One of my favorite bloggers, John of Argghhh!, has taken indefinite leave. His decision makes me reflect on my daily writing and reminds me of portland's repetition of his wise question - "why the hell do you do that, Al?" I do it for the discipline of typing something over my coffee...which I …

Being a big free speechification kind of guy, I love bumper stickers and their nouveau cousin the magnetic bumper ribbon. I think anyone should not only be free but encouraged to say whatever they want all over their car, their bodies, their front lawn. So enamoured indeed are we that, briefly, a …

The black 1972 Chevy Nova, license plate "Cleatus #1", drove into the Tim  •  Hortons just north of the crossing at St. Stephens, New Brunswick. He had declared the first two-four of Miller Lite and even the second but the cheap gin sat snug in that spot under the rear seat.  •  With all the fuss …

Is it time to cut equalization and other aspects of the massive Federal funding to the anti-constitutionalist PEI government?  •  “ It may be the law, but same-sex couples can't get married on P.E.I. None of the provincial bills that cover marriage have been changed, and P.E.I.'s attorney general …

Delegates review Tantrama City diorama before Time Conference 2007  •  Two years after the decision of the United States in 2005 to alter daylights savings time, a meeting was held with regional leaders to review the trade implications and determine if a regional approach was not now required in …

My policy on panhandling is clear:  •  I buy a lot of crap that costs way too much. What a panhandler gives me materially is more honest. I get a bit of "no thing" in return for a small amount of expenditure. A bargain I understand.  •  I pick favourites. I try to support a few who are there all …

It's always a big day when the Supreme Court of Canada makes a ruling on a Mi'kmaq treaty. Today it is all about R. v. Marshall; R. v. Bernard, 2005 SCC 43. For those who don't know, the Mi'kmaq are the First Nations peoples of Maritime Canada with communities extending into Quebec's Gaspe as well …

Below is the lastest strip in a web based cartoon called Day By Day which a bunch of bloggers post and which drives me nuts. Today's is one of the worst examples but is illustrative of a number of points:  •  It derives its imagery in part from Doonesbury, the long running counter-culturish strip …

With all the news recently, I missed this:  •  “"We're not the public service of __________," he said. "We're not just another department. We are the ___________ Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people."”  •  Fill in the gaps with the name of a country and then check here to see if you …