For those of you who doubt the health risks associated with tobacco and alcohol you have obviously never read the story of 38 year old Jeff Foran from Foreman Arkansas. I came across this old story about how the highly intoxicated Mr. Foran jumped from his automobile to retrieve his cigarette which had blown out…
Strange attractions
Well, that is a little disturbing. Actually, it is very disturbing. But unfortunately, not unexpected. Since the news was released about Luka Magnotta’s murder and dismemberment of Jun Lin in Montreal, he has garnered literally hundreds of online fans. His largest fan page on Facebook has over 1400 members and that is just one of…
Walking the Wire
What were you doing Friday night? A lot of people were watching Nik Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls on a wire. Pretty impressive. I don't want to rain on Nik’s parade, but I have always been a fan of the Great Blondin who made numerous walks across the Falls in the mid 1800s, including once…
Late Night Phone calls
The phone was ringing and it was 4:45 in the morning! You know that if you get a telephone call at that hour it can't be good news. Nobody calls you at quarter to five in the morning just to say hello or to tell you that you’ve won the lottery….. in which case it…
Bizarre? Maybe not
It’s been a bizarre couple of weeks, with stories in the news about the Cannibal Zombie in the Miami area, a gunman opening fire on shoppers in the Eaton’s centre in Toronto, body parts being mailed to the Prime Minister and yet another murder here in Halifax. It leaves people shaking their heads and asking,…
That’s not space. . .
That’s not space, that’s just really high in the sky. . . I was brought up watching Star Trek, watching them “Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before”. When I was 9, I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon and when I was 17 I was introduced to the conflicts that were happening…
I want a Submarine
I want a submarine. Which is bizarre since I have never really wanted a submarine, except when I was 12. But I want one now. It doesn’t have to be fancy or even yellow, any old sub will do as long as it floats when it is supposed to and doesn’t float when it not…
Growing Older, but not Gracefully
I thought I was going to have to pick Angela up off the floor as she was laughing so hard. She was really enjoying herself at my expense. We were shopping and the clerk at the check-out asked if I was a senior. Hello! So I replied “yes, I'm ninety-two.” Which I thought was an…
They will know we are Christians by our. . .
Well, it would appear that young William Swinimer has become something of a folk hero in the Christian community. You would think he had been burned at the stake for refusing to renounce his faith instead of being asked not to wear a T-Shirt that some might feel was offensive. Obviously nobody in the Christian…
Changing Speed Limits
“If higher speed limits are set, people will simply not be exceeding them as much.” That is the rationale behind stop100.ca, a group that is calling on the Ontario Government to increase speed limits to as high as 130 km/h. A spokesman from the Ontario Transportation Ministry stated that in 2008, speed contributed to 21%…