My old ‘Army buddy’ Gloria (who really isn’t THAT old and certainly does NOT look her age) posted a reminder on Facebook this morning that the LCBO might be on strike – just in time for the May 2-4. Oh SNAP! Whatever will I do for my 18 year old Spiced Jet Fuel for around
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I suppose it is part of our Schadenfreude nature that draws people, like me, to the back pages of National Enquirer. Or perhaps it is just to escape the mind-numbing lunacy of the world we live in… Bear laughs it off, shakes his head and goes back to whatever he is doing. Kwee just goes
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Fresh from the pages of Canoe News: An attractive young woman arrested for drinking and driving almost three years ago is receiving marriage proposals from all over the Internet after someone circulated her mugshot. “It’s crazy lol i don’t understand what all the hype is about,” Meagan Simmons wrote on Twitter in response to comments
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I am speechless. That, for anyone who knows me, is quite possibly the rarest situation indeed. I had an interesting conversation yesterday with two of our elder citizens about World War 2, about living in Holland and how even today, 60+ years later, it is painful for them to remember that life. But we agreed,
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I like numbers – perhaps you do too – which probably makes me a bit of an odd duck, but once we first count our fingers and toes in kindergarten there just seems to be some relationship between numbers and some greater cosmic order / plan. Ok, so this is probably starting to sound like
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Fresh from the pages of Canoe Weird News: A U.K. school has banned students from bringing triangle-shaped flapjacks to campus, all in the name of safety. The school reviewed “the texture and shape of the flapjacks” after someone threw one of the rolled-oats biscuits with honey and syrup and hurt a seven-year-old boy. The move
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It’s funny how life goes… 40 years ago I grew a moustache, at first a few blonde hairs that threatened to curl up into my nose, eventually perfectly visible with a strong light and certain angle of observation. My Mom laughed. Later as full-blown testosterone kicked in the moustache became a luxurious Fu Manchu that
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Way back in the stone age, smart Cavemen learned quickly how to stay alive. They learned to hunt, find shelter, water & food, how to outrun a sabre-tooth tiger… Once basic needs of survival were met the species could grow. That’s when Caveman had to learn some social graces when living with Cave woman. “Og,
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“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein We live in an iPod world – filled with information overload and Wikipedia essays –  and I, like many of my generation, wonder if the children of today and tomorrow will lose that sense of curiousity that spurs invention. But one quick tour
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The Belmore Skating Club is very proud to announce it’s year end showcase carnival Sunday, March 24 at 2pm! The theme for the show is Mary Poppins, portrayed by one of our Senior skaters, Niki Billington. All of our KidSkate and CanSkate students will be performing a musical number from this famous movie. We have
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Sometimes I just have to shake my head and wonder what people are thinking… From the pages of Canoe News: An Oklahoma mother of two is accused of trying to sell her children on Facebook for $4,000 to bail her boyfriend out of jail — and she allegedly received an offer. Misty VanHorn, 22, was
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Well this has been an interesting week… I have been craving seafood fetuccine for sometime; shrimp, clams, oysters et al smothered in a creamy white sauce and heaped over a pile of homemade fetuccine noodles. This may be mid-western Ontario but a part of me will NEVER leave Vancouver Island! So with a bit of
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