Not the face of hunger

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is in the news due to her recent ‘hunger strike’ in which she purportedly subsisted on a diet of fish broth, vitamins and tea. It amazes me that she’s managed to maintain her round, blob-like features even though she has restricted her caloric intake to practically nil while living in a […]

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Banker Bailout

Joel Armstrong, a Spokane, Washington banker, spotted a mother duck and ducklings preparing to make a perilous leap from his office window so helped them make their way to water. It’s stories like this that make you think there’s hope for mankind after all. And one of the few stories where comments about the actions […]

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What I’d like to do

People on cell phones are annoying. Especially when they stand right beside you, well within your personal space, chatting blithely about all that is important in their lives. And you have to listen to it. All of it. Until now. So how to shut them up without backhanding the offender and screaming something like “Back […]

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