Profile of Ed Smith

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• Desperate is as desperate does
  When you're desperate, you do desperate things. That's why tired and weary men take to the woods in the fall of the year to hunt moose. They have ...
• Sir John and disabilities
  I don’t talk much about disability. I write more about sex than of the various physical and mental challenges life throws at us. I used to talk a ...
• And whether pigs have wings
  If you live anywhere in the general area of Springdale, including St. Patrick, Little Bay and South Brook, do not panic. You may have in the ...
• The beginning of the end
  It is my personal opinion that we are close to the end. The end of what? Well may you ask and well may I answer. I refer, of course, to the ...
• 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 ...
• Naïve is as stun does
  "Stupid" is not an adjective with which most of us could avoid being tagged with for very long. The brightest and the best among us are guilty ...
• Pandering to the Chinese
  They said that if I searched long enough, hard enough and deep enough ... I'd eventually find something to admire about Stephen Harper. That's ...
• Still hidden, still misunderstood
  Sometimes I think I expect too much. From those who love me, for example. I expect their love to be perfect and complete in every way without ...
• The one and only
  Saw an interesting magazine article the other day. "How to Know If He's/She's The One." I was telling a friend about it and she wanted to ...
• 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 ...
• Here today, gone tomorrow: the pessimist's view of...
  W e 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
  People keep asking me if I've made any New Year's resolutions. I hadn't up until today. Today, I ran out of toothpaste. Consequently, I was ...
• 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 ...
• 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 Season's Greetings and all that good stuff. It isn't ...
• Christmas conundrums
  You know, this Christmas stuff is getting out of hand. The whole thing has become a frightening minefield of having to make life-altering, ...
• Stuff and nonsense
  From where I lie in my trusty bed, I can see two of my bookshelves. There are roughly 100 books on those shelves, and I swear I've given away ...
• The end
  Son and I were talking about funerals. Actually, I think we were watching something on TV and someone in the story was purchasing a casket ...
• Truth is its own reward
  Never have I told a lie in this column. Except for that one, of course. Just kidding. I have never intentionally led any of you astray. So, ...
• Pride and prejudice
  I guess I should have knocked on wood. Other Half does it all the time, usually using my head as the object knocked on. She claims it wards ...
• The life and loves of ...
  I have loved many women in my life. Not that this is not the same thing at all as being “in love” with many women. In that case the “many” would ...
• The way it is
  Her name was Lily Marlock. Some interesting people pass through the portals of my ...
• 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 ...
• State of the union
  No doubt you all saw the provincial leaders’ debate. It was too long ago to talk about, but where else do I get to say what I think? Even if you ...
• The great multicoloured wave
  We have 48 seats In the House of Assembly. It’s not enough. It’s not enough because we have well over 100 people running in this provincial ...
• The social network... and me
  I think I joined Facebook today. I’ve been putting this off for centuries, or so it seems, but by not joining one of the social media, I have ...
• Thumbs up!
  We were having a friendly discussion. We had just enjoyed a fine meal of Cordon Bleu chicken, complete with a dessert of Apple pie made with, ...
• Telling it like it is
  I don’t know how many Oscars CNN personnel have won over the years.I don’t know if they’ve won any journalism awards, either, but if they have, ...
• The sounds of yesterday
  A few days ago, my sister and I visited — not together but separately by a few days — the beautiful old building in Moreton's Harbour that used ...
• The loves of my life
  Thought that title would make you want to read further.What a wonderful week I’ve just had!All of us in our chosen careers get rewards from what ...