Belated Valentine for Family Day
Because every family has a Rob Ford, doesn’t it? Â …
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General
Hallmark Holiday
Call Valentine’s Day what you will but I think anything that spreads a little more love in the world isn’t a bad thing. …
Real-Life Howard Wolowitz in London
Fascinating news came out of Western University late last week. A PhD student there was honoured by NASA with a prestigious award because of his work operating the Mars rover Curiosity from his lab at the school. …
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Spice Earns His Keep
By now you might be aware that we are completely owned by this cat we adopted 16 months ago. And until recently he didn’t have a job. …
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Rights Can be Wrong
This is a sticky story that gets me a little fired up. It’s about accommodating for someone’s special situation, such as a disability, and it seems to me it’s getting out of control. Â A Hamilton mom is proving it with her human rights complaint. Â …
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Dry Your Swoobs
First there was cleavage. Then came side-boob. I’ve also heard of top-boob. But did you know there’s now a thing called swoobs?  It’s sweat on your boobs. …
Missed Target
I like Target stores. I’m unashamed to admit that! And as soon as they opened in Canada, I stopped making treks to Port Huron to visit them. But you have to wonder why major retailers can’t keep customer information safe. …
Suspended Coffee
I love, love, love this idea that started locally in a Windsor coffee shop. Â Instead of buying for the person behind you, who can obviously afford their own coffee, you pay it forward for someone who can’t. Â …
Blow up That Bridge
NOTE: I have learned that this is a hoax. Or at least, it started that way. It was meant to inspire exactly the kind of discussion I’ve started here. So life imitates art. Read on: Perhaps you’ve heard of the thigh gap. It’s the determination to be so thin that your thighs don’t rub together. It’s ridiculous and in many cases, unsafe to pursue this stupid fad. But that’s not stopping some teen girls from making it their goal. And it gets even better. Or in this case, worse. …
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Out of This World
This week I discovered that a former colleague from CHML Hamilton is in the final 1,000 who want to travel to and settle Mars. Â The trip taking four semi-pro astronauts one way is scheduled to leave in 2023. Â More than 200,000 people applied to take the ride. Â …
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Brandt’s Randt – Hiding and Tossing Darts
This week’s randt has nothing to do with this website and everything to do with those that specialize in news coverage. Â As one of the administrators of our site at work I am privy to the unapproved comments and they make you give your head a shake. Â …
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Honour Among Thieves
A robber in southern Spain got a shock this week when he went through the loot he took from a home burglary. …
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