the woodshed

This piece in the Toronto Star lifts up a rock and shines a light on the worst aspects of kids' sports. Briefly, asshole hockey dad dec...

Shannon Rupp of the Tyee has a pretty good take on what happened and how the news business came to be more about the business than the news....

While I greatly enjoyed this essay by John Sewell on how Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should go about cutting the fat cats off the gravy train , i...

RIP Gerry Rafferty -- I guess he never managed to "give up the booze and the one night stands." My oldest friend had thi...

Shorter Bill O'Reilly: " Fucking magnets - how do they work? " (for the meme-challenged, go read this ) One of my father...

 While virtually nothing from the lengthy (and very longwinded on my part) interview she did with me made it into the story, a nice piece on...

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It was a balmy 12 C with intermittent rain in Hamilton today-- perfect swimming weather--and so your intrepid correspondent sallies forth! ...

It was a low key New Year's around the Woodshed. We have some nice take-out sushi and watched t he Tribute to Paul McCartney at the Whit...

Via the always terrific Mock, Paper, Scissors we read of a health clinic in California that took t he high road to helping the poor this Ch...

I know it is only Wednesday, but this is going to be tough to beat for the stupidest thing I'm going to hear all week. "The armie...

This started out as a comment on the post below and, as happens with some of these sorts of things,  kind of got away from me. When I star...

“Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, "Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbour...

and wakes up with a headache hours later in dumpster without its wallet, watch, cell phone or pants. People wonder why reporters h...

here's one for you to watch and practice the next time yer down at the rink. The great Jack Todd, the Montreal Gazette's best sports...

I...uh...holy sh...I mean...WHAT?!?! If my life were an old cartoon (and it often seems that way) this is the part where I would reach in...

I had kind of an odd experience today at work and I'm not exactly sure how I feel  about it. I work for a newspaper (it's not a very...

( I know I said I wouldn't blog about my new job - and I'm not. This is more a reflection on my long history in the newspaper busine...

I came across this video recently - it was made for a United Church service and inspired by the reminiscences of a man who navigated bombe...

To be honest, I don't want Philip 'Flip' Benham.  He is not wanted. I do NOT want anyone to lay a finger on this guy. What I r...