The Forest for the Trees
Some days I really think I ought to stop thinking of myself as bright! Â …
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Brandt’s Randt – Jerry Lewis Makes Unfunny Comments on Women Comics
Jerry Lewis is a tool. Â Yes, a tool who raised lots of money for kids with M.D. but a tool nonetheless. Â One of the biggest jerks I ever worked with was nicknamed Mr. Telethon and that moniker had nothing to do with his caring personality – which didn’t exist – Â and everything to do with his deep cravings for attention. Â But I digress.
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Brandt’s Randt – Come on Science! Get it Together.
Full disclosure: I dye my hair. Â But if hair colouring was outlawed tomorrow I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it. I think about letting it go natural all the time. I don’t because I don’t want to endure the potentially awful growing-out process. Â One day I will. Probably when I’m not a public figure anymore. Â …
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Brandt’s Randt – Loblaws Should Give up its Sweatshops
I love Joe Fresh clothing. Well, the stuff that isn’t too weird or aimed squarely at only kids. Â But they actually make a good quality dress pant at a reasonable price. Â And now we all know why. Â That’s the inspiration for this week’s Brandt’s Randt on 98.1 Free-FM.
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Too Young to be This Old
I don’t know how many other people caught this yesterday but it jumped out at me from the computer screen. Â The London couple that won $17-million in Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 came forward. Â He is 73 and she is 60 and CTV, the Free Press and others called them “elderly.” …
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Spotting Mistakes
I often write about errors in news writing and believe me, I could post a new story about them every day but I try to pace myself. …
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Brandt’s Randt – Whether the Weather!
If a mistake is made I don’t shy away from responsibility. But I’m tired of taking heat (or cold!) over the weather forecast, which we outsource.  Ergo this week’s Randt. …
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How We Get It Wrong
Nearly every news organization in North America, and likely several overseas, tweeted and emailed the news yesterday: A suspect is in custody in the Boston Marathon bombings. …
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Brandt’s Randt – Playing Chicken with a Train
We mostly see them on foot out our Free-FM window but further down the track there are drivers who try to race the train.  They’re morons and I take aim at them in this edition of Brandt’s Randt. …
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Brandt’s Randt – Social Media Scammers
I really wish my “friends” on Facebook would be a little more skeptical.  And that’s what launched Friday’s Brandt’s Randt. …
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My Pals at My Aircheck
It’s been several years now since I started writing a monthly column for Myaircheck.com. Â …
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