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We Need Us Some of That Medicine

Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. ~Jack Handey, “Deep Thoughts,” Saturday Night Live

Click here to hear some of that medicine – The Boy Laughing

We’ve been ill around here for the last little bit. A noxious, soul-destroying cold, first imported into […]

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

Attention Mr. Cole: Eight birds might not actually be able to lift a whale out of the ocean.

Cam Cole wrote a ridiculous article today about social media and the National Hockey League trade deadline.

Cole mentions that during the intense discussions surrounding today’s NHL trade deadline, many people availed themselves of […]

Go Canada Go!

We Stand on Guard For Theeeeeeeeeee

Beat the ‘Mericans for the World Under 20 Hockey Championship. Go.

Merry Christmas 2010

Neither a Hall, Nor a Bough of Holly. Contains One Fewer Ball Than Most Brett Favre Pictures

A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone who’s visited this blog this year! May the season be spent with those with whom you are close, and may you share laughter, a […]

Seasons’ Bleatings

Hey, at least they're not vampires.

I am pretty sure the…uh….Maple Leafs Wizard (?) on the right is asking somebody – anybody – to pull his finger. If I were that…uh…Maple Leafs Penguin Snowman (?), I would take a few steps to the left, lickety split.

I have no idea what […]

Happy Thanksgiving

Office Wendel Oversees My Productivity at Work. Imagine how little I'd get done if he weren't threre threatening to punch my blood out?

Wendel (well, actually my framed autographed picture of him – that is, the one I keep in my office, not the one I keep at home) wishes you […]

Welcome, Little One

Last night, my brother Doug and his wife T. welcomed a little girl into their family. Six pounds, four ounces, everybody healthy, happy…and tired.

Welcome, little one: may you live a long, healthy and happy life. The odds are stacked in your favour, as far as that stuff goes, because you are surrounded by people […]

Keeping Watch on Manitoulin

The Watcher is Watching. So Watch Out.

Yesterday, Spouse and I drove from Sudbury back to the friendly confines of Juniorvania (nigh on to the ‘burg of Brantford) via Espanola and Manitoulin Island. I’ll have more about our trip, I hope, in a day or two but for now, I am scrambling […]

Sand in My Shoes…

Vacation Day Four. After the Ensleepinating, and a leisurely lunch on a fashionable patio, it was time to go to the beach.

Here’s a Panorama photo created by Autostitch, an app on my iPhone. Check out the ghostly looking apparition in the centre of the photo!

Laurentian Beach

With all those […]

Vacation: And a One and a Two…

On Saturday afternoon, Spouse and I attended the Rick Smith Memorial Horse Show at Foothills Farm in Chelmsford, Ontario. I intended to practice a bit at taking pictures of horses jumping over stuff, but I had made the rookie mistake of failing to charge any and all batteries prior to vacation departure on Friday night. […]