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Here is a well-written blog so current even its archives are worth a spin.

Good writing is soothing. Some of the writing within this blog I’ve just discovered, Shoreacres, is so soothing you’ll feel like you’ve slipped into a hot tub with a good drink.
I’ll link to one story on the blog, The Day Godot Arrived.

An old post on a Canadian company that will hunt for a better cell phone plan for you and save you money. No foolin’. Here’s the link to that post.

The mayor of Toronto wants landed immigrants to have the right to vote.
Years ago, for the first time I fell into discussion with an landed immigrant on Canada. It was during a break in a hot garage. We both worked for a trucking company in Edmonton.
I’d never heard of a landed immigrant before. I learned [...]

I gotta say it again. One of my favourite writers. He writes movie reviews like composers write music; his reviews have a melody all their own.
Here is Roger Ebert on “Tyson”, the movie, a documentary in which Tyson talks about himself.
In a 600 words Ebert makes you feel for the guy you’re glad you never [...]

Only two teams in NHL history have won game seven on the road.
So if you’re a betting person, Detroit looks like the winner on paper before the final 2009 Stanley Cup game starts in a one-game winner-take-all series.
Here’s the analysis by Pensburgh, a blog for Penguin fans.
Okay. So much for on-paper predictions. Pittsburgh won 2-1. [...]

I notice people clicking on this blog did a search for “Jasmine MacDonnell photos”.
Interesting.
Well, why not. Ms. MacDonnell certainly draws interest, and her exploits have certainly entertained us here.
Here are three photographs of the Mink Panther.
One social party shot from McLeans, one of a fawning MacDonnell with blogger BCer in Toronto asking for you to [...]

A 72-year-old Texas woman was shot with an electronic stunning device by a police officer during a dispute over a possible traffic violation.
Here’s the BBC link for it, and the video of the thing is here on a link to a Denver Colorado media outlet, called Fox 31.

You know, Jasmine MacDonnell isn’t the only screwup in Ottawa.
I should link back to this recent item just so it’s up there. You may have read it already, I’m sure. But if you hadn’t, it seems Buckingham Palace long ago, in the 1960s if I remember right, lent Rideau Hall some very nice silverware. It’s [...]