Monthly Archives: February 2011

Cousin Opie

A few years ago I did some cartoons for the Barn Dance Opera Journal. The CKNX Barn Dance was a radio show aired every week from the Wingham station in southwestern Ontario. The actual show travelled from town to town, … Continue reading

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What Would Happen if the Tea Party Becomes a Real Political Party

I know there seems to be more animosity between the Tea Partiers and the leftish Republicans. It’s only a matter of time before Tea Partiers join with the Democrats to outvote the normal Republicans. So it would seem inevitable that … Continue reading

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It’s True That Men Can’t Give Birth

It is true that men can’t give birth. It’s been the topic of whiny self examination before and I expect it to rear it’s head in the future, too. Women tell us we just can’t understand. We men nod our … Continue reading

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Repurposing Some Racist Jokes

I am not saying for one minute that all racist jokes should be repurposed. I don’t think that it’s even possible for some jokes. The ones that I’m talking about are the straight up insults. The ones that have nothing … Continue reading

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The Longest Street in the World

When I was very young, a kid really, the city of Toronto had a bit of an inferiority complex. It was only the second biggest city in Canada and didn’t have as many things to draw people from far away. … Continue reading

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Two Thoughts II

I’m sick to death with governmental misdirection in the recession. In order to trumpet job creation, government leaders sometimes fail to mention that some jobs created are part time. They love to give the stat of how many total jobs … Continue reading

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Mmmm War

I’m still on my Amundsen kick. This time it’s the fascination with the way he made Antarctic expeditions more efficient by using sled dogs to pull the supplies and as the supplies were used, ate some of the sled dogs … Continue reading

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A Dog’s Life and Lies We Tell Ourselves

In the news recently was a sled dog “cull”. It happened in B.C. after the Vancouver Olympics. There was supposed to be a boom in business for sled dog adventures after the Olympics, but of course there was none. So … Continue reading

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The Amundsen Observatory

We all know what lies at the North Pole. Just mentioning it probably brings up images of a red and white barber pole with a triangular banner bearing the words ‘North Pole’. And of course in the near vicinity lives … Continue reading

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To Colourize or to Decolourize

I know a number of cinemaphiles. So when colourizing first came about for black and white films, I heard some of the debate. The name that kept on coming up to not colourize was Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho. For some … Continue reading

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