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Giving up meat on Fridays, giving up things for lent... no wonder you Christians are always grumpy: you deny yourselves all the time!

Film legend Peter O'Toole dies at the age of 81 | Mail Online Lawrence of Arabia has always been one of my favorite films. I also loved the Lion In Winter, where he played Henry II, where he starred opposite Katharine Hepburn. There have been other roles over the years but those are the 2 that...

Top family-friendly cities and towns - Best places to raise kids in Canada - Savings & Debt: Gallery - Money - MSN CA 1. Strathcona County (outside Edmonton) 2. Burlington 3. Calgary 4. Red Deer 5. St. Albert (adjacent to Edmonton) 6. Winnipeg 7. Regina 8. Brandon 9. Ottawa 10. Edmonton...

I found this yesterday, and thought it was an amusing tidbit. Is political comedy inherently leftist? - CNN.com I've been a fan of Jon Stewart's for years, don't view myself to be a leftist, a member of any intellectual elite or socialist (I see myself more in the modern center as a classical...

Graham James to be sentenced for sexual assaults | CTV News Graham James is supposed to be in a Winnipeg courtroom to be sentenced, yet again, for more sexual assault charges on young hockey players in his care. Some of these charges go back to when Theo Fleury (now in his 40s) was playing...

Wow! No exageration here. Just wow. Law-breaking particle at CERN exceeds the speed of light - ComPost - The Washington Post I could have done without some of the author's (weak) sarcasm but the gist is incredible in and of itself.

I remember seeing it in national stories because of the notoriety associated with being the impaired driving capital of the nation, many moons ago. Then in 1988 was a nasty flood that garnered national attention. Now its wildfires buring the place down in what is being called one of the worst...

I am not sold on the popular greenhouse gas dogma but I also intuitively agree with reducing ANYTHING that is not a natural occurring substance that does not have proven benefits on its own. That being said, CO2 capturing is bound to be challenging and costly because of the fact that CO2...

I think a couple things will eventually happen. a) We are going to have massive conflicts, particularly in Africa and Asia, because as a species, our population is unsustainable, especially with the rate of growth in developing nations. North America may not be immune to this but will be less...

washingtonpost.com I found this link through a friend and thought it was an interesting read. Before the nitpickers come out, it is NOT news reporting, it is op-ed but I think it could be a starting point for some reconciliation between some pretty polarized stances. I was never a big...

I'm still not sure what side I am on in the Climate Change Debate: there appears to be misinformation, incomplete information, scare tactics and induced hysteria on both sides to the point that I wish most people on both sides would shut the f*** up. That being said, I think some of the...

Even recession didn't slow down Canadian's spending, report finds - Yahoo! Canada News When I read this, I was a little surprised and a little concerned. The number doesn't seem that extreme in some ways, $41,740 is far below one year's average household income, but its per person, not...

I had it in Scotland... its good stuff. It sounds a little grim when you read about it but you have to experience it to believe...

If you'd ever had REAL haggis, you wouldn't be knocking it...

Hey! I saw that show on TV too... V right?

I tend to rule out conspiracies for a couple reasons: 1) I've worked with heat treatments of steel and mechanical/materials engineering personnel (doing stress calcs etc) enough that I have no doubt the heat of the fires of those planes would have been enough to destabilize the twin towers...

Well, as most people who follow sports know, the debate over head injuries and concussions and the steps necessary to avoid them has escalated in the past couple years, with the rising number of diagnosed concussions. The topic was discussed at the NHL GM meetings with the latest incident of...

I was born and raised and lived the majority of my life in Alberta (mostly in places north of Edmonton but I spent time in Medicine Hat, Taber and lived the last decade in Calgary). This past summer I moved to Pennsylvania, just east of Pittsburgh, married the woman of my dreams and had a son...

OK by now I think we've all seen this in the news. It seems every year, Jim Balsillie makes news at this time of year by trying to get involved with a troubled NHL team and bring them to Windsor, London or Hamilton. He's gone through it with Pittsburgh, Nashville and now Phoenix. Now I don't...

This season seemed kinda wierd to me but I had a lot going on myself so I didn't pay attention as closely as I usually do to the regular season. Some things never seem to change: my beloved Isles struggled mightily; the Maple Leafs continued in futility even though the media circus up here never...