I'll sure be glad when this is all over.

And with that, we own a house.

Many of you have probably heard by now about Alfie Patten, whose story broke on February 13th. Alfie is a 13 year-old who looks no older than 8 or 9, and has been named the father of a baby girl, Maisie Roxanne, who was born earlier this month in the UK to a 15 year-old girl.

There are video clips on youtube of an interview that was done with him ( Read more... )

M. Devloo, the 'grand-pere' of Vimy, died late last week. And he has left enormous shoes to fill. He was a retired schoolteacher who lived in the small town of Vimy, and had a deep appreciation for Canada, Canadians, and the Canadian memorial located about 10km away from his home. For 13 years, he would drive to the train station at Vimy (pictured ( Read more... )

Add another one to the "What in the world is wrong with people?" column...

Obama sex toy.

There's been some interesting coverage in the Globe and Mail recently about the case of a Toronto man, Pasqualino Cornelio, who was recently ordered by a judge to continue paying child support to his ex-wife for her 16 year-old twins despite the fact that he is not their biological father ( Read more... )

And in this book is an article. It was published in 1894. Have fun!

Instruction and Advice for the Young Bride
by Ruth Smythers, Beloved Wife of the Reverend L.D. Smythers

( The Article (almost in full) )

Note to self: never attend an institution of "higher learning" in Ontario. In the past few weeks, several displays of idiocy have come from them.

First, Queen's introduced "student facilitators," who will live among others in residence and attempt to make students more "socially aware." They've denied that this is some measure of thought-policing ( Read more... )

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I had nothing to do for much of the morning at work, so I spent some time reading about the a new piece of legislation recently proposed in Ontario. If passed, this would place additional restrictions on drivers 21 years of age or younger. These include ( Read more... )