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• Being lazy has many meanings
  "Sleep, the poor man's wealth." - Sir Philip Sidney My maternal grandmother probably had it right. When I was about 11 or so, and had ...
• Serendipity
  I hope you read Downhome magazine. It isn't that Ron Young needs the money. Far as I know he's doing quite well. One reason you should read ...
• Basic strategy
  The world is getting curiouser and curiouser. The reasons I say that are obvious to any observer of the current parade of the ridiculous, the ...
• Trial of the millennium
  It has finally happened. A Nebraska Senator has sued God for acts of terrorism against the inhabitants of the Earth. When I say sued, I mean ...
• A Gideon for the times
  This isn't a column about the Bible or religion. It's not about sex, either, which leaves only one of the big three. So, with the current state ...
• The battle of the sexes
  I may be wrong with everything I'm about to say. OH would say, without knowing what I'm about to say, that there's a fair chance of that. She'd ...
• Politics and passion
  I need to take another look at my Funk and Wagnalls. A CBC political analyst stated after the federal leaders' debate Oct. 2 that it was the most ...
• It's an ill wind
  This is about flatulence. I have a great story to tell you, but I want to state that right up front. Now you can throw the paper down in disgust ...
• The envelope, please
  The view from here - It's the women who are doing it. According to recent, polls Stephen Harper and the gang are in position to win a majority ...
• 'Jeopardy' it wasn't
  The view from here - Last night OH and I decided to watch "Test the Nation" on CBC-Television. It was advertised to be the biggest extravaganza ...
• True lies
  The view from here - There are three great lies in life. These lies are often told us by the most important people in our lives. People whom we ...
• Last weekend
  I've had an interesting weekend. You may not want to read about my weekend (Aug. 22-24), in which case you should go read something else. To be ...
• For those who need an excuse
  The view from here - I hope I've saved you from missing it. Had you gone past today without realizing what a special day it is you would ...
• Let the games begin
  The view from here - A sizable portion of you think I'm about to talk about the Olympics. Well, I am to a degree but not much. At this point, the ...
• Getting the wires well and truly crossed
  The view from here - The only way to tell this story is strictly chronologically. Several months ago a couple of people decided they'd like to ...
• For your summer reading pleasure
  The view from here - Ed's note: In this hot and sticky week, I thought I'd do something different and introduce to you a short section from one ...
• Of now and then
  The view from here - I'm writing this in the van. The van is parked near the beach in a section of town below Springdale proper known to all and ...
• One born every minute
  "It really is free!" Seeing something like that makes you sit up and take notice. I mean, nothing is free these days. Even your soul cleansing, ...
• The great escape
  The view from here - Ah, the first full week of summer. That week was enough to gladden the heart of any red-blooded adolescent. Suddenly, you ...
• Comforting thoughts of eternity
  The view from here - Just had a letter from a woman who says I'm going to hell. Well, she didn't actually say I was going there, but she painted ...
• The evolution of the sex commercial
  The view from here - For those of you over 40, it's a whole new world, folks. When I was a child, no one ever spoke to us about sex. It was the ...
• The end is near
  The view from here - "Live each day as though it were the last day of your life." What a wonderful and inspiring thought. What a beautiful way to ...
• I'd rather you didn't say that
  The view from here - What's offensive? Depends on who you are and where you're from. Most of us in this province are offended by "Newfie jokes." ...
• What we had to learn to survive
  No end of topics for today's column. A friend suggested I should talk about Tom Rideout. I don't know if she likes him or not. I'd like to stay ...
• The financial twilight zone
  The view from here - They call it "the Golden Years." Most people are happy to reach that coveted time in one's life, but having made it, many of ...
• A rose by any other name
  The view from here - It's time we had some straight talk about gas. Everyone's talking about the high price of gas. What everyone may not be ...
• All take, no give
  I don't believe rising oil prices have anything to do with shortages. I do believe it has everything to do with greed, the greed of the big oil ...
• From the sublime to the ridiculous
  The view from here - If Forbes and David Letterman can do it, so can I. Here, then, is my top seven list of commercials seen on television, good ...
• A pair of horses' asses started it all
  The view from here - Horses' asses, it seems, are everywhere. So that this is better understood, allow me to define "horse's ass." It's important ...
• Adding up my banking career
  The view from here - Mother and I had an interesting discussion a few nights ago. We have lots of opportunity for interesting talks, given that I ...