Do you watch, "Dancing with the Stars"?  A couple of weeks ago we accidently happened to catch a snippet of Michael Bolton in his last performance.  My thought was, "As a dancer, he's a pretty good singer."  Which says something for me because I quote the statistic that, "4 out of 5 people who fall…

What are you passionate about? You have to be passionate about something. What is it that brings out the best in you or the worst? If you watch the news, it isn't difficult to find out what folks are passionate about: their causes and hobby horses. And sometimes those passions change depending on where we…

I recently read that Gmail has incorporated a "Second thought" button into their toolkit. We are all familiar with the "undo function" in Word and PowerPoint, where you can undo your last action, but the Gmail application allows you to take back your words, if you are quick enough. Once you hit Send in Gmail,…

Penn of DennArggh, shiver me timbers! September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and bilge rats from all four corners of the globe will celebrate by talking like Long John Silver and Jack Sparrow. I wouldn't be lying, would I? For nigh on ten years land lubbers have been talking the way it…

Penn of DennPeople who call themselves Christians can be so stupid at times. Have you heard about the church in Florida that is planning a Qur'an burning? Seriously, the Dove World Outreach Center church is planning a "Burn a Qur'an Day" to commemorate the 9th anniversary of 9/11. Seriously! The pastor, Terry Jones, has been…

Oops, or something like that. If you've been following the local news you've probably heard Irving Oil mentioned a time or two lately. In early August, they discovered their high-test gasoline wasn't actually high test, so for a week they sold it at the same price as regular. Then they discovered the problem had been…

I don't want to say, "I told you so. . .but!" Recently at a national convention, a committee of the Green Party of Canada, voted to send a motion to the full party for it to be debated and voted on. The motion will call for the decriminalization of . . . you waiting for…

It’s what I said, but it’s not what I meant. Don’t you hate it when someone deliberately misrepresents your words? I googled my name the other day. I know, I know, I’m so vain. Actually I do it occasionally to see who is quoting me in their sermon,. I know, I know, I’m so vain.  …

Penn of Denn90,000! That's the number of leaked American military documents that were recently made public by "Wikileaks", the online whistle blowing site. It will be interesting to see how the revelations from those documents impact the American and Canadian's public support for the war in Afghanistan.I've been torn on the issue for a long…

Have you ever noticed how many accident reports on the news end with the words "alcohol may have been a factor"? Especially in the summer time. The interesting thing is that it doesn't really seem to concern folks. If every weekend there was an accidental gun death there would be a national campaign to ban…