3.5 billion? That is a lot. That is around as much as is spent on beer in Ontario annually, by the way. But some programs are being cut for reasons explicable by the voice of government, the press secretary of the PMO:  •  Kory Teneycke, the Prime Minister's press secretary, declined yesterday to …

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 …

I am being whisked away after work to a Gen X at 40 authorized event, the first game of the Watertown Wizards 2007 season. Should be fun as it is supposed to be stinking hot and, at a buck a ticket for kids, a great deal.  •  The G8 summit is wrapping up and I am worried again about Russian …

So if that is the logo of the 2012 Olympics, what will the slogan be: "London 2012 - Bljezjef Braznats!!!" ???  •  That has to be the stupidest thing I have ever seen. And here is what some twits associated with the choice say:  •  “"The new emblem is dynamic, modern and flexible, reflecting a …

Summer is coming soon, right?

It was a pitchers' duel last night between the Sox and the Mariners. Dice K was really good but Seattle's Felix Hernandez was an entire class better. It was quite the thing to see screw ball action pitches in the top of an inning being followed by 99 mile an hour fastballs in the bottom …

How many ways can you write the same thing week after week before there is any coffee on the desk in front of you?  •  It's the Kingston Brew Pub's Wellie Toss tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm. We are talking the kids as this is the closest thing we have to a good cheese roll around here. Wellie Boot …

Like John where you can find more, I miss Calvin and Hobbes, which in my mind tussles only with Peanuts for the title of the greatest strip cartoon ever. Look at that above - if I have to give a review, it is that it is pure brilliance.

Gary's legion of pigs advancing across the sward in front of a briefly deactivated blue screen have got me both a'feared and anxious to see Attack of the Pig Banks!!!