Adam Gopnik has become one of my favourite storytellers after having listened to one of his talks through The Moth podcast via iTunes. It was…
Have you ever had so much in your head, that just getting them down in words is the hardest part? I have lots of thoughts…
Millions of devoted followers worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of bottles of water. 100,000 guests at the Canadian leg of the Golden Jubilee World Tour. Thousands…
It was quiet yesterday. Lots of volunteers at the Direct Energy Centre and the SkyDome. Lots of people doing work. Many more just hoping to…
If you build it they will come. So he did. A baseball field in the middle of nowhere. No money to pay for it. No…
My mom calls – or at least used to call – me prince. Then there is His Highness The Aga Khan. He’s dropping by Ottawa…
“It’s the economy, stupid.” This statement has been used many times recently. For example, elections on both sides of the border heard this. I don’t…
A Soldier Died Today By Lawrence Vaincourt, RCAF Veteran, Second World War(c) 1985 A. Lawrence Vaincourt He was getting old and paunchy and his hair…
I’ve stopped using Technorati to post interesting articles. It’s just too complicated to use and search for articles I’ve bookmarked. So, I’m back on del.icio.us.…
I was trying to come up with an interesting title for this post. Seeing that it’s my 61st contribution, I thought, “Why not?” What I…