Kurt Vonnegut: 1922-2007.

Academic year in review (mainly for my sake ( Read more... )

Vimy Ridge.  As we approach the 90th anniversary, we Canadians proudly polish our laurels as we remember this battle which marked Canada's coalescence into a singular identity, regardless of religion, geography, or ethnicitity.  Canada made a name for itself at Vimy, and we insist on the importance of the battle on the outcome of the war.  Vimy is ( Read more... )

I love a good pun, and I have to give the CBC for a great title for an upcoming television special about the world Oil supply crisis, called, "Oil: The World over a barrell".   Well done CBC!

Also, The Smothers Brothers are still a great comedy act.

Too often, I've heard from the religious right (of various denominations) that religious education and practice helps provide a superior moral code for people to live by, allowing them to be more respectful of their fellow man, and less likley commit criminal acts.  Atheists, so the theory goes, have far less in the way of moral stability and are ( Read more... )

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I was a little short on change this afternoon, so I sought a supply of meagre capital in that fort knox of grime and pennies, the couch cushions.  And lo! 27 cents did I see!  I've owned this couch for 7 months now, and it's high time I found money within its cavernous confines.  I recently found a remote control I had lost a week earlier to my ( Read more... )

And another article.  Nothing new to you, the champions.

I hate this time of the school-year more than I hate cilantro.  And I'm a man who hates cilantro.

My high school principle was charged today with embezzeling money from the school.  In a very small minded, petty way, those of us he treated like second-class students, we're vindicated.

Fucking douche-bag.

Well, no one from the Colbert Report was at the event, but I nonetheless was able to get a few questions on tape with Oshawa mayor David Gray, and Don Cherry.  For reals.    Listen to StephenTown Radio this thursday for the audioclips ( Read more... )