Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
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2016
How to put Christ back in Christmas: It starts with Christians pressing ‘Reset’
ILLUSTRATIONS: Santa Claus … not Jesus. Below: Karl Marx (not mentioned in the story) … also not Santa Claus. Jesus Christ (quoted at length) … not Santa Claus either. This…
Merry Christmas and some Musings
It has been a long time since I posted anything on this old blog. Thinking I might revive it again given the changing political scene in Alberta, Canada and the…
A Double Dose of Christmas
This Christmas was unusual…even for the Soapbox family. Missy* our eldest daughter is a nurse working in Victoria. She was scheduled to work over Christmas which meant that for the…
Merry Christmas and some Musings
It has been a long time since I posted anything on this old blog. Thinking I might revive it again given the changing political scene in Alberta, Canada and the…
Baseball Down Under
First published on SB*Nation It’s the middle of winter, months away from spring training. Even the free-agent signings and trades have slowed to an icy crawl. For those of us…
Baseball Down Under
First published on SB*Nation It’s the middle of winter, months away from spring training. Even the free-agent signings and trades have slowed to an icy crawl. For those of us…
Stuff Still Happens, week 51: The week with no Stuff Still Happens blog
So, what’s there to report on the week before Christmas? Well, there was a terrorist attack in Berlin that killed 12 people. Who wants to even think about that on…
What Christmas Means to Me In The Time of Trump
It's Christmas Day in Canada, and now that the shopping frenzy is over, and with snow on the ground in the place where I live, the country has never seemed…
A not so Merry Christmas?
As many of us gather with family and share conversation, memories, good food and presents I hope that I, my handful of readers, and any others that have been taking…
Merry Christmas – A Gift For You
During most of the year, the topics and issues I deal with on this blog are often dark and depressing.Such is the way of the world. However, I’d like to…
Reprising a year of bad bets.
The regrets of a political junky can be many. After years of easy political prognostications, to be a failure and ground under the heel of a person such as Donald…
A not so Merry Christmas?
As many of us gather with family and share conversation, memories, good food and presents I hope that I, my handful of readers, and any others that have been taking…
Great post of the day
From GQ: The Least Influential People Of 2016 – everyone from Anthony Weiner to Ryan Lochte, from Hillary Clinton to A Rod…. And don’t miss DB Wong’s chicken wing instructional…
Merry Christmas
And from the oddest Christmas special of all time: According to co-writer Ian Fraser, Bowie balked at singing “Little Drummer Boy”: “I hate this song. Is there something else I…
Great post of the day
From GQ: The Least Influential People Of 2016 – everyone from Anthony Weiner to Ryan Lochte, from Hillary Clinton to A Rod…. And don’t miss DB Wong’s chicken wing instructional…
Merry Christmas
And from the oddest Christmas special of all time: According to co-writer Ian Fraser, Bowie balked at singing “Little Drummer Boy”: “I hate this song. Is there something else I…
Merry Christmas
At Mass with my youngest son, my Mom, my cousin and her brood. Many others are missing, but they’re all going to Hell. Merry Christmas to those of you who…
Just Woke Up….
I know it’s been a long, long time since I posted..I’ve been in shock for so many weeks now, just sort of coming out of it a bit..but instead of…
Just Woke Up….
I know it’s been a long, long time since I posted..I’ve been in shock for so many weeks now, just sort of coming out of it a bit..but instead of…