It is said that things happen for a reason, but millions of us are much more concerned about what we must learn to become, than we are about who and what we really are. We live in a world today where far too much emphasis is placed on education, and far too little is placed on ability. Credentials have sadly become more important than skills, and the result has been… Read More »
Personal Spy Planes Now families that fly together, can spy together with personal spy planes like the SpyHawk Are you one of those people who needs to know what the Joneses are watching on TV, or if Alice, who lives a block over, and wins the blue ribbon for her massive zucchinis each year, uses a mutant growth formula? Well, we have some great news for you. It is now… Read More »
Do you like Jeeps? Are you a hard core Jeep collector and aficionado? Do you want to own the biggest, baddest, butt-kicking Jeep around? Well, now you can. Watch your neighbors line the street with eyes a’popping when you come pulling up in a Full Metal Jacket Survival Jeep! This heavily-customized Jeep Wrangler is certainly not for wimps or the gutless. This specially constructed survival Jeep was built for adventurers,… Read More »
Mandatory Flu Shots Health authorities and hospitals across the country are asking the public to get flu shots. However, in British Columbia, the Chief Medical Health Officer is doing a whole lot more than just asking. His office has formulated the most colossal waste of time, effort, money and risk to people’s lives in BC history, with a policy that makes flu shots or face masks mandatory for health care… Read More »
Growing up in the 1960′s I was one of many lads who was raised on Hockey Night In Canada. Missing the Saturday night hockey game for me was like missing church on Sunday morning for others. Saturday night was reserved for Bill Hewitt or Ward Cornell on the Toronto Maple Leaf games or Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin broadcasting the Montreal games. Up to 1970 there were only two Canadian… Read More »
We seem to view teachers in almost the same light that we do religious leaders. Yet, while religious leaders are quick to ‘give testimony’ to the trials that led them to accept their chosen beliefs, teachers remain a bit of an enigma, shadowy creatures whom we trust with the education of our children, but rarely get to know. “Miss?’, authored by Laurel McHargue, is a beautifully written behind-the-scenes tour of… Read More »
It is well known that I am a huge fan of celebrating the ‘body beautiful’, and am a bit of a connoisseur, if I may say so myself. So, when I was approached to review a book of a more ‘adult’ nature, I thought, “Who could possibly be more appropriate than I?” I replied with my willingness, and awaited the arrival of ‘Sex Position Coloring Book, Playtime For Couples’. I… Read More »
Hidden high in the mountains was a monastery that had once been known throughout all the world. Its monks were pious, its students were enthusiastic. The beautiful chants from the chapel touched the hearts of people who came there to pray and meditate. But, something changed. Fewer and fewer young men came to study. Fewer and fewer people came for spiritual nourishment. The few monks who still remained, became disheartened… Read More »
Random Jokes, Questions & Quotes #15 » When Marci was 4, her family lived in a neighborhood where the only children to play with were two rough boys. One day the three of them were out playing in the back yard. All of a sudden the two little boys came running in, crying. When asked what happened, one boy blurted out, “Marci punched me in the stomach,” and the other… Read More »
On Remembrance Day we honor our veterans with remembrance of their sacrifice. One of the best ways that we can do that, is to never regret growing older, for it is a privilege denied to many. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember… Read More »