Hey Boys ‘n’ girls, it’s been awhile, I know. I’ll explain at a later time. Meanwhile, I’d like to thank my partners in crime for holding up the fort as…
This Calgary Liberal is proud to endorse National Membership Secretary candidate Kyle Harrietha. When I was president of Calgary East, rebuilding it from nothing to 100 members and rekindling its…
Happy New Year.
To end the year on a fittingly sardonic note, here’s Charlie Brooker’s brilliant take on the past twelve months as darkly viewed through the pop culture lens of a jaded…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was…
Seneca (A thought for the New Year)
AllTheAdventuresThatFit CentralAmericaVille Two of our favourite cross-over proMedia/Blogger-types and all ’round good people, Jody Paterson and Paul Willcocks: We’re off to do volunteer work in one of the poorest countries…
Crappy weekend everyone! It’s New Year’s Eve, but even so, the wanks just keep on coming. Guess some people just gotta see the old year out with a bang…and a…
Most of the world knows today as “New Year’s Eve” but to our family it’s Irene’s Birthday. Our family began by another round of presents, for Irene this time. Mallory…
Amidst the plethora of media reports on “payroll tax” increases for 2012, there was little mention of increases in benefits. There are, of course, two sides to social insurance programs.…
In Part 1 of my Crystal Ball gazing blog post, I took a look at domestic politics in Canada and made some not-so bold predictions. In Part 2, I discussed…
Yes, I said it, the whole concept is brilliant. This is a fantastic way to change the debate to an issue that doesn’t really matter. Has anyone seriously thought that…
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million…
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, ol' Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol' Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskokee an' it's all about how Tony Clement took $50 million…
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, ol’ Dr. Dawg wrote hisself a parody version of ol’ Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskokee an’ it’s all about how Tony Clement took $50 million…
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the…
Well, if it isn’t obvious what it should be, my resolution is to actually write and post all those blog post ideas that come to me almost daily and get…
The kaleidoscope turns, the patterns change, but the colours remain mostly dark and sombre. This year, last year, and the years before are sobering because the dramatic changes in awareness,…
(Click pic to enlarge) I can’t remember a more gloomy New Year’s eve, grey, strangely warm, and eerily ominous. Last year, on the final day of 2010, I wrote this:…
Sing the New Year in with Jim Bobby. Happy 2012, y’all!
