I received a certificate in the mail the other day from Canada Blood Services recognizing the fact that I have made fifty donations.  And it made me feel a little bad.  I’ve been donating blood since high school but I’ve only made fifty donations?  It probably should be a hundred and fifty donations. I don’t…

The law of unintended consequences.  At times it’s one of my favourite laws and at other times one of my least favourite.  This past week it fell into the former category.  The plan was to attend Agustinus and Erlina Nagata’s Canadian Citizenship Ceremony.  What a privilege to be able to be there to celebrate the…

Well, it’s certainly been an embarrassing few weeks for Canadian politicians.  Federal, provincial and municipal, the commons and the senate and all three of the major political parties have taken it on the chin….  and so they should. Not only do I believe that politicians should have to follow the same rules as the rest…

It’s been one of those weeks.  Half of our staff were attending funerals, one of our church families experienced a close family death and my father’s twin brother passed away.  Someone once said “Death, it’s all a part of living.”  And the reality is, we have all been born to die.  When I was in…

I wasn’t exactly eavesdropping, I just happened to overhear their conversation.  That’s different isn’t it?  I was at Tim’s the other day and heard a group of woman expressing outrage and dismay at yet another news story about a new born who had been deserted and left to die  by his mother.  The general consensus…

I don’t like to judge, well sometimes I do but that’s a “Penn” for another time.  But, seriously, I read a story last week about Laura Fernee a scientist from London.  It appears that Ms. Fernee had to quit her job because of physical limitations…… actually it was because of her physical appearance.  She told…

Apparently, it was new technology for her and she was really struggling. I just happened to be there for her conversation with the support staff as she went over the process step by step. She wanted to make sure that she had done everything right and that the recipient would get her message. I would…

There are the same number of Jedi Knights as there are Wesleyans!  Well, that’s not entirely true, there are the same number of Jedi across Canada as there are Wesleyans in Atlantic Canada.  But still. . .    They are in decline and while some are quick to offer up reasons, nobody is offering up solutions. …

It just took two digits and all of a sudden I wasn't who I thought I was. The other day I was topping up my “Mac Pass” and the “customer service” rep informed me that either my pass didn't belong to me or I wasn't who I said I was. Well I knew the pass…

I learned two things this week that I didn’t know before.  Even though I am not a sports fan I am aware that Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play professional baseball in the Major Leagues in the States.   And I even knew that before they started promoting the movie “42”.   What I…