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My Old School Night view of the University of Waterloo Arts Library Nice to see the kids at my old Alma Mater are as classy and inventive a...

Surf music is not dead Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Move over Frank Sinatra, there's a new chairman of the board--the...

The sane people Over at Liberal Catnip, there is some pondering of when the term liberal became a perjorative and what the heck a progressiv...

First "Truthiness" now "Scienciness" Cornell University drinks the "intelligent design" kool-aid and offers a ...

The ultimate treehouse The Swiss Family Robinson's pad ain't got nothing on these arborial pod dwellings . Definitely a step up from...

Family Values Okay, I give up. I'll admit the Republicans are the party of sound morals and family values and even love children more...

Guarding America while it sleeps Yes, Mr. and Mrs. America you can rest easy knowing that Homeland Security is protecting you and your child...

the envelope please... The winners list for the Koufax awards has been released. Maybe next year.

Delusional This is really the only word for Stephen Harper. He is sitting as Prime Minister with the slimmest minority government in Canadia...

Pay no attention to that Brownshirt behind the curtain Nunc Scio has the goods on Tory MP for Okanagan-Shuswap Colin Mayes, who has suggest...

Joke CathiefromCanada: On the lighter side of American history and immigration.

Powerlessness of Prayer They needed a scientific study to prove this? Power of prayer overrated . What's next, using electron microscop...

They've got nothing! It has been a busy week here in Woodshedland, too busy getting kids ready to start school and enjoying the cherry ...

On second thought... Suddenly, I'm considerably less sure about the wisdom of our war in Afghanistan. Is Canada really there supporting ...

Thought Crimes A recent NYPD memo brags about the use of "proactive arrests" and intimidation tactics to break up and silence poli...

Round up Yes, we at the Woodshed are surfing the Internet so you don't have to, bringing you videos of evangelists calling for a holy en...

Papers please... This kind of Gestapo shit really has to be stopped. Anyone who thinks The United States is not becoming a police state real...

Steven Harper and coffee in Kandahar Canada's new Prime Minister has been beset by allegations of unethical behavior over floor crossing...

Real Amu ric ans don't need no fancy book learnin' Some people are born ignorant and some have ignorance thrust upon them. Across t...

Oscar winning rabbits A short animated feature that is just like Brokeback Mountain, but with bunnies . (warning: contains scenes of bunny l...