Haliburton’s sport infrastructure stinks to high heaven
“Why aren’t the bathrooms at the tennis courts open?” “Why is the second gate to the tennis court locked?” “Do they think that people come to the park wearing adult diapers or do they just not care?”...
View ArticleHarper’s plans for senate reform? A ruse? Or just a lie?
HUNTER-ESQUE GAVAN – GONZO JOURNALIST Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced pointed questions in the House of Commons Wednesday over what he or his office knew about his former chief of staff’s...
View ArticleIt’s all about the flow – says Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (TED Video)
TED TALK – SECRET TO HAPPINESS? Why you should listen to him: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. A leading researcher in positive psychology, he has...
View ArticleGEOFFERY CANADA – Education – TED Talk – millions of children lost per year
GEOFFERY CANADA IS MAD… BECAUSE EDUCATION IS FAILING ITS STAKEHOLDERS I’m a little nervous, because my wife Yvonne said to me,she said, “Geoff, you watch the TED Talks.” I said, “Yes, honey, I love TED...
View ArticleSir Sams Ski and Bike hosts OCUP Races
WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND AT SIR SAMS… TERRANCE GAVAN – SHRIKE.ME EDITOR Sir Sam’s Ski and Bike – June 8-9, 2013 – Bopping around Sir Sam’s last weekend and a bike race broke out. Cross Country bike racing...
View ArticleWallin: The Devil made her do it – Mansbridge gets D- for no guts puff piece
PASTOR MANSBRIDGE HEARING CONFESSION – SAY TWO HAIL MARY’S AND CONTINUE TO COLLECT YOUR $150,000 PAM… BY ‘CUPPA’ JOE SIMONSKY IN VANCOUVER – FOR THE SHRIKE.ME Vancouver – Well, Pamela, my dear. Here’s...
View Article2013 Minden 150 to be called ‘Ride for Relief’ with proceeds donated to the...
GET OUT AND JUST DO IT BABY! -Provincial and national cycling organizations to meet with local organizers July 2 in Minden- MINDEN, ON (June 28, 2013) – A meeting of the Share the Road Cycling...
View ArticleThe Camera Bible: Ally you need to know about digital camera choices
Buying a camera: know what you’re getting By Verge Staff on July 30, 2013 12:41 pm201COMMENTS By David Pierce and Vlad Savov Cameras are everywhere. There’s one in your laptop, two in your phone, and...
View ArticleHaliburton Art in the Park – July 2013
A Man working with Wood TERRY GAVAN – VIDEO Walking around Head Lake Park in the summertime… one is bound to find something interesting…. goins on! I was at Art in The Park in July and this guy on his...
View ArticleMinden 150 ‘Ride for Relief’ to take off this Weekend
Provincial and national cycling organizations to share proceeds with the Minden Flood Relief Fund MINDEN, ON (August 6, 2013) – Riders from across Ontario and Haliburton County will come together this...
View ArticleOH MY STARS – Blam Alam Blebo – Shrike’s new Columnist
Oh my… look at all the shiny stars By Blam Alam Blebo – Columnist Absurdist I don’t know how I got roped into this gig by my friend Seamus O’Bradaigh, the Editor Emeritus of this online rag named after...
View ArticleHaliburton – Is it homeless dystopia or wonderful place to boat?
It all depends on your point of view says CBC Morning TERRY GAVAN – ED – Tuesday, August 26, 2013 Lindsay – I put Lindsay in here for a reason. I used to write from dateline Haliburton. But employment...
View ArticleNewsWatch: The Highlander, defining plagiarism
Tech guy at the Highlander needs some coaching about rules of the road and plagiarism TERRY GAVAN – ED (update – last week’s column about moving files seems to have been hijacked once again from poor...
View ArticleFree at last! Free at Last! Dr. King punching holes in stereotypes
TERRY GAVAN – ED (You will hear the original Free at last speech many times today and this week. This is Dr. King’s last speech. Chilling in the retelling. Because it presages his passing. With...
View ArticleSmall town thots’ from a big city guy
Shrike Columnist Absurdist – Lam Mego I am not averse to pontificating. When the mood strikes. Ah hell! 24/7. You met me last week or two weeks ago under another nom de plume. Let me explain. I am a...
View ArticleI’ll see your meta… call fowl! Chicken scratches
Seamus on Bram… ain’t no Shakespeare… but if wishes were horses? This beggar would ride Seamus O’Bradaigh – Blogger A Reader… about Bram Lebo’s prosaic puppypiss on well…? Everything: “… the work of a...
View ArticleI’ve fallen and I can’t get up – Bam! Mego
Bram Lebo’s insufferable ramblings – hardy stock those Highlanders By Columnist – Bam Mego – The Shrike My Buddy to the west in the Haliburton Highlands, Bram Lebo, publisher of the lacklustre The...
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