There should be a holiday for the end of February. Not a first signs of spring party like St. Patrick's or Easter but a "screw you winter" one. Die winter die carols. That sort of thing. What would we do? People already lose it and take axes to iced sidewalks in a fit of winter hate. We would have …

I don't know why this is so silly but maybe it's because I was a thoughtless college yute in the 1980s:  •  Today’s college students are 40-per-cent less empathetic than those of the 1980s and 1990s, says a University of Michigan study that analyzed the personality tests of 13,737 students over 30 …

One of the greatest things about becoming an old fart is learning how much fun it is to be an old fart - especially at Christmas. You don't have to worry about trends, you really don't have to worry about even your appearance and you have a ready made target in all your half-baked humour simply by …

I don't ofter lollygag around Australian small business periodicals but I came across this discussion amongst antipodean social researchers on the effect of the recession on different demographic groups. And who could not like this observation:  •  McCrindle: This is the recession that generation … read more »

Thank God for Family Day. It was great. As we sat around in our pajamas, dilly dallying with unconsciousness, trying to kill of the last of our colds until mid-afternoon when we got to watch the mailman deliver the mail. How delicious to have a holiday that is not applicable to the Federal civil …

Sifting the tea leaves of the place of oneself in the blogosphere and in life is entirely a mug's game. Only idiots care. Yet, I am an idiot. It struck me yesterday when I reviewed the detailed commentary James Bow has written on the 2008 Canadian Blog Awards. Admittedly, it has been some time …

You know somewhere there is a libertarian - or more ironically a group of them - gnashing their teeth at the "nanny state" and other such whacko-nuttery over a UK watchdog's decision to make Apple pull the iPhone ads. I think it is just funny:  •  An Apple iPhone advert has been banned by the …

It is a grand thing when your fantasies and solid factual reality coincide so that your predictions for the playoffs can be as good as mine are:  •  “American League  •  1) Angels vs. Red Sox (Sox in 7)  •  2) Yankees (yeecht!!!) vs. Indians (Cleveland in six)  •  3) Red Sox vs. Indians (Red Sox … read more »