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Just send me a ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-12/article-2977120/Generation-gap%3A-just-like-looking-in-the-mirror/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-12/article-2977120/Generation-gap%3A-just-like-looking-in-the-mirror/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-05/article-2971053/Silence%2C-a-deafening-sound/1Sat, 05 May 2012 08:00:10 -0400”It looks,” she said, “like a pelican.” We were parked near the government wharf in the lovely little community of Mile’s Cove. You don’t know where Mile’s Cove is? It’s only five-minutes drive from Port Anson over an extremely bad road.Now you’re going to tell me you have no idea where Port ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-05/article-2971053/Silence%2C-a-deafening-sound/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-05/article-2971053/Silence%2C-a-deafening-sound/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-28/article-2965701/The-best-of-times%2C-the-worst-of-times/1Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0400Death claimed three of us this past week. That’s too many for a town of less than 3,000 souls. All were of natural causes. Two the Bible would have called in the fullness of their years. And one was several years younger than me, as well as being young in heart and young in spirit. Three ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-28/article-2965701/The-best-of-times%2C-the-worst-of-times/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-28/article-2965701/The-best-of-times%2C-the-worst-of-times/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-21/article-2960220/A-lad%26rsquo%3Bs-step-by-step-preparations-for-a-day-of-troutin%26rsquo%3B-with-his-pals/1Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:38:49 -0400This was the time of year that quickened the blood. Back when I was a stripling lad, that is. No, ma’am, I have no idea what “stripling” means, especially when applied to lad. But it sounds good and it sounds genuine, so there it is. Anyway, back when I was whatever it is that I was, mornings ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-21/article-2960220/A-lad%26rsquo%3Bs-step-by-step-preparations-for-a-day-of-troutin%26rsquo%3B-with-his-pals/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-21/article-2960220/A-lad%26rsquo%3Bs-step-by-step-preparations-for-a-day-of-troutin%26rsquo%3B-with-his-pals/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-14/article-2954822/The-golden-years/1Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:41:09 -0400Having a disability at any age is no fun. Having one when you're older is no ha-ha matter at all. By older, I mean older than people you'd like to be younger than. I've noticed over the last few years there seems to be more and more of them. I'm pretty sure that if I were to get in the lineup ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-14/article-2954822/The-golden-years/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-14/article-2954822/The-golden-years/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-07/article-2949690/A-matter-of-values/1Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:20:27 -0400I admit to being a bit of a sports nut. But again, this isn't a column about sports. It's more a commentary on the totally screwed up value system that seems to be permeating our society. That isn't much of a humorous statement, either. Since this is supposed to be a humour column, obviously ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-07/article-2949690/A-matter-of-values/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-07/article-2949690/A-matter-of-values/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-31/article-2944230/Desperate-is-as-desperate-does/1Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:07:32 -0400When you're desperate, you do desperate things. That's why tired and weary men take to the woods in the fall of the year to hunt moose. They have to fill their freezers with meat to see them through a long and hungry winter. Sometimes they head off on these long and difficult trips with nothing ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-31/article-2944230/Desperate-is-as-desperate-does/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-31/article-2944230/Desperate-is-as-desperate-does/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-24/article-2937907/Sir-John-and-disabilities/1Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:33:53 -0400Sir John and disabilitieshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-24/article-2937907/Sir-John-and-disabilities/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-24/article-2937907/Sir-John-and-disabilities/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-17/article-2930896/And-whether-pigs-have-wings/1Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:37:52 -0400 If you live anywhere in the general area of Springdale, including St. Patrick, Little Bay and South Brook, do not panic. You may have in the recent past seen a very, very large winged "thing" flying very low over your homes. It is not a terrorist robotic machine designed to drop bombs over ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-17/article-2930896/And-whether-pigs-have-wings/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-17/article-2930896/And-whether-pigs-have-wings/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-10/article-2924136/The-beginning-of-the-end/1Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:28:13 -0500 It is my personal opinion that we are close to the end. The end of what? Well may you ask and well may I answer. I refer, of course, to the end of Canada as a nation respected by the other nations of the world - even the United States - and held up as probably the best country on Earth in ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-10/article-2924136/The-beginning-of-the-end/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-10/article-2924136/The-beginning-of-the-end/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-03/article-2914686/Bridging-the-gap/1Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:35:37 -0500 You've probably never heard of the Hohenzollern bridge. No reason why you should, of course, so don't start feeling inferior to those of us who have. You who have lived in the German city of Cologne may be intimately familiar with it. Actually, it's a rather ordinary bridge as European ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-03/article-2914686/Bridging-the-gap/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-03/article-2914686/Bridging-the-gap/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-25/article-2907371/Naive-is-as-stun-does/1Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:50:09 -0500 "Stupid" is not an adjective with which most of us could avoid being tagged with for very long. The brightest and the best among us are guilty of the most incredibly stupid acts at some point in our lives. Some of us - not mentioning any names here - at several points along the way. The ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-25/article-2907371/Naive-is-as-stun-does/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-25/article-2907371/Naive-is-as-stun-does/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-18/article-2899434/Pandering-to-the-Chinese/1Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:43:40 -0500 They said that if I searched long enough, hard enough and deep enough ... I'd eventually find something to admire about Stephen Harper. That's Stephen Harper the prime minister, you understand. I don't know Harper the man very well. In fact, I don't know him at all and am prepared to keep it ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-18/article-2899434/Pandering-to-the-Chinese/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-18/article-2899434/Pandering-to-the-Chinese/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-11/article-2892992/Still-hidden%2C-still-misunderstood/1Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:30:12 -0500 Sometimes I think I expect too much. From those who love me, for example. I expect their love to be perfect and complete in every way without stopping to realize that the wonder is that they love me at all. I expect them to be perfect, the way that chapter in Second Corinthians describes ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-11/article-2892992/Still-hidden%2C-still-misunderstood/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-11/article-2892992/Still-hidden%2C-still-misunderstood/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-04/article-2885989/The-one-and-only/1Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:43:52 -0500 Saw an interesting magazine article the other day. "How to Know If He's/She's The One." I was telling a friend about it and she wanted to know what it said. I told her, somewhat facetiously, I didn't know. "You don't know? You mean you didn't look? Didn't your curiosity get the better of ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-04/article-2885989/The-one-and-only/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-02-04/article-2885989/The-one-and-only/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-28/article-2878891/The-proper-perspective/1Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:42:00 -0500 It's all a matter of perspective. That's what the young nurse at the Health Sciences said to me one night. I was due for surgery the next day, but my potassium level was way down and needed to be brought up. Consequently they kept feeding me liquid potassium through the night, with each ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-28/article-2878891/The-proper-perspective/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-28/article-2878891/The-proper-perspective/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-21/article-2870422/Here-today%2C-gone-tomorrow%3A-the-pessimists-view-of-the-future/1Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:10:59 -0500 W e have everybody from Stephen Harper to Randy Simms telling us everything is going to be all right, just as long as we vote for the one and listen to the other. I plan to tune out the first - always have - and tune in the other - usually do. So, here is a pessimist's view of the future. ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-21/article-2870422/Here-today%2C-gone-tomorrow%3A-the-pessimists-view-of-the-future/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-21/article-2870422/Here-today%2C-gone-tomorrow%3A-the-pessimists-view-of-the-future/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-14/article-2864363/That-oral-thing/1Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:59:35 -0500 People keep asking me if I've made any New Year's resolutions. I hadn't up until today. Today, I ran out of toothpaste. Consequently, I was left with the decision as to what kind of toothpaste I should buy that would get me through 2012. That's not a problem I've taken very seriously up to ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-14/article-2864363/That-oral-thing/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-14/article-2864363/That-oral-thing/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-07/article-2857104/Cruel-and-unusual/1Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:33:44 -0500 We talk about injustices in other parts of the world. We also like to talk about the elderly as being among the most vulnerable of our population and how important it is to protect them from abuse of every kind. Today, I heard about abuse perpetuated towards elderly people that makes my ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-07/article-2857104/Cruel-and-unusual/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2012-01-07/article-2857104/Cruel-and-unusual/1http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2011-12-31/article-2851177/Finis/1Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:28:00 -0500 Last night, I spent two hours watching a horror movie. I usually enjoy horror movies. I'm a big fan of Stephen King and, before him, Alfred Hitchcock. At the same time, I can think of only two movies in this genre that really impressed me. The first was Hitchcock's "Psycho." It scared the ...http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2011-12-31/article-2851177/Finis/1newsroom@thewesternstar.comColumnshttp://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columns/2011-12-31/article-2851177/Finis/1