Legendary sportswriter Red Fisher announced his retirement this morning after 58 years of covering the Montreal Canadiens.Just when I was about to maybe have the chance to say I edited his stories — drat and damnation.M’learned colleague Dave Stubbs (of whom you may also have heard) wrote a very nice
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Continue readingthe woodshed: Doc Watson – RIP
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Continue readingthe woodshed: Make a little noise
I don’t think this is about tuition hikes anymore. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Continue readingthe woodshed: Back on the air
As you can hear (automatically, if you don’t want to hear, just go to your right and hit the pause button) Radio Woodshed is back on the air after a long hiatus. We will be broadcasting pretty much 24/7 with cleverly compiled playlists and occasional forays into live DJing (I’ll
Continue readingthe woodshed: But the boomers were ‘entitled to their entitlements’
Nice piece by John Moore in the National Post on just who is and is not whining about entitlement. Setting aside the fact that this intergenerational hectoring dates back to Socrates, let us ask: Who exactly is making the charge? Quebec has had low tuition rates for a half century.
Continue readingthe woodshed: Credit where credit is due
Hurray for Constable Bubbles. He has done the right thing in identifying fellow police officers who broke the law. More cops should do the same. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Continue readingthe woodshed: No bad jobs, just lazy Canadians
“There is no bad job. The only bad job is not having a job.You do what you have to do to make a living.”–Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (WARNING: As with most things related to Jim Flaherty, the following is decidedly not safe for work, unless you work in the porn
Continue readingthe woodshed: Apparently you can’t make a casserole without pepper
How do you get half-a-million Montrealers into the streets when hockey season is over? Pepper-spray them off the terrace at the corner cafe. (if the title of the post confuses you, maybe this will clear things up) Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Continue readingthe woodshed: holiday Monday is all right for uke fighting?
the originalthe cover For 14 years in Japan, this was my homesickness theme song. I even got to perform it with a local jazz band in my local pub a few times… Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Continue readingthe woodshed: Why I Support the Quebec Student Protests
Because this is what the other side does. My French isn’t good enough to follow the conversation very precisely, but that doesn’t really matter. There is nothing anyone could have said to that police officer short of a direct threat to their life and limb that would justify the use
Continue readingthe woodshed: Abso-fucking-lutely
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Continue readingthe woodshed: That will teach them
Masked thugs run amok at G20 summit in Toronto So another report has blasted the Toronto Police and OPP for their misdeeds during the G20.I’m sure the harsh punishment meted out against al the police officers who broke the law will teach them the error of their ways and stop
Continue readingthe woodshed: The vilest thing I’ve seen in a long time
Dear human race,I am very, very disappointed in you.Sincerely,Rev.Paperboy P.S. Is it something in the water in parts of the country? Does repeated exposure to loud bangs cause some kind of subtle brain damage? Is it blood poisoning from sucking on lead bullets? Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with
Continue readingthe woodshed: Reading list update
An update on my Read 50 Books This Year project: 17. Another Day Another Dungeon by Greg ConstikyanA lighthearted comic fantasy novel that reads like a session of Dungeons and Dragons among a reasonably intelligent group of friends with decent senses of humour. Not as over the top as Robert
Continue readingthe woodshed: A proud day
Not only did I start a new job today as copy editor for a national newspaper chain (that’s right Canada: I M IN UR PAYPUR EDITIN UR NOOZE) but my son, 12, greeted me when I came home with the news that he is going into the family business. He
Continue readingthe woodshed: Harmonica Players Suck (Except When They Blow)
Free 28-page guide to blowing (and sucking) your brains out.Make music (or a reasonable facsimile thereof)!Amaze your friends!Confound your enemies!Annoy the hell out of your roommates and neighbours! Click here and print the document and learn to play the Rev. Paperboy way! Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Continue readingthe woodshed: Ford threatens to (b)eat reporter
As comical as I find the latest shenanigan involving duh Mayor of Toronto, the underlying story that Star reporter Daniel Dale was researching when he was mugged by duh Mayor (what else would you call it when some bellowing thug runs up to you in a public park, threatens to
Continue readingthe woodshed: "How can you run when you know?"
13 seconds, 67 bullets fired, four killed, one paralyzed for life, eight others wounded. RIP Jeffrey Glenn Miller, Allison B. Krause, William Knox Schroeder and Sandra Lee Scheuer Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Continue readingthe woodshed: ‘this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender"
Happy 93rd birthday Pete Seeger! Would somebody give this guy a Nobel prize already? (btw, this has been the wallpaper on my computer desktop for about the last six months) Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
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