It ended up not being that idle. Taxes yesterday. Driver's license renewal Tuesday. I'm wiped. Must save up energy to pray for Morton tomorrow.  •  Here is the sound of someone singing in 1860. Here is what it means.  •  Funny how people have long memories.Interesting to note that baseball …

This piece by Paul Wells is one of the best summaries of the nature of the Federal Conservative government I have seen yet, especially this observation:  •  “...understand this: if anyone ever manages to beat Stephen Harper fair and square in a general election, we will see a display of …

Having a week off is swell and all but I really have never taken one off without any plan to do some travel or big project. The only plan was to explore my idleness. Has this been wise? Let's review:  •  Until about 11:00 am yesterday, I was going to Syracuse to see the game between UMass and the …

Is that it?  •  “Undeterred by the slowdown unfolding south of the border, Canadians kept shopping in January, scooping up new cars, building and outdoor home supplies, furniture and clothing. Statistics Canada said Tuesday that retail sales rose 1.5 per cent to $35.8-billion in the first month of …

Day four of Idle-fest 2008. What better time to consider the sugar beet? In PEI, a company setting up to produce biofuels may move elsewhere due to further review of their plans:  •  “The provincial environmental and renewable industries committee on Tuesday released a report recommending a new …

Not really. But I am going:  •  “Massachusetts beat Akron, 68-63, with a 22-5 run to end the game today, which means the Minutemen will travel to the Carrier Dome on Tuesday to face Syracuse in the NIT quarterfinals. Of course, the two teams are familiar with one another. UMass defeated Syracuse …

As the recession talk heats up and the economy slows, what can we expect from the conspiracy theorists and fear mongers? I mean, what better time to get out our finger-pointing and scapegoating skills than when jobs are disappearing and bank accounts and emptying. And I don't mean shadowy figures …

Here we are on the last religious holiday left in the calendar. Somehow merchandisers have yet to figure out how to take advantage of Jesus on the cross to sell me a chocolate lump or to fashion an ad campaign for cars. For a brief while in high school there were a spate of Good Friday jokes like …

I wanted to feel for Mr Horsley, the scandalous author barred from entry to the US this week as, frankly, scandalous authors are so unimportant that they should not register on any biometric or X-ray monitors at any airport. But little did I realize that he was also a big jerk:  •  “In interviews …