Ways we can bring back some natural selection into our environment.

Design Blackberries that explode if they’re used while driving. Make seat belts and crash-helmets optional.   If it’s good enough for New Hampshire, it should be good enough for the rest of us.  (Hey, Live Free or DIE, right?) Get rid of school crossing guards.   If the kids need to get to class to learn, one [...]

Comic Strip Characters in Need of Serious Therapy

Margaret Wade Passive-aggressive control freak.   I never liked her.  The rod up her butt has a rod up its butt.   This kid ain’t right.   She’ll definitely be logging lots of time on the therapists’ couch before her Sweet Sixteen. | Shaggy, Dagwood and Jughead We typically associate eating disorders with teenage girls, but these three [...]

Worst. Conference Presentation. Ever.

See this gentleman? He’s kind of stern looking, isn’t he?    One gets the impression he didn’t laugh much. If it’s any indication, I can tell you he yelled at me in public once. This was when I used to have a job where I actually used my brain.  Back almost 20 years ago, when I [...]

This is my Brain in Neutral

When my mind wanders, I tend to doodle.   I don’t know why…my brain just feels “right” when it draws certain shapes. I’ve been doodling since Elementary school.  I’ve done it all the way through High School and ten years of University degrees.   And I still do it today. Especially during boring conferences or meetings.   The [...]

Inspiring Words to Live By

*************************** Creativity is the glue that binds our ideas together. – Professor F. Meigh (Chudleigh University, 1973). *************************** If you’re not amazed by Nature, then you should be. – Berken Schnauzer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1930). *************************** Self-improvement is the whetstone on which we sharpen our characters. – Anniston Parker (Memoirs of a Scullery Girl, 1834). *************************** [...]

Happy Earth Day

Ah.  Earth Day. What better way to celebrate. Than to turn on Christmas lights? In April. During the daylight. With a fake representation of an arctic mammal. Most likely to be threatened by melting polar ice. That’s made of petroleum-based plastic, no less? ******************** Now,  before you all yell at me for being a jack-ass. [...]

Take the Friar-Q Test: Is your intelligence above or below average?

Answer “Yes” or “No” to the following: 1.  At the cashier, do you find yourself taken by surprise that you’re suddenly expected to PAY for your purchases? (i.e. Do you only start fumbling for your wallet after they’ve already bagged your groceries?) 2. Do you read The National Enquirer for real, and not just to [...]

Three Moose and a Bear on a Sunday Evening

What I like about where I live, is that the wilderness is never that far away.   Today, I thought I’d go for a ride with Junior Bear and try to spot some moose.   You can usually find them in the Provincial Park this time of year, right by the highway.   Apparently they like the [...]

The Cap’n is losing it

I was in the U.S. last week and I treated myself to Crunch Berry cereal. This is actually a big deal, if you live in Canada and you’re a cereal fan like I am. You see, we don’t HAVE Crunch Berries up here. We USED to…back in the 70′s.  I remember Crunch Berries as a [...]

Pop-Philosophy from the Toy Store

Life is like wood-burning set:  you only have one chance to make a lasting first impression. Life is like a yo-yo.  It has its ups and downs, but you have to accept it, because it’s all part of the game.   For brief moments, you can allow yourself to stay put and rest.  But you can [...]