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• States of confusion
  if you are not interested in the U.S. presidential elections, good.Neither am I at the moment. I don't understand the process, I don't understand ...
• Of mouses and me
  "Five Tricks to Use on Your Mouse."That headline caught my eye at once. I know the younger generation(s) are rapidly leaving me behind. Actually, ...
• And the most stupid award goes to …
  Students have now been in university long enough to do something really stupid.(You may notice that the “stupid” theme has dominated this column ...
• And the most stupid award goes to …
  Students have now been in university long enough to do something really stupid.(You may notice that the “stupid” theme has dominated this column ...
• Stupid is as stupid does
  I do not view myself as inordinately stupid. I know, I know. There have been columns which seemed to point in that general direction. I have ...
• Needed — makeover facials
  My gosh, the political games are really getting interesting! Between Obama and Romney, and Dunderdale and Osborne, it’s more than challenging to ...
• With you in mind …
  September seems to be a month for exploring beginnings. Such as getting back to school or getting back to work. All kinds of wonderful things ...
• ‘For I was weak and you protected me’
  September has always been my month for writing about kids and schools. My father always said that the two most difficult Sundays in the year for ...
• Caspar this isn’t
  Every once in a while, someone asks me if I believe in ghosts. I don’t have to think very hard for the answer: “I don’t know.” I know so little ...
• A heartfelt thanks
  Thanksgiving is still a ways off. They say it is never too late to say thank you. I hope the converse is true. (Is that the correct word, Colin ...
• The Peter Principle
  Somebody thought it was a good idea. It wasn’t me. I didn’t know anything about the lieutenant-governor poll in The Telegram. My dear mother has ...
• The View From Here
  We've all been sweating our way through this fantastic summer. A summer such as we in this glorious province have not seen in three generations. ...
• Tales of the Olympiad ... and support for global...
  You know it should never happen. No way should someone as erudite, creative and intelligent as I be wondering what he should be writing about ...
• Getting a bad rap
  I don’t like rap. I know it’s a popular musical genre and that top performers in that field make huge bucks. One of them, Drake, just bought a ...
• Moral conclusions: the difference between lectures...
  Many years ago, an English poet wrote about people with no patriotic sense. He had harsh words for them: (They shall) go down to the vile dust ...
• Moral conclusions, the difference between lectures...
  Many years ago, an English poet wrote about people with no patriotic sense. He had harsh words for them: (They shall) go down to the vile dust ...
• Broken roads
  “Bless the broken road.” We had two beautiful and meaningful celebrations in our town last Saturday. I should point out here that several people ...
• Our blessed country
  We spent 24 hours at Canada Day celebrations. Sunday night we watched the Springdale town fireworks display. As usual, it was excellent, just as ...
• How beautiful it is!
  It’s the season of the year when young lovers stroll along moonlit paths and watch the northern lights dancing among the stars. When the lines of ...
• You ain’t nothin’ but …
  My sister, Pat, is finally a grandmother. You’d think she’d be ecstatic about it after waiting for so long, but I’m not sure that this is the ...
• The arse has gone clean out of ’er
  Shame on you, Ryan Cleary! You needs your arse kicked, my son, you do. I can’t imagine what you were thinking to be using that kind of language ...
• One ringy blankety-blank dingy
  I don’t know if you’ve tried to dial 411 lately. If you’re reading this in the sanctity of your own home, chances are you haven’t. If, on the ...
• The Iceman cometh
  Poor Kathy D. Everyone’s picking on her. Everyone, that is, except your diehard, dyed-in-the-wool, ultra-right-wing, “progressive ...
• A mid-spring night’s nightmare
  I have this little problem. This is the first place in which I will point out that, despite all appearances to the contrary, this will eventually ...
• Her day
  Normally I have this Mother's Day thing pretty well aced. I know this is a week or more after the fact, but it's hard to write about something ...
• Generation gap: just like looking in the mirror
  I have this grandson. Nothing extraordinary about that. People everywhere have grandsons and granddaughters. I have five grandsons myself.The ...
• Silence, a deafening sound
  ”It looks,” she said, “like a pelican.” We were parked near the government wharf in the lovely little community of Mile’s Cove. You don’t know ...
• The best of times, the worst of times
  Death claimed three of us this past week. That’s too many for a town of less than 3,000 souls. All were of natural causes. Two the Bible would ...
• A lad’s step-by-step preparations for a day of...
  This was the time of year that quickened the blood. Back when I was a stripling lad, that is. No, ma’am, I have no idea what “stripling” means, ...
• 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 ...