Got a little Christmassy last night watching Tales from the Green Valley on TVO last night, a 2005 BBC production, in which a number of academics with good teeth live in a 1620's Welsh farm and display how civilized it all would have been without the ignorance, disease, constant use of alcohol and …

After last week's Jane Pitfield debacle where I had a nice talk with the possible future Mayor of Toronto I vowed never to let it happen again. For folk not of the Great White North, this is the new Red Green, Brent Butt of Corner Gas.  •  The scene. I was at the corner of King and Young, exactly …

The last minute races in the east north country seem to be the race for Jefferson County Sheriff, judging by the amount of TV and radio ad money being spent by Dan Larkin, the Republican challenger. I like his URL of www.nodonuts.org. I'll be tracking that one for the internet tomorrow night. Also …

I have not watched any CFL this year so I had no idea that the thing had gone to heck so quickly:  •  “Die-hard fan Aymie Rondeau called for Saskatchewan faithful to purchase gopher puppets from the Riders' online store. "Our goal is to fill the stands with Gainers," she said. "The Stamps may be …

Technology, old and new.  •  To say I had a grand time is the under-estimation of the day. Being a former college radio guy there is nothing better than hanging around the NCPR production studio on the old sofa like the NPR groupie I am. Plus I saw the first decent sticking snow of the year and …

You may just have noticed that I like NCPR public radio out of the neighbouring North Country of upstate New York. Well, it's their membership drive week and this year I was able to help introduce a few people and, whammo ("whammo" in this case being the good work of my colleague Rob), a bunch of …

So we were just sitting there watching Game 4 of the Mets and Cards and up in the kitchen all I am hearing is bluegrass. Apparently we are easing the furrowed brows into sleep by playing a little classical most evenings but little did we know that, low and behold, WCNY plays bluegrass on Sunday …

I am really having a hard time understanding why I like The Unit, a show I recall John of Argghhh having a good laugh about when it first came on last year. This is one of those measurement of my own nature moments so here is what I have so far:  •  I like the man with the State Farm ad voice. Yet …

The BBC's website has the following text accompanying the photo above:  •  “Tavurvur volcano erupts sending ash and rocks over the already devastated city of Rabaul on New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea. The volcano erupted on Saturday, causing some 2,000 residents to flee as lava flowed from …