Funny, isn’t it, how you can become so dependent upon a technology that didn’t even exist just a few years ago. OK, maybe funny isn’t the right word. Perhaps a better word would be ‘sad’. Yesterday, my Digital Video Recorder — the DVR — sent me an ominous message when I tuned in for my […]
Category Archives: Humor
Over the years, I have received probably hundreds of cheap inducements to donate to “good causes” (bad causes rarely ask for money). You’ve all seen them — address labels (I still have address labels from about five years ago, since I send maybe five letters a year), note pads with your name on them, key […]
If there is one thing we Canadians are known for, it’s being polite. Maybe that’s not the best attribute to be known for, but it’s far from the worst. I’d rather be known as a polite people than a rude people, like Australians. (No offence, Australia.) Our inbred politeness is one of the reasons Canadians […]
It’s been a while since I last blogged, as I’m sure you’ve noticed (he said delusionally). Maybe it’s just the January blues, maybe it’s just that I haven’t found anything that really tickles my farcical fancy. Whatever the reason, I guess it’s time to get back on the ol’ blogging horse. And what better way […]
We are truly living in a golden age of television. The comedies (the good ones, anyway) are better than ever, and better than movies. The dramas (on cable, anyway) are outstanding, as good as anything you’ll pay $14 for to see in a theatre. Production values and acting are top notch. Yes, this is truly […]
Well, here we are at the end of another arbitrary span of 365 days that we call a year. And what a year it was! Things happened! Famous people died! Future famous people were born (how come nobody talks about that?)! Movies and TV shows were produced, some of them good, and some of them […]
The Centre of the Universe has been convulsed for days now over the great Rob Ford Doesn’t Have 22 Minutes brouhaha. It’s so insipid, with so much egg on so many faces, it deserves comment, even this far from the Centre of the Universe. First, some background. Rob Ford is the mayor of Toronto who […]
Today, a digression from my regular political rants. Today, not a word about Alison Redford being only a SO-SO (Same Old, Same Old) premier so far, or how Daryl Katz has bamboozled the City of Chumpions. Nope. Today, a recommendation. I believe I have discovered the best new TV show of the 2011-12 TV season. […]
Happy 13th birthday, Canada! You’re growing up into quite a respectable young nation, aren’t you? Pretty soon, you’ll be all grown up, and living on your own. Oh, I know the calendar says something different. What is it now, 144 years, or something like that? By all rights, you should be all grown up by […]
Does it make me a bad person if I confess that I don’t like farmers’ markets? I mean, is there anything friendlier than a farmers’ market? It’s where the city and the country meet in perfect harmony. It is one of the few places left on earth that are beyond the reach of colossal megacorporations. […]
