATE FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ARE NOT THAT FAR OFF TO THE SOUTH WITH …

Wearing shorts shopping yesterday in the 9° C rain has been unexpectedly followed by a double lake effect band over Erie and Ontario dumping snow right now on my house in the pre-dawn. The ever helpful forecast discussion out of the Buffalo office says:  •  “THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION WILL …

The Whig has a good article today about four young officers from the US on exchange at our Royal Military College:  •  “The one big difference they note is that Canadian military drill, based on the British system, is much more physically demanding than the French-derived American parade drill …

An interesting article in the Whig-Standard (now possibly with less immediate linkrot) on the interplay between Facebook and the upcoming annual party that gets out of hand called Queen's Homecoming:  •  “That young people turn so naturally to the Internet to plan their weekend activities in …

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 …

Some neato happening tomorrow as a small group of vehicles will leave Kingston filled with guys who are going to play a game in another country that they have never played before. Heck, even though we've had a batting practice, all nine players have not even been in the same room together yet. But …

Another week is gone. It was a good one except for the Red Sox starting their August collapse a little early. In other sporting news, apparently there was a move to press gang the Chilean U20 soccer team for the Hudson Bay fleet last evening. And I play vintage base ball this weekend in another …