Someone has been busy. I read an article the other day that nude pictures of Tiger Woods, Katharine McPhee, Kristen Stewart, and Miley Cyrus have all surfaced and ended up on the internet this week. I wonder if it ever crossed their minds that having nude digital pictures floating around was a bad idea? It’s…
Putting away Childish Things
Can you remember being a kid? Can you remember the thrill of each new morning and the wonder of each new day? Can you remember when a week seemed like an eternity, and it was a lifetime between Christmases? Can you remember nursery rhymes and fairy tales, and thinking that all stories had a happy…
Don’t Look Now
Another eclipse and again the world didn’t end. Did you catch the eclipse on Monday? It was pretty unspectacular in Halifax, certainly not worth flying here to see in your Lear jet. On the other hand, we are supposed to enjoy a complete eclipse in 2024. I remember the last time that happened, I was…
Love Never Fails
Summer of Love 5 Love Never Fails. The permanence of Love Well it’s been fifty years. Fifty years ago in Canada we celebrated our Centennial. Fifty years ago the Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Fifty years ago Interracial Marriage was declared constitutional by The United States Supreme Court. Fifty years ago Elvis…
Sobering Stats
Last year there were more Canadians hospitalized due to alcohol than for heart attacks. Let that sink in for a while. According to a recent report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, there were about 77,000 hospitalizations in Canada that were caused entirely by alcohol. During the same period of time about 75,000 Canadians…