Strange Idea of Fun
A Japanese video game is getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. It’s called RapeLay. Can you guess what it’s about? …
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March 2010
The Story of Anvil
This documentary came out about a year ago. We watched it just recently after a recommendation from a colleague. It’s a very good movie. …
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Pancake Mania II
About a year ago I posted a photo of a banner that was up at my long lost, second cousin Ron Hubbs’ maple syrup operation at Wellington Ontario. This weekend we went back for the annual pancake extravaganza and the banner that spells his own surname incorrectly was up again! …
Something to Think About
Discussing religion is always dicey.  The fact is, no one can really, truly answer a lot of important questions about the universe and our role in it. But many people are unable to acknowledge that and some see any discussion of religion as an attack on it. …
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Scrabble in the Dark
That’s how we plan to spend Earth Hour tonight from 8:30 to 9:30. We’ll play Scrabble, the old-fashioned non-electronic kind with tiles and a board, by candlelight. …
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Crash Course in Road Sharing
Let me say at the outset that I did not actually witness the accident. I saw the car fly across the oncoming lanes and onto the grass, stopping just shy of the hedge but I didn’t actually see the impact. I was behind a van at the stoplight. …
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A Tale of Two Storytellers
Recently I had the experience of hearing a news story on one radio station, and then immediately hearing it on another. This isn’t such a rare thing except the story was told so differently by the two anchors that it was like a slap in the ears with a velvet glove. …
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What Passes for News
In the days of yore, not as long ago as yesteryear and even more recently than back in the day, entertainment news actually had a “news” quality to it. …
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House Proud – Cabin Fever Makeover, The Toronto Sun
Once every year, sometime between the groundhog’s annual pop-up and the appearance of spring’s first robin, I wake up with an antsy feeling. Suddenly I have to redecorate something. It’s how my own personal cabin fever manifests itself. …
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Colour Blind
In recent years I’ve been experiencing the usual decline in eyesight that comes with getting older. …
Pavlov’s Radio Host
It happens every day around 11 am. One of the restaurants in the building downstairs from 1039fm fires up the grill and like the dinging of a bell, the drool-inducing smells of searing meat start wafting up through the ventilation system. …
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