Jet Boy, Jet Girl
You have to experience a racing jet truck to truly understand its power and magnificence! …
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General
Dear London Free Press
Hey there, Freeps! My name might ring a teeny, tiny bell. You run my House Proud column sometimes and you used to run my business section column years ago.  We’re pals even though we don’t hang out all the time. We both have other, closer friends. …
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Young Junkmen
While my husband was on his annual bike excursion in the US, I took care of a niggling issue in our back yard. …
A Pizza Dessert
Distinct dividing lines emerge among friends the more you get to know them. Are they cat people or dog people? Will they download music illegally or do they respect copyrights? And do they like pineapple on pizza or think it’s sacrilege? …
Festival Season
We’re into it now. Sunfest was on in London on the weekend.  I chose to join some friends at the Festival of Arts & Crafts in Goderich on Saturday. I do love a good festival. …
Naming the News
So ol’ Lloyd Robertson, the man who has had a grandfatherly smile for as long as I can remember is finally going to retire after leaving a 35 year butt-print in the CTV anchor chair. Well, he wasn’t the main anchor that whole time but I really wanted to write “35 year butt-print”. Naturally, people are asking me about his replacement, Lisa LaFlamme. I say “Hurrah!” but not because she’s a woman, because she’s a Lisa. …
A Fan is Born
How many nights have I been in the Delaware Speedway tower, making notes and keeping track of each development on the racetrack? I’m not sure. Every night of racing this season, I’ve been there. But last night, I did something I had not previously done. …
SOS! Tweet Tweet!
This city’s Emergency Management department has actually issued a warning to young socially-minded gizmo owners: If something happens, put down the Smartphone! …
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Linking
Are you Linked In? I am, over and over and over again. But I have to wonder what good it is. …
“Entertainment” Television
Former host of The Insider, Pat O’Brien, is writing his autobiography. The nasally-voiced, bookish talking head made headlines a few years ago for creepily propositioning a young female colleague (caught on tape, on her answering machine) and later for a workplace email in which he claimed Insider co-host Lara Spencer made viewers “want to vomit”.  So the man’s no saint.  He has sobered up and is trying to fly right. …
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Speaking Their (Tiny!) Minds
Have you ever stopped to read the comments posted after news stories on newspaper websites? …
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Strapping Them On
A strange phenomenon is sometimes popping up on the shoulders of better-dressed women and I feel it is my duty to address it! …
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I Doth Protest
We saw and heard it all over the weekend: the peaceful protests and the self-described anarchists called the Black Bloc, as the G20 leaders came to Toronto. …
Several Steps Over the Line
Quebecor has announced it’s putting together a sort of Fox News North – a 24 hour TV channel because, my inner sarcastic voice says, the other ones have worked out to be soooo popular. …
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More Than Words
And now, another instalment of words that make me go “hmmm”.  Newswriting is a tricky business. It’s usually done to the fast ticking of a clock to deadline which is why editors are so important. …