A nest of nightmares
The highway accident that claimed the lives of seven high school basketball players and a teacher returning to Bathurst Friday night is a nest of nightmares. The driver, his daughter and two players survived when the team van went out of control on the icy highway and slammed into an oncoming truck. Every […]
More corporate nonsense
Is it the grumpy season? More little irritations seem to keep cropping up the past few weeks. Here are three of the most recent. A call to a member of the staff at the bank triggered a central intercept apparently designed to prevent local, personal service wherever possible. It is especially irritating when […]
Stupid lies irritate customers
Do you have any kind of phobia about being played for a fool? Do you like plastic if it is obviously plastic and doing a plastic job? Do you hate it if it is pretending to be wood and displaying a wood grain pattern? I seem to have that idiosyncrasy to […]
First class and dizzy football
In the final game of the New England Patriot’s perfect regular season, the New York Giants did not have a dog in the hunt. New York’s playoff position was already settled. From a strategic point of view, they had nothing to gain or lose from taking it easy and resting some of their […]
Finally, our money’s worth!
Well, we finally got our money’s worth with the latest snowstorm in Miramichi. On Wednesday morning, we woke up to a dandy blizzard. Enabled by a tiny electric snow blower and an SUV, Michelle and I were able to get out to pick some work from her office and a few treats for […]
Miramichi Men Are the Tough Ones
TV coverage of airport havoc during a snowstorm early this week seemed to feature mostly Atlantic Provinces people trying to get home at Christmas. That’s logical given the number of them fanned out all over the world to earn a living. There will be more after UPM Kymmene’s announcement this week. The fine […]
The wit of Mayor McKay
There’s a bit of shtick I love and used a lot. It goes like this. You are going to ask me two questions. The first question is “What do you do for a living?” When I answer that question, you are going to ask me the second question: “What is […]
Well, that settles that!
My son in law was talking to an acquaintance about the cold weather we’ve been having. “Haven’t seen a mosquito all day!” he said. “Neither have I!” said his friend, “And I’m from upriver!” That pretty well settles that, then, doesn’t it? And that settles that “Immigrants don’t like Port […]
Fatherhood tragedies, triumphs
Fatherhood is a wonderful, scary, privilege. My first child, my daughter, immediately transformed me. I had to be responsible and competent to protect this unbelievable treasure. By the time my son became a teenager, I was, and remain, absolutely convinced that he is a better man than I will ever be. He is as […]
No justice for Latimer
Robert Latimer was refused day parole this week after seven years in prison. Latimer killed his 12-year-old daughter Tracy with carbon monoxide gas in his truck. Tracy had cerebral palsy, was severely mentally handicapped and suffered horribly from constant cramps so strong they sometimes broke her feeble bones. Doctors had proposed amputating her […]
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