Sometimes actual events take place, that when retold, strain the boundaries of credulity. This might be one of those very stories…

Some time ago news reached us that one of my cousins had died tragically in a car accident.… Read full post »

Canadian Press has confirmed that due to the dismal loss by Team Canada to Team USA at the Vancouver Olympics, the team has fired Coach Mike Babcock and replaced him with a minor league coach who's got the cajones to get the job done.

Future Hall of Famer Chris Chelios… Read full post »

 The broken mirror hangs on the wall above the old wooden chair. If I recall correctly, it’s the same mirror in the same place. It seems nothing has changed in the cottage, as if time itself was frozen in this place. There’s comfort in the thought that some… Read full post »

This should be interesting. We are on the verge of a whole brave new world of television advertising.

Moral issues are now going to be sold like commodities on the flat screens of North American television.

 Tim Tebow, squeaky clean Quarterback of the University of Florida Gators, and evangelic… Read full post »

It recently came to my attention that a particularly evil email scam is circulating, asking unsuspecting people for money. Following is a copy of the offending correspondence: 

 Subject: Get Really, Really Rich!
Importance: Extremely High

Hello my name is Umberto Eugene Critelli, and I&rsq… Read full post »

 I was a teenager when our family was uprooted by my father’s ambitious wanderlust.

 He and my mother broke the news to my brother and I one night sitting at the table over a ham casserole dinner if I recall correctly. I remember the… Read full post »

and donate some money to Haiti!

Do it now, time is of the essence.

Thanks

Reid Read full post »

Ok, I’ll out with it right off the top. I have been a massive fan of the Coen Brothers ever since they shocked my system with Blood Simple back in ‘84.

 His legs throbbed with pain, unable at times to bear the weight of his body.  At 116 pounds he was a spectre, a shadow of the man he had once been. At times he even doubted the existence of that part of his life when the world in front of him… Read full post »

 I haven’t seen James Cameron’s Avatar yet but I plan on doing so in the next few days.  A tsunami of media hype has propelled it to astronomical box office receipts and glowing critical reviews have hailed it as the benchmark in 3D technology. Avatar is ushering in/… Read full post »

 One autumn vacation when I was 8 years old, our family drove from the Eastern Townships of Quebec to Hyde Park, Vermont to visit Uncle Harry and Aunt Gladys. Their rambling clapboard house with cavernous rooms and a crumbling front veranda was nestled beneath a canopy of chestnut trees on the… Read full post »