Tax Credit Wrinkle and Other Matters
Until the speech from the throne last week I wasn’t aware that getting cosmetic enhancements like Botox and liposuction could become tax write-offs. …
March 2010
Lip Sticky
The London Free Press recently ran an article about a woman who’s making and selling all natural lipsticks. …
The Time Traveler’s Wife
I love the concept of traveling through time and some of the films and TV shows about it are among my favourites: Quantum Leap, Timeline, etc. …
A Kanye West Moment
I don’t know what the critics are saying but I enjoyed the Steve Martin-Alec Baldwin pairing at the Academy Awards. And some of the wins were heart-warming, not the least of which was actual movie-making (The Hurt Locker) over high-tech trickery (Avatar). As much as we’ve all loved Sandra Bullock over the years, who would have pegged her for an Oscar one day?  It’s a nice change on the side of good! …
My New Toy
My Blackberry era is over. I now have an Iphone. A 16 gig 3GS to be exact. …
Let’s Go Racing Boys and Girls!
The racing season at Delaware Speedway doesn’t start for several weeks but I’ve been working on it for some time now. …
Singing a New Song
A debate is underway about the lyrics of our national anthem. Specifically, there’s going to be some official, government research into whether the line, “in all thy sons command” in O Canada, should be rewritten to be more inclusive. A new poll out this morning shows 80% of respondents want the anthem to be left as is. …
No Depp-rivations
Johnny Depp lives an idyllic life in southern France with his family and instead of envying him for it, I am happy for him. Unlike some movie stars who seem to be nothing more than gluttons with a cute smile, Depp appears to be a true artist. …
My Friend Joe
I’ve written about Joe before. We go back about a dozen years, or so. Joe had leukemia and wanted his birth family to get tested to see if they might be matches and could potentially provide him with life-saving marrow. They refused. That’s how we got to know each other.  His story appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, my talk show producer Peggy and I were bowled over by it and we gave him a call. The rest is history. …
Apples, Oranges and Lectures
Facebook has a wonderful feature that I’ve used a few times. You can hide the input of a “friend” without actually dropping them, and they will never know it. …
Homecoming, Hopefully
If everything has gone according to the latest plan, my baby brother should be thousands of feet in the air as I write this. …