the woodshed

Objective vs. Subjective The good Dr. Berube has some interesting, if somewhat complex thoughts on the subject (or is it object?) And hey, a...

Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Dec. 7, 1941, is a day that will live in infamy for more than just the attack on Pearl Harbor. T...

Operation Enduring Blogger Canadian current affairs uber-comic Rick Mercer (This Hour has 22 minutes, Monday Report) has done some great s...

In your ear Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Paul Weller As Is Now V2 Japan, 2,520 yen As the driving force behind the Jam in the lat...

Bridges' brilliance lifts melancholy Irving adaptation Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer The Door in the Floor Three and half star...

Smoke'em if you got'em Now we learn the pernicious weed may inhibit cancer

Just say Mo' Study shows pot helps grow brain cells , improves memory. Hell, the next thing you know, scientists will be telling us th...

RIP Theodore Roosevelt Heller of Chicago, who asked we send acerbic letters to Republicans instead of flowers.

All schedenfreude, all the time The imminent flameout of the Bush junta is much on my mind these days. It's been quite a while since...

Pickin' and grinnin' Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Guitar: An American Life By Tim Brookes Read by Tim Brookes Blackstone ...

Another one for the good guys What do the Toronto Maple Leafs have that the Montreal Canadiens don't? Black and white photos of their la...

A first world democracy with third world religiousity and problems An interesting radio piece from the Australian Broadcasting Company, cou...

Flashback I went to see the String Cheese Incident last week (special thanks to Doug at Buffalo Records, purveyor of fine roots music, for s...

Documentary charts life of two-fisted poet Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Bukowski: Born Into This Four stars out of five Written a...

'Until I Find You' bloated, but brilliant Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Until I Find You By John Irving Rand...

Soul on ice Hockey is back at last, and the Habs are flying out of the gate with a last minute 2-1 win over the Bruins. Jack Todd over at ...

The friendly skies Thank god for airline security staff, otherwise we might have to ride with people whose ideas we disagree with and even...

Clearly people with more time than brains Minutemen guarding the U.S. Canada border. I'd love to see some of these goofballs sit at the...

Nothing like a nice rumor to cost people their lives No proof of helicopter being fired at in NOLA

"I love the smell of ink and bourbon in the morning..." Berkley Breathed is back and in fine form this week