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• The wind’s will
  No ma’am, I have no idea what “stripling” means, especially when applied to lad. But it sounds good and it sounds genuine so there it is.Anyway, ...
• The golden years
  Having a disability at any age is no fun.Having one when you’re older is no ha-ha matter at all. By older I mean older than people you’d like to ...
• A matter of values
  But again, this isn’t a column about sports. It’s more a commentary on the totally screwed up value system that seems to be permeating our ...
• Desperate is as desperate does
  That’s why tired and weary men take to the woods in the fall of the year to hunt moose. They have to fill their freezers with meat to see them ...
• Sir John and disabilities
  No less a person than the Hon. John Crosbie said so at a banquet attended by the rich and famous and me.He was funning, of course, in his own ...
• And whether pigs have wings
  You may have in the recent past seen a very, very large winged “thing” flying very low over your homes. It is not a terrorist robotic machine ...
• The beginning of the end
  The end of what? Well may you ask and well may I answer. I refer, of course, to the end of Canada as a nation respected by the other nations of ...
• Bridging the gap
  You’ve probably never heard of the Hohenzollern bridge.No reason why you should, of course, so don’t start feeling inferior to those of us who ...
• Naïve is as stun does
  The brightest and the best among us are guilty of the most incredibly stupid acts at some point in our lives. Some of us — not mentioning any ...
• Pandering to the Chinese
  I don't know Harper the man very well. In fact, I don't know him at all and am prepared to keep it that way without too much loss of sleep. ...
• The one and only
  “How to Know If He’s/She’s The One.”I was telling a friend about it and she wanted to know what it said. I told her, somewhat facetiously, I ...
• The proper perspective
  It’s all a matter of perspective. That’s what the young nurse at the health sciences said to me one night. I was due for surgery the next day but ...
• Here today, gone tomorrow
  We have everybody from Stephen Harper to Randy Simms telling us everything is going to be all right just as long as we vote for the one and ...
• That oral thing
  I hadn’t up until today. Today I ran out of toothpaste. Consequently, I was left with the decision as to what kind of toothpaste I should buy ...
• Cruel and unusual
  We talk about injustices in other parts of the world.We also like to talk about the elderly as being among the most vulnerable of our population ...
• Finis
  Last night I spent two hours watching a horror movie.I usually enjoy horror movies. I’m a big fan of Stephen King and before him Alfred ...
• The gift of the Magi
  I see we’re still in the same old debate.Happy Holidays versus Merry Christmas versus Seasonal Greetings and all that good stuff. It isn’t that ...
• Happy decision time
  The whole thing has become a frightening minefield of having to make life-altering, mind-bending and heart-stopping decisions. The stress of ...
• Stuff and nonsense
  There are roughly 100 books on those shelves, and I swear I’ve given away another 100 from the same shelves. I think they’re reproducing. Given ...
• The end
  Actually, I think we were watching something on TV and someone in the story was purchasing a casket for a loved one who had just departed this ...
• Truth is its own reward
  Except for that one, of course. Just kidding. I have never intentionally led any of you astray.So speaking of truth and lies, here is another of ...
• What did I say?
  Other Half does it all the time, usually using my head as the object knocked on. She claims it wards off the jinx that invariably follows a ...
• The life and loves of ...
  Note that this is not the same thing at all as being “in love” with many women. In that case the “many” would not apply. For another, I’m pretty ...
• The way it is
  Some interesting people pass through the portals of my computer. I get strange emails from all over. It took several months, for example, for the ...
• A true, scary tale
  “(It was) a dull, dark and soundless day in the autumn of the year when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens ...”University English ...
• Aftermath
  After all, what does math have to do with the election? One defeated candidate did say he was going back to teaching math again — a well-spoken ...
• Cheesed off
  This column is not about sports. So if you have no interest in sports, you can keep reading. The first two incidents I’m talking about happen to ...
• State of the union
  It was too long ago to talk about, but where else do I get to say what I think? Even if you don’t care, I have a brief comment. Skip over the ...
• The great multi-coloured wave
  It'’s not enough. It’s not enough because we have well over 100 people running in this provincial election. What does that have to do with ...
• Unquotable quotes
  But I’ve seen worse — or better — in less exalted prose, especially from students. If you were in one of my English or religious education ...