I was a regular fan of Air Farce years ago, and my son also became a fan. I once surprised my son with a visit to a live taping of the show. Roger Abbott, who help form Air Farce almost 40 years ago, recently died after a 14-year battle with leukemia. He was 64. Read [...]
A city councillor here in Toronto submitted a $300 expense claim for having his new city hall office blessed by a Baptist pastor. He claimed that it is an allowable expense under city rules. Up to $500 a year can be made in donations to community groups, and I guess a church falls in that [...]
Here is an early video ad, put together by a interest group that claims to be independent. There will be an election here in Ontario in the fall of 2011.
Mine is 123 Main St, Toronto … NO, not that type of address!! Your Internet address! Your internet address is actually a bunch of numbers, called an IPv4 address. An example would be 99.234.59.67. Notice that there are 4 groups of numbers. Each group has 255 possible numbers, and 255 x 255 x 255 x [...]
According to this item in the Toronto Star, Canada does a good job of protecting people who are convicted murderers in their home countries. All the murderer has to do is get on a plane that subsequently lands in Canada. The criminal then applies for refugee status. If there is valid evidence supporting the accusation [...]
I know the name George Beverly Shea quite well. I have been a practising Christian since 1975 and I have heard Shea’s voice many times. He is best known as providing vocal services for Billy Graham’s ministry. They met in 1940, when Shea was 31 and Graham was 21. There are, however, at least two [...]
Have you seen this year’s Super Bowl Ads? You can … even if you live in Canada (where they usually substitute local ads). Just go to this page at The Star. Grandpa Richard p.s. I’ve heard that Justin Bieber’s ad has been kept under wraps, so we might not see it until after the game.
