It must be the cold remedies but I swear I never noticed these things before or put them together:  •  The BBC is running a show called The Trees That Made Britain. This is likely a good idea and could be transferred to Canada with a show that includes bits on the early use tar from spruce, the …

How better to introduce one of the most powerful people in the world to Canada than taking her to a Tim Horton's in Stellerton, Pictou Co.:  •  “At Tim Hortons, Peter MacKay and Condoleezza Rice playfully argued over who should pick up the tab for his tea and her half-regular-half-decaf coffee …

Studious readers will recall that we have adopted Syracuse Orange kick-off kicker #47 Brendan Carney as our NCAA player of the season. Well, last night was the first game of the season and while Syracuse lost 20-10 to Wake Forest - and who the hell could like a football team named after trees - it …

I can hear them even now - whiff, whiff, whiff. The sound of my new back to school cords, junior high late 70s. Crisp now, they would weigh me down in that cold October rain waiting for the bus, absorbing like a new sponge technology. This is the first bad day in the calendar since February …

Some purchases are better than others and the call to buy the gy-normous sports package for something like 25 bucks a month has turned out to be one of the best. I have decided that I truly like watching sports. You must be shocked. I like playing sports, too, but when it is 9 pm, kids in bed and …

Woke up way too late and had to deal with my friend Manual Spammo. What poor  •  lives these saps must lead to have to cut and past their way now through the  •  handy dandy "are you human" quiz before each comment is posted. Looks like it  •  took longer to post than delete. That is a gain …

It's been a good week here on the coast. Kids have been in a day camp for the  •  first time. Might be the last. You spend your holiday answering to the needs and  •  demands of teen councillors. What is wrong with that picture? Besides, getting  •  them on the bus is too early. Why can't day camp …

We have been comparing notes on satellite radios, podcasting and other innovations and have come to the conclusion that the $7.99 radio that receives simple broadcast in AM/FM is still the superior technology. Why? Surprise without a bill.  •  First surprise. What is so wrong with experiencing the …

Despite all the doom and gloom spouted when it started over two years ago, it is good yet odd to hear Air America is still on the radio.   Good because if you ever actually listen to the pervasive right wing radio of Rush Limbaugh and the legion of mimicking phonies in the US you quickly realize …