THIS corner has been silent for a while, too much so according to some, too little according to others. But given recent developments at home and abroad, in this city and surrounding venues, and as Winchell used to say, with things that affect “Mr. and Mrs. America” (and “Mr. and Mrs. Canada” of course!), time [...]
Sitting here at home, gazing out the office window, musing a la blog on the glories of retirement, thinking of how lucky I am to be in this burg, rather than TO or Montreal. I must be strange, but there is something about K-town when the weather is good, no, very good, that makes me [...]
Faith in ignorance GEOFF SMITH March 18, 2009 Kingston — So Pope Benedict is in Africa, ministering to the sick, and observing that condoms will not help allay the HIV/AIDS crisis. This is the same thing as arguing that quinine does not help with malaria, that quitting smoking does not lessen chances for cancer or [...]
Stenson’s strip tease actStenson’s strip tease act Tiger’s opening round By Simon Evans MIAMI, March 12 (Reuters) – Swede Henrik Stenson briefly took the limelight from Tiger Woods when he stripped down to his underwear to play a shot at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral on Thursday. Stenson’s wayward drive on the third hole landed [...]
Police: Woman drugs boss’s coffee so he’ll ‘chill’ Friday, March 13, 2009 (03-13) 18:18 PDT Bryant, Ark. (AP) – Police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly slipping some tranquilizers into her boss’s coffee because she felt “he needed to chill out.” Police said the 24-year-old woman admitted to detectives that she slipped the [...]
FROM THE GUARDIAN, AND THE GUARDIAN KNOWS….. Transplant row over organs for drinkers • Alcohol abusers receive 1 in 4 livers • Doctors ‘can refuse to do operations’ Jamie Doward and Denis Campbell The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009 Heavy drinkers are receiving nearly one in four of the UK’s liver transplants, it was revealed [...]
APOCRYPHAL, SOMETHING THE ONION MIGHT DREAM UP, BUT WITH ITS WEIGHT IN INSIGHT…… (reprinted without permission — The Brushback knows……) Public domain after 5 minutes AMES, IA–Members of the Make-A-Wish Foundation struggled to come up with a response to a dying 9-year-old boy’s request that they punch slugger Barry Bonds in the nuts repeatedly. The [...]