That is what I wish for you all. The gift of fabulousness. This season brings out the fabulousness in all of us and lets us witness the fabulousness in each other - in friends, family as well as strangers. Be fabulous to each other and to yourself. That is the true meaning of the season.  •  One …

Busy morning at the beer blog. Dealing with a sponsor and helping a foreign brewery understand the Ontario marketplace not to mention editing a piece from Knut of Norway.  •  So, while I slave digitally (note that pun!!!) and especially after yesterday's debacle, we'll have a test to see if you …

Pure Stuff in its Elemental Form  •  Once again, the Flea has confessed as to my brilliance on the question of stuff which has led me to the realization that there is a vast opportunity to supply the stuff that one needs but does not get in this digital world. It seems also to me that there is …

The Toronto Star has an update on the slow but now steady recovery of Trevor Greene, my fellow Kingsman, who was seriously injured in Afghanistan last spring. Best wishes for him and his family are being posted here. My thoughts are certainly with him and his family at this time of gathering and …

Is this the ides of Yule? Hard to tell with mid-December temperatures in the 10C/50F range. 55F in Watertown, NY today. It is slowing down around town - the university emptying out, folks daydreaming of Christmas cake soon to come, people writing Christmas cards instead of clamouring in the …

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!!!

Anyone who can insult me, inform me, confirm my fears, correct me, and create a new icon for the 21st century - the crazed angry chemist - is all right by me.  •  Best. Comment. Ever.

Mets!!! I got the news in my Baseball Hall of Fame newsletter by email today. Excellent but this may make for a more difficult ticket to compared to last year. Gary may have to do a service to the good of GX40:  •  “The 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame Game will feature a flashback to the 1969 World …

Hitting the road today to have lunch with Gary in Ithaca and do some Christmas shopping. SO i have to make this quick.  •  First, there is a bloggers bash in Toronto tonight. I am not going but these people have no idea what I look like so if you are in Toronto go the party and say you are me …