Posts by D. H. McKee

Two Weddings and a City Cafe Bagel

Been a busy weekend. Friday night, we drove to Toronto for L+R’s wedding reception. I was in charge of bringing...

Friday the 13th awakens age-old superstitions

When Ashley Ocampo booked a flight for a conference this weekend in Tampa, she opted to leave today instead of...

Closure list targets 33 major U.S. bases

The Pentagon on Friday recommended closing 33 major military installations in the United States in a realignment that apparently also...

A Funny Thing to Say About Global Warming

… it is a commentary by Hans Von Storch on concerns about global warming. … [skeptics] totally failed to highlight...

The end is nigh-But was Star Wars good for cinema?

Like it or not, modern cinema can be divided into pre-Star Wars and post-Star Wars, so pivotal is the space...

Star Flops

Everyone makes mistakes. Luke Skywalker rushed out of Jedi training. Han Solo should have paid his debts on time. And...

Live near these and they’ll get you

Supersize this news: The more fast-food restaurants there are in a neighbourhood, the higher the rate of heart disease and...

Mel’s Diner

I’m at Mel’s. I’m cold. It must be 5 degrees in here. I was up early this morning. R needed...

Power Outage

Back at work. Just finished rebooting all the systems and making sure the Internet and firewall are working. Gets nasty...

Quebec to crack down on public smoking

As of January 2006, cigarette-loving Quebec will join the ranks of other Canadian provinces and cities that have banned smoking...