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Season Opener

For me, summer begins with the first soccer game: girl’s soccer, that is. ...
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Laugh ... or else

Craig Ferguson is a funny guy. If you are a night owl, you might already know this. The Scottish comedian has become the very popular new host of the CBS TV's Late Late Show. I remember him when he first came to Just for Laughs many years ago as “Bing Hitler.” He had chosen that name because it was a combination of the two most famous names he could think of.  He was funny then, too. But I am sure he made the right choice going back to his real name before taking a run...
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Happy Mother's Day

This year I’ll celebrate Mother’s Day by visiting my mother. That’s not unusual, I know. The bad news is that my mother lives 3,000 miles away. The good news is that it is in sunny southern California. So I have traded in a pile of Aeroplan points. (I don’t call them “air-miles” any more because they are not, if they were “miles” I could go around the world with the “miles’ I traded in for this flight. Some might call them “air-kilometres” but...
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At last, real adult entertainment!

If you haven’t been to the multiplex recently because the absurd fantasy Hollywood churns out these days really doesn’t turn you on, here is some good news: Frost/Nixon. My 19-year-old has no interest in it whatsoever. That’s a good sign. It will leave the Red Bull drinking, video game playing, hip hop listening, hat-sidewise wearing generation cold. And I am sure it will also baffle those of arrested development who run the film industry. It is – my...
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Another hockey season comes to an end

One of the defining experiences any working musician has in Montreal is that of the supremacy of hockey. There is always a television on in the corner of any bar or pub you might play which will be kept on even during your set. And in the middle of one of your more soulful renderings of a favourite song suddenly a cheer will go up. We might think it is for you. But it is always because the Canadiens have just scored a goal. ...
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Opinions should be like a good souflée – playful and light

Whether we are very forceful about our opinions or slightly apologetic, we all have them. Most of us are convinced of our own opinions and desperately want to share them with the world. Columnists have opinions. We dress them up to be persuasive or, even entertaining (well, we try). People like to hear opinions that mirror their own. Most columnists have discovered this. They have figured out that they can be more popular (therefore more successful) if they repeat...
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New names for cars

The auto industry is in trouble. In sympathy to their plight, I humbly offer this suggestion. It’s no secret that in the past, carmakers have spent much time and energy trying to find the right names for their cars. Extensive research has proven that this element can persuade a prospective buyer. And that’s the only thing that is missing right now – buyers. ...
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I was kicked out of John Lennon's bedroom

Forty years ago, I was a skinny, long haired, bell bottomed, tie-died freak who spent most of his time at our band house in Dorval. Our drummer had a large basement where we practised. His mother was recently divorced and was OK with the noise and the chaos. We were called: The British North America Act. (Now, our single LP is so rare that it is worth $100 U.S. to collectors.) ...
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Being "Palinized."

Anyone watching the last presidential election in the U.S. might have noticed that the media was solidly behind the Democratic candidate and by the end had given up even the slightest pretence of being objective. This can mostly be explained by their overwhelming natural desire to be part of one of the biggest political stories of their professional lives: a black man becoming President. ...
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No shortage of jokes about anglos

Last week, a friend asked me which anglo joke I thought was the best. So I took up his challenge. In so doing, I became very aware of how our situation here as a government-restricted minority in Quebec has inspired some great moments of oppressed-minority humour. ...
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