There is an old-fashioned maxim about choosing a career, of which Tony Hawk would probably approve: “Earning a living is easy. Full Article at Times Online
D etainees: the digest version I think I understand the government’s response to Richard Colvin’s memos now. In digest form: (1) He never sent them; (2) We never received them; (3) Everything in them was unfounded rumour; (4) We’d fixed it long ago. Full Article at Globe and Mail
Nota Bene chef David Lee grabbed top honours at the 2009 Gold Medal Plates competition in Toronto – not just for a great dish but also for having enormous chutzpah. Full Article at Toronto Star
President Obama already got credit for what he is going to do. This preemptive praise is remarkable. Full Article at WatchBlog
THE Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy clinched the Khomas Boxing Sub-Division crown after most of its boxers posted victories in the finals of the event staged in Windhoek on Saturday. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
When Theo Fleury was a Ranger, he said, he would stay out all night drinking, doing cocaine, going “below the streets of New York City” to “party with freaks, transvestites, strippers” or to “hang out with homeless guys around a burn barrel” on the... Full Article at The New York Times
Many think that the British have completely bought into the idea of anthropogenic global warming. Certainly their government has, as Gordon Brown and the Labourites push for action at Copenhagen. Full Article at Hot Air
Life is full of surprises, and for me the latest came when I read "Open," Andre Agassi's just-released autobiography. Full Article at Deseret News
A sampling of reviews of movies playing during the second week of the Three Rivers Film Festival: A mother slaps one of them, while her son's pregnant girlfriend wails hysterical... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
So…long time, no talk. I hope you don’t take it personally. We’re still friends, right? Still cool? Good. Because you understand, don’t you? Full Article at SLAM Online