Happy 29th Birthday, CBC Newsworld!

It’s hard to remember a time before CBC Newsworld, or CBC News Network as we know it now. For years it’s been the first place I turn when I hear about the sort of breaking news that gives me an urge to follow it nonstop, because it’s one of the very few television news outlets …

I Can’t Wait To See My Old Flame…And Then Piss It Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZ9IdN53AE A friendly chap by the name of Michael Allen Haag seems to have had himself quite the time during a recent plane ride from Denver to Charleston, according to reports. The people around him? Probably not so much. Witnesses gave an FBI agent these accounts of a harrowing flight from Denver on Thursday night, …

What In The Actual Hell Is Going ON In Guelph These Days?

Brampton man accused of exposing himself in public sauna Two boys under the age of 18 were present at the time Police called about a man masturbating in front of hospital The male is described as approximately 45-55 years old, about 5’6” tall, Man found masturbating in toy section Police attended to the store and …

Public Transit By Uber Seems To Be Going Alright

Last year, the town of Innisfil decided to partner with Uber instead of spending piles of money to build its own transit system from scratch. I said then that it was an interesting idea and that I was pulling for it to work out. So how is it working out? Pretty well, it appears. Innisfil, …

Vacation Bible School Makeover

Here’s Gill with a few words on what she’s up to these days. I don’t know where she got her ideas about volunteering, but that was never what I saw where I grew up. When you think of Vacation Bible School, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably you think of arts, crafts, …

Not So Kid Friendly

Gill returns to look at a topic we’ve covered before. This seems like a good example. Have you ever been curious about the origins of those stories and rhymes we read, sang and chanted as children? They may leave you with nightmares. So from sleeping beauty being violated to some very racist songs, here are …

The Tansy Scoop part 2

And now that I’ve put up the super time-sensitive and milestone-type stuff, here’s some random stuff that’s left over. I forgot to include a recent picture of Tansy, so here’s one that was taken close to her seventh birthday. I was at a conference, and when Tans went out to pee, she must have sniffed …