Something in an email the other day made me think about the old days, and I mean the OLD days as in high school. You know, pre-adulthood, carefree years in our teens. Mortgages, power bills, phone bills, grocery bills, those are something dad pays for, we don't even think about them. We baby boomers grew up without ...

It's Friday the 13th but I'm not superstitious.....OK, I suppose I am in some ways as are most people. I'll talk about that in a minute but first I would be remiss if I didn't wish a belated Happy Birthday to my wife Bev who was born on June 12 in the year something or other. Do you really think I'd say which year? ...

If you think learning a foreign language is difficult, what if you're a foreigner trying to learn English? There are so many words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently and have different meanings. Our gardens produce produce. The insurance was invalid for an invalid. You can be too close to a door t...

How would you feel about being interviewed for a job by Artificial Intelligence? Some employers are starting to use live....well at least you would be live....two-way video calls using synthetic voices by AI interviewers. You are asked questions to probe your skills and fitness for the job and your answers are then ...

I went to Woodlawn Cemetery last Sunday. No, it wasn't for a funeral. It was for the 109th Annual Decoration Day and Memorial Service at Soldiers Memorial Cairn, dedicated to commemorating all Veterans of the Second World War on the 80th anniversary of its end. I hesitate to think of it as a mini-Remembrance Day bu...

We're told that we shouldn't try to live in the past and I agree. However, there's nothing wrong with visiting the past. I have fun hosting two weekend radio shows featuring music from yesteryear, one on 98Cool, the Sunday Sockhop from 9am to 1pm, and the other on CJWW, Vic's Country Classics from 1pm to 4pm Sundays....

Cannabis was legalized in Canada in 2018. We were the first G7 and G20 nation to do so and the second country in the world after Uruguay to legalize the cultivation, possession, acquisition and consumption of cannabis and its byproducts. When I Googled "How many cannabis stores are there in Saskatoon, Saskatche...

Spring has really sprung this week and yes, sprung is a real word. What's the old saying? "Spring has sprung, the grass is riz. I wonder where the birdies is? They say the birds are on the wing but that's absurd, the wings are on the birds". One big thing that happens when spring has sprung is that its...

I had a recurring dream last night. It's a dream I first had so many years ago I can't even remember. It pops up with the start of beautiful spring weather. In it I am playing golf on my very own course that I designed. The one where all the holes on the greens are two feet wide. To tell the truth I haven't golfe...

Let's talk about getting older. That's no big deal if you're 25, but how about if you're a senior citizen? If you're fortunate enough to achieve that status but you wonder what there is to do now that you don't go to work any more and the kids, if you had any, have grown up. There's an organization in town I've ...

Last Friday I said why not just have a referendum on separation and get it over with? I was talking about Saskatchewan, never mind Alberta. I see where the Unified Grassroots Party is holding a series of town halls on Saskatchewan Sovereignty. One of the things to be discussed as per the online poster promoting th...

In our national anthem, O Canada, there's a phrase that appears three times, "We stand on guard for thee". There's also a reference to "the true north strong and free" and even "God keep our land glorious and free". But let's focus on the thrice stated "We stand on guard for thee...

Ok, why not have a referendum on separation? Most people are tired of hearing about Western Separation so let's get the required signatures and have a referendum. As comedian Larry the Cable Guy says, let's "Git-r-done". Of course, Alberta should be doing the same thing. Strength in numbers, right? A f...

You know what? There's so much I don't know on top of what I did know but have forgotten. Take words. There are tens of thousands of words in the English language with some estimates including technical and obsolete words taking the total as high as one million. Looking up an answer to how many words there are in o...

I almost missed this: Last Tuesday was "International No Diet Day". I'm not kidding. It's a day each year to promote body positivity and rejection of diet culture. It celebrates diversity and acceptance of all body shapes and sizes and the goal is to challenge the pressures of diet culture and promote a he...