Archive for July, 2009

A year without summer?

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Humour | No Comments »

I awoke the other day to discover five centimetres of snow covering my tropical lilies and Texas dahlias, and my wife making angels in the white stuff shouting: “Come on ... Read more..

Let the mud-slinging begin

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

In which hideous spin room were the federal Tories persuaded to accuse a rival party of indifference to pedophilia? More to the point, which political purpose was served in last ... Read more..

Indoor gardening just gets better with age

Sunday, July 5th, 2009 Posted in Humour | 1 Comment »

It’s an old joke, but a funny one.   A tourist walks up to a hot dog vendor on a Manhattan street and asks, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?”   The vendor ... Read more..

Banish our Canadian myths

Friday, July 3rd, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

If a nation’s coherence is measured by the number of myths it embraces about itself, then Canada must be the most unified country in the world.   How many times have policy ... Read more..

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