I always try to avoid opening these things. But sooner or later, I have to. I have to get the bad news, and it isn't going to be any bet...

CTV British Columbia - Randy Quaid and wife seek asylum from 'star whackers' - CTV News Hey, this guy was in one of my favorite movi...

STRANGER THAN TRUTH! World's largest rodent considered a delicacy by Venezuelans MANTECAL, Venezuela (AP) When Venezuela...

These last 2 posts represent a couple of generations: my daughter Shannon Paterson, illustrious reporter for CTV News in Vancouver; and Cait...

All right, this whole story is stupid, isn't even a story. So I'm sitting here in a ratty nightgown at 12:43 because a "little...

OK, I got carried away today. I dredged these ads up for my 7-year-old granddaughter, she of the gappy teeth and amazing mind. She loves thi...

Not long ago I was sitting at the bumpy back of a shuttle bus, when I overheard two girls talking. They must have been somewhere around the ...

Thought I'd update my profile photo. Heheheheh. No, seriously: I suddenly realize I've become an Amazonian. I order too many things...

Yes, I know that some people still call this "bath tissue" or "TP". They can't even say the name of it. But I think ...

OK, then. You gotta ask yourself, when watching this is about as appealing as eating 19 pounds of Kraft Dinner with no ketchup, why it is th...

U.S. woman cleared in husband's hunting death peels out of court, music blaring - 570News This is the kind of story that will likely ap...

No, this post isn't about William Shatner (much), or the Loch Ness Monster or All-Bran Cereal or any of the other fine products he'...

I also remember an ad he did in the '70s for Shirriff Instant Pudding with Mini-Buds, in which he tasted the pudding with a histrionic &...

“In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent: a thing is brought forth which we didn’t know we had in us, so we blink our ey...

Unless y'all've been buried under a tree lately, you'll know all about this new "reality" show on TLC called - what t...

Gosh-damn, what do you write about on a Monday? A Monday after a particularly choice grandmother weekend, making videos of old ads (for 7-y...

It's only Thursday, but surely the weekend is at hand (?). Until then, something to cheer your soul. I love these: I'm watching the...

I think I mentioned yesterday that I was going to sneak away to see a movie: The Town with Ben Affleck (written, produced, starring, etc. e...

Both my parents were twins. Does that make me a quadruple, I wonder? Though the twin gen...