SPOILER ALERT :  Last week was the series finale of Republic of Doyle , a CBC-TV comedy-drama series set in Newfoundland about a father-son ...

I got a new pair of glasses last week. I'd had my previous pair for seven years, & while my vision was still not bad, the lenses w...

*  I have been a real social butterfly lately. I had lunch with an old friend who was in town last week. I spent Friday with another old f...

By now, everyone has probably heard the story about the Republican congressional aide/communications director who caused a minor uproar by ...

It's December 1st (December 1st!!) -- and getting closer to Christmas. There's currently no snow on the ground -- and yesterday ...

If you've read my blog for a while, you'll know that I tend to chafe at the notion that just because I don't have kids, I should...

The cold and the darkness still suck.  Halloween was the preamble to what was coming. It was chilly, grey and pouring rain, so much so tha...