Maxed Out

With just over two weeks to go, I'm assuming everyone knows by now who's going to win this election. That's right — nobody. Nobody's going to kickstart the economy. Nobody's going to elevate Canada's standing in the world.

Just off the starboard rail, on a blustery day when sheets of rain fell through squall after squall, when 20 knots of wind colluded with eight knots of current to make passing Campbell River seem like an all day affair, when the waters of Discovery P

It's time to go back to school. Just kidding. It's time for kids, adolescents, college students, lifelong learners and slow learners to go back to school. Me, I'm going sailing. I did my time. Twelve years in public school, 10 in universities.

Alright, class, today we're going to have a pop quiz. One question, pass or fail.

This weekend is Labour Day. If you're visiting from south of the border, first of all, thank you; we need the stronger currency you've stuffed into your pockets and hope to spend freely while you're here. Second of all, this weekend is Labor Day.

A large(ish) sailboat is a joy to sail. A boat in the 40 – 50-foot range with a displacement approaching more tonnes than you ever like to think about when the sucker's being pulled out of the water, just tends to give a guy confidence.

We want more...." Sam Gompers said that. Sam was an Englishman who learned how to make cigars and became an American, not that those two things had anything to do with each other. He also founded the American Federation of Labor, the AFL.

Well, the mean clown is at it again. I've got to wonder about the horrible, traumatic childhood Stephen Harper must have led.

Whither Creekside? Or is that wither, Creekside. For far too long — even before Intrawest rolled the dice on the mountain-base redevelopment — the answer has been the latter. There was talk, there were plans, there was no action.

I have a theory about children and their parents. I probably have a theory because I never had a child. If I'd had a child, I probably wouldn't have a theory — I'd already have had an experiment and been horrified at the outcome.