The Wall of Rants

July 13  • 

UNPLUGGED AND RECONNECTING

The Fine Art of Taking the Summer Off This is the first blog I’ve written since I retired six weeks ago. And I’m writing it under the patio umbrella....

May 15  • 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, MY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

I’m tempted to start this off by saying, “I promised Mess I wouldn’t do this…” Or to post a picture of myself alongside a picture of Rachel...


February 1  • 

“WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN, BASIL?”

In which Alberta politics starts to look like a bad Austin Powers movie — which is to say, every Austin Powers movie On February 21 in Red Deer,...

December 5  • 

ON JIM PRENTICE’S “BOZO ERUPTION”: WHAT WAS HE THINKING !!???!!

It’s the Friday morning after the Thursday afternoon “pause” as I write this, and shortly, I’ll be leaving for work.  Today, work is anything but....


September 8  • 

MEET THE NEW BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD BOSS…

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution,  Take a bow for the new revolution, Smile and grin at the change all around, Pick up my guitar and play,...

August 22  • 

TIRED OF WAITING

Did your heart swell with pride this week when The Economist Magazine declared Calgary the fifth most-liveable city on Planet Earth? I’m guessing...


August 6  • 

THE BEST COOKIE I’VE EVER EATEN

  ..And What It Has to Do With Alison Redford’s Resignation   This is the first picture I have ever taken of food and posted online.  (It may not be...

August 4  • 

RELAX — THIS AIN’T THE MAINLAND

Shortly after I posted “Most Kids Have Invisible Friends — And So Does Alison Redford”, a reader tweeted about how she’d heard on NewsTalk 770 that...


July 30  • 

MOST KIDS HAVE INVISIBLE FRIENDS — AND SO DOES ALISON REDFORD

Holy (bleep)! A guy ignores his blog for several months (my bad!) because he’s busy fitting a bunch of projects and volunteer commitments around work...

April 14  • 

“THERE WILL BE BLOOD IN THE CASTLE TONIGHT!”

“THE PRINCESS BRIDE” REVISITED, STARRING RON LIEPERT AS INIGO MONTOYA AND ROB ANDERS AS THE SIX-FINGERED MAN Okay, it’s a stretch.  In the actual...