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I’m not sure when or why it happened, and the truth is that I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I’ve become a collector of unusual drinking glasses. Whenever I find myself at the St. Lawrence market, I gravitate to the tables where they sell them. Who knows, maybe I’ll find one with a baseball player…

I grew up in Ottawa, and in spite of the fact that I’ve played hockey, follow hockey and know a reasonable amount about hockey, I don’t really consider myself a hockey fan. This is the sort of thing that’s very culturally revealing I think, because by the standard of somebody that lived in, say, Alabama,…

As almost all of you know, I’m an exceedingly athletic man, and over the last couple of years I’ve emerged as a respected force in the Coed recreational sports leagues that I dominate. My prowess on the floor hockey court where I’ve led The Jesus Cobras to five near play-off finishes, is well known. I…

Just one table was being occupied at the patio of The Joy Bistro, and the three women sitting there looked cold but determined. It was clear that there was one leader in the group, the one that made the other two sit outside, even though they thought it was really too cold. Every once in…

This is a collection of Twitter postings that the Ontario Provincial Police posted to as updates on the traffic in the Greater Toronto Area   Hwy 400 SB at Bayfield Street, Barrie Hazard-Wood debris on Lane 2 Reported: 0829 hrs. *********************************** Hwy 401 WB collectors at Yonge Street Hazard-Disabled vehicle off to the right shoulder…

Today I have given the Blog over to Heidi, our three year-old Miniature Dachshund. ********************************************* Spring is good time for dogs. Cold, white dirt become water, old treat from winter everywhere! Easy for dog, even fat dog with cat face, to get lucky in spring! Dogs very horny! Muddy, mud and roll in gorgeous dirt…

I’m utterly amazed by the impact that an April 14th eruption of an Icelandic volcano has had on the world. As everybody knows, the cloud of ash that’s risen from this improbable little island has grounded about 100, 000 flights across the world. Forget for a moment about the commercial and economic consequence of this…

For the vast majority of her life, my Great Aunt Daisy despised the idea of swearing. She came from a very conservative Scottish background, and swearing was simply out of the question. A lady would never, ever, under any circumstances swear. So prim was Daisy that if she were to overhear you say you were…

The interior of the Ukrainian Catholic Church was gorgeous. When we went there for a wedding rehearsal last week, the presiding Father sized us up, and figuring he’d seen our types before–which he probably had—immediately confronted us. Not welcomed, confronted. Seeing us in casual conversation, as if standing at a bus stop, he sternly told…