It’s the First Sunday in Advent – rejoice Since this is the Sunday of Hope, I will set aside my tendency to rant about the inconsistent and less than stellar political leadership on the topic of the day/week/month/year and instead talk about the joys of trying to keep fit… For some of us, as you […]

Well at least the feedback so far has not labelled me as a troglodyte (yet). But some thoughts are interesting and I’m sharing them for you to ponder: a) A good time to recall that this coming Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, is the Sunday of Hope. I am grateful we are still able […]

There were two other interesting things our guest mentioned yesterday that I forgot to include in my report:#1) start loading up on Vitamin D (I’d also been told this during Monday Night Football by my close friend and retired doctor). Vitamin D seems to be a strong force for building up our immune system — […]

Our man Hillis… Not sure if I ever told you about my Physics teacher at old MHS. Mr. Hillis was a somewhat reserved guy and during Grade XI I didn’t really get to know him, although I did find him to be an excellent teacher. It was in Grade XIII, with only maybe four or […]

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Sometimes you have to go to a public hearing…in an earlier life I was very much in the forefront of the development of public involvement in the governing processes. You can read about it in my book so I won’t bore you with the details now (and besides, I’ll probably explain it much better in […]

And now that the Book is done… This weekend, having mailed out the final hard copies of the book as well as dispatching a variety of e-mails allowing those who didn’t get printed copies to access it via this web-site, I decided I needed to get a little physical exercise in – give my brain […]

After the Book Tour… Click here to download the book… Well a long journey is finally finished, more or less!! Yes, the book that was started in a fashion somewhat akin to earnest in 2005 after a luncheon at the Diamond Club at SFU with the late Ron MacLeod, has been put to rest. Printed […]