Above: Conor after this morning's haircut. Below: Conor before this morning's haircut. Conor has full blown Autistic Disorder with profound developmental delays. Haircuts were a real challenge at one time.…
The story of how Coleridge came to write this famous poem is probably too well known to bear repeating (but nonetheless is found here, for example.) I have sometimes wondered…
I wish I were in Vancouver for the NDP's convention. Too bad I have too work at a regular job! The next best thing to being in Vancouver is the…
The left has given up him, calling him far too empathetic to the right. Meanwhile, the right continues to paint Obama as a Marxist Socialist Muslim with the most savage…
University of Sherbrooke economist and fiscal specialist Luc Godbout with Suzie St-Cerny and Michaël Robert-Angers has just published a timely research paper evaluating the net fiscal impact on households of…
George Orwell, 1984: “She had without exception the most stupid, vulgar, empty mind that he had ever encountered. She had not a thought in her head that was not a…
Appallingly, all but CTV appears to have missed this week’s tabling of the annual report of the Information Commissioner, which makes for disturbing if characteristically dry reading. I’ll admit, I…
You’ve probably seen the advertisements for Ancestry.ca (or dot-com elsewhere). A few weeks ago I decided to give it a test-drive and I must say I’m hooked! The program isn’t…
It's interesting that the street artists for the rebels in Libya decide to paint pictures of Gaddafi with a Star of David. I suppose it is not seen as anything…
The headline in yesterday's Globe (on-line edition) really says it all: Peel police officers fabricated evidence in prostitution case: judge The story tells of how the two offending Peel officers…
After this photo was taken an alien zygote burst from this child’s chest at a tremendous velocity, blasting through the watermelon slice a moment later, and then running down the…
Given the hoops that Public Servants are forced to jump through to be able to have coffee available at a meeting, this type of stuff REALLY pisses me off! Prime…
So I am browsing through the shelves at Argosy Books, which has become my favorite Ottawa Area bookstore, and the owner is showing me some old, hard-bound reports from various…
This climate hawk is taking the day off – hope you enjoy this video, too, while you enjoy your Saturday!
Today Liberals decide to not postpone the leadership election for 2013. The Leadership convention will be held in Fall. I think a convention in Fall with no money on hand…
I had decided not to do any more posts about Anthony Weiner now that he has resigned but this one is too funny to pass it by. Jimmy Kimmel has…
I spent several years researching my family history, not only to create a genealogy, but to find the stories that brought my ancestors to Canada.The first arrived in 1632 as…
Nalcor negotiating Muskrat transmission with Hydro-Quebec Cross Sheila off your list Titanic records available from UK National Archives 24 French Belize wants to buy out Fortis interest in Belize power…
Well Henrik we're pretty disgusted with you, too. You and your turn-the-other-cheek game 6 brother didn't bother to show up in the Finals, leaving us losers once again. I defended…
