The funniest thing? At the beginning of the game, TSN had a camera in the living room of the Prime Minister's house, the whole family gathered as it on a stage dressed in various reddish sweaters. Yet, during the five goal third period collapse, the camera never when back to their grim response to …

It would be a joke of the quote read the other way. We all know this about the CBC - and that it is not an over abundance of anti-Americanism so much as an absence of actual creativity - so who really cares?  •  Or should I really be concerned about how Canada is represented on, you know, reruns … read more »

Take a day off and what do you get? No bullets until the second half of the afternoon. Hard to write bullet points when you are not all that conscious. That's all I can say. Punishment? The Wiggles are on now. Not having a plan leads to such things. I had a plan but when I booked the time off to … read more »

Did I mention I like Peter MacKay? I think he is the guy that will call Harper out. The cap was a good call. Maybe it's the long game. Nova Scotians have long memories. I would vote for him. I know people that know him. That isn't bragging. Cottage neighbours. Classmates. Campaigners. Real humans …

It's off to North Country Public Radio again today. I took the day off to pretend to answer phones as I chat with the staff and volunteers who keep the great ship of radio afloat. I have to deliver the Kingston prizes, too, so I beter get over there. I have been doing this for a whle now: 2005 …

Sad news of the death of NPR's Daniel Schorr but there is an interesting note in the obit on conservative paranoia over the role of the news media:  •  For all the history that he reported, Dan Schorr will always be remembered for the moment he stood before live television cameras in 1974 with a …

So, it's already Vickie's birthday. Just a few days ago it was Christmas 2009 and now it May 2-4. Drug stores are full of the spice of fireworks, tools of destruction that we were denied in my Maritime youth. The neighbours will spray the area with Roman candles for the next three dusks after …

Very happy with the new Doctor Who, not least of which is Space repeating the episodes a few times so that you are guaranteed a chance not to miss it even if the weekend is busy. Being reasonably obsessed, I was also happy to see that there were more than a few references to other earlier episodes …

The prospect of a two day weekend has me depressed. The March break morphing into Easter weekend has practically meant a month of part weeks and long napping opportunities. How will I manage my time, fitting in some doing of things with all that not doing of things?  •  What about the Scots … read more »