Anna is back! I’ve got another article to share from Anna, owner of Bargainmoose.ca. Bargainmoose is a Canadian site about money-saving tips, deals, discounts and promo codes, which aims to help you save money on your everyday purchases. Today, Anna will be sharing some funky gardening ideas, trying to give you some creative inspiration for interesting [...]

There is an excellent chance that nobody cares, but — for fun, if nothing else — let’s handicap the rumoured candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, shall we? I know, I know. They’re in a distant third place, and have been for a year. You need a magnifying glass to locate [...]

Heh.

One dictionary: Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree: “they are almost embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation.” It also means “copious.”  That’s probably not what she meant in her memo.  But when the boss to the writers doesn’t know what a word means, it perhaps indicates the wrong people are getting the hook. Quote unquote: [...]

Nicholls must choose his words more carefully The Chatham Daily News Sat May 5 2012 Page: A6 Section: Editorial/Opinion Byline: BRUCE CORCORAN Chatham-Kent Essex MPP Rick Nicholls is just the latest in a long line of Conservatives to lob misogynistic insults in an attempt to smear an adversary. Does that make it right? Should we just cluck our [...]

I like obits better than just about anything else in newspapers, most days, so it wasn’t unusual that I read about the passing of Goober.  This part I read, then re-read: In a statement released through the funeral home, Griffith, 85, called Lindsey his friend and said that they would often talk on the phone, [...]

The Harper Cons aren’t truthful. They’re truthy. You know, with them, something doesn’t have to be true – just somewhat plausible. It’s the Harper way! Pollsters who measured voter opinion in Alberta’s election have now adopted the same approach: we don’t have to tell you the truth anymore – we just have to be plausible! [...]

Let the sons stay up late to see it. Was so big and bright, it made us squint when we looked at it.

PAGING: Mulder and Scully.  Okay, so while this is situation does not exactly qualify as paranormal activity, something NOT normal is definitely going on here. (Insert squinted eyes and a thoughtful stroking of the chin.) It all started last month. As a blogger who conducts product reviews, I’m often given a free product coupon (FPC) as an enticement [...]

Jammed my finger under the cabin fixing a pipe, feels like it’s broken. Dog was lost for hours, Son Two inconsolate; she eventually returned. Blackflies are back with a vengeance.
But that moon was so big and close, last night, all of that was …

Sent along by a Lib friend in Ottawa. Ouch!

Spare a thought, if you will, for a sad Stephen Harper, last week contemplating his first full year of majority governance. It is almost enough to feel some sympathy for him. Almost. It’s been a year and a few days, now, since Harper’s Party — because, let’s be clear, the Conservative Party would not exist [...]

With Mother’s Day just one week away, I’m less interested in talk of flowers, breakfast in bed and bon bons – instead, I want to hear about other moms who are an example of courage, determination, and savvy entrepreneurial skills. I want to be secure in the knowledge that I can both care for my children [...]

Well-written.  Interesting subject-matter.  The author is still a dick.

OTTAWA — The IP address used to send misleading robocalls to Guelph voters on election day was the same address used by a worker from the campaign office of local Conservative candidate Marty Burke, Elections Canada investigators believe. The Internet Protocol address — like an Internet phone number — was used by campaign worker Andrew [...]

No SFH! Last time I’ll ever volunteer for this guy.

And this tweet about his passing is beyond idiotic.

Dammit, Buddhism. It wasn’t enough that you took Steve Jobs from us?
— Colby Cosh (@colbycosh) May 4, 2012

The Star scribe at the centre of the latest Ford Family Fiasco has an interesting piece about his run-in with the fist-waving Chief Magistrate.  It’s worth a read. What struck me is the reporter’s discomfort at being the story, as opposed to writing the story (cf. the very last line). To me, that’s a sign [...]

Whenever I listen to the wisdom of this extraordinary man, he reminds me of the Irish. Yes, the Irish. He’s a moderate. He’s measured. He’s a thinker. He’s all the things that the ex-pat Irish didn’t used to be. Irish abroad always tried to out-Irish the Irish who lived there. They’d fund extremism and mouth [...]

But he’s one I admire a great deal.
Here’s another reason why.