Here’s Gill with some thoughts on Remembrance Day and a word of thanks for a veteran in her family. When people talk today a wide range of emotions will be brought to the surface. Some will be angry, others numb, others will show gratitude, and still others will reflect. I asked my own mother yesterday …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
In Memoriam
Gill has written in with a tribute to a woman who meant quite a bit to her. I knew her too though it’s safe to say not as well, and she was indeed a very nice lady. I can’t believe it’s been 15 years. The time, it flies. I think back on this date to …
Vomit Comet, Now With 100% More This Is True Goodness
We’ve added a new page to the sight. Carin and I love This is True. In fact I love it so much that if memory serves, it was the first newsletter I signed up for when I got my very own email address, edging out News of the Weird by about a minute and a …
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One Of These Days I Swear I’ll Figure Out How To Lose This Bet And Still Win It
As many questions as this story raises, I’m feeling pretty confident that it does answer at least one. I say this because there’s no way you’re reading it and not feeling like you’ve got a bit of a handle on why Brent Todd Friest’s 8-year-old son might have been visiting a psychologist. St. Paul police …
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I’m Sorry. I Got That All Wrong
If anyone from the New York Yankees organization is reading this, next time you guys are looking for a play by play voice, keep me in mind. I’ve got a decent radio voice, I can think quickly, I’ve been told a time or 2 that I’m friendly and even engaging, and my ability to follow …
We’re Gonna Miss Ya, Monkey Squeeze
I just heard the news that 97.7 HTZ FM’s Iron Mike Bensson died of cancer this morning. He was 60, which I never would have guessed. I’m shocked. Not shocked that he had cancer, but shocked that it took him. Shocked and sad. He put up a hell of a fight against it, from the …
What’s In A Name
Gill has written in again, but this time not with anything nearly as out there or controversial as last time. This time she’s talking about names. I’m not sure I entirely understand what her point is, but I also have a headache that’s making me feel a little dizzy and unfocussed this morning, so maybe …
If You’ve Never Seen Bret Hart Win The World Title From Ric Flair In Saskatoon, Here You Go
I’ll always remember how shocked my 12-year-old self was when it turned on wrestling one weekend in 1992 and heard the news that Bret Hart had beaten Ric Flair for the WWF title a few days earlier on a show in Saskatoon. It wasn’t just shocking because there was a new world champion and at …
When ya Gotta Go, Somebody’s Gonna Need Money
There isn’t a whole lot to take away from this story, but what there is is important. Remember, you can be robbed anywhere at any time. Including, as of last weekend, while you’re sitting on a porta-potty. A woman using a porta-potty at Harmony Square was robbed Sunday, police say. The woman was using the …
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This iPad Is Broken. All That Comes Up On The Screen Is A Picture Of Some Idiot
You guys aren’t going to believe this. Yet another person bought an iPad from some dude at a gas station. And wonder of wonders, it wasn’t really an iPad. I know, it’s shocking! This $200 trunk bargain turned out to be a mirror dressed up like an iPad. Victim (I hate using that word in …
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