Another Black Friday is upon the good folks down south. Local neighbouring news shows people lined up outside big box stores at 4 am and I have to wonder why. I suppose some need that thing and need the 40% off to get that other thing. And I have a sense that we will be soon entering the period …

So, it seems we are off to the races once again:  •  “Prime Minister Stephen Harper has waded into the controversial issue of Quebec nationhood, saying he would introduce a motion recognizing that Quebecers form a nation "within a united Canada."”  •  Time for Newfoundland to speak up - not to …

There are so many things I have yet to figure out: why I still have no snow shovel, why I didn't set my alarm again. That sort of thing. But I am not sure about the US holiday season - when "the holidays" are. I am wondering about this Thanksgiving thing, the one that seems to show up five weeks …

Been a long time since we have had an Olympic boycott based on political dispute. Surely it must be time now if only due to the passing of time and the natural lapse of memory. And surely we should be able to take the foot off the clutch and call for one if we are truly going to lead the way on …

In a move guaranteed to revive rumours of The Party of the Flea, Garth Turner is apparently seeking the status usually reserved for groups of two or more humans:  •  “He said he has decided to quit the Conservatives altogether and will seek legal opinions about how the big parties can be forced to …

I think I am still definitely undecided. I see stories like this and I think that this is not what I want playing out in the national political scene:  •  “Bob Rae says he can position the Liberals as the best option to take on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives because his leadership …

I don't know why my head is fudge as I did not get up at 4:30 am this morning. Yet it is Friday which has its delights and demands...including bullet point chitchattery.  •  I did stay up to watch the Louisville v. Rutgers game which was amazing. The field goal kicker getting a second try at …

...chich-a-tee-chick-chich-a-tee-chick-chich-a-tee-chick-chich-a-tee-chick...  •  You know why Trudeau should have gone all France and built that high speed train in the Quebec-Windsor corridor?  •  ...chich-a-tee-chick-chich-a-tee-chick-chich-a-tee-chick-chich-a-tee-chick...  •  So I did not have …

As of 5:37 am. Click here for actual interactive map.  •  I must seem an entire nerd to be typing at 5:08 am but there is this course I am on tomorrow which means there is this train I am on tomorrow. And that train leaves town at 5:25 am. Last time I took it I felt like a wet shoe box for two …