The Stew Pot will appear in this space from time to time with my $.02 on the issues of the day. Comments are welcome (I have thick skin). What are they thinking at Hockey Canada?Hockey Canada has been all over the news not just because… Read More
There’s an article this morning in The Toronto Star about a company in the US offering employees an opportunity to get microchipped. I’m not even making this up. Three Square Market — a developer of software used in vending machines — is offering all of… Read More
The video showing a United Airlines customer dragged kicking and screaming from a plane has by now been seen over 6 million people. I’m sure that number is climbing fast. According to news reports, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz called the situation “upsetting”, commenting the… Read More
For the most part we don’t have nearly as much gun violence in our city as our neighbours to the south and it’s easy for us to be smug about the bizarre American fetish for firearms. This morning though, I was taking the dogs out… Read More
I was in London Ontario for a chunk of the day on business. On the drive back this afternoon I saw an explosion. I was driving east on the 401 a little before the 427 when suddenly a large cloud of very dark gray smoke… Read More
$75 Fine Successfully Appealed And all is once again right with the universe.
What a nice lady she is. Who knew?
Canada is sending 30 wood bison from Alberta to Siberia. This begs the question, how do you put 30 bison safely on an airplane? They’re big critters, and independent too. My other question is, what do we get in Perhaps a few hockey players to… Read More
I read today that Facebook is introducing an advertising approach called sponsored stories, in which comments you post about products and services could be repurposed into ads for those products and services and shown to your “friends”. Here’s my question to all you Facebook users… Read More
Torontonians have been following the progress of 6 giant beer vats as they have inched their way from Hamilton Harbour to the Molson’s plant near Pearson airport in a convoy of 40 vehicles. These vats are so big that crews have had to remove traffic… Read More
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