Opinion

In most ways I'm the complete opposite of a Luddite, embracing every new technology that comes down the pipe.

"People who love sports are much happier in life..." - Astride Spricenieks She's sharp and witty and curious and fun. She's candid and feisty and totally in love with life. Truly.

G.D. Maxwell's anti-Olympics hyperbole notwithstanding, I just don't see the sky falling (Our individual rights trumped by Olympics, Maxed Out Oct. 22).

After thirsting for details about the Olympics for so long - years, it seems - it's all coming quickly now. And so is enthusiasm for the Games.

I haven't been out much in the last six months.

I was disturbed to read Dr. Maxwell's Oct. 22 screed. I do not normally read newspapers; I find them unsettling. But there is a lot of news about these days and I thought I'd have a look.

Trying to sum up a life in a few hundred words always exposes the inadequacy of words, or at least words as I know how to put them together.

The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission - also known as the CRTC (also known as the federal Crown corporation that should probably change its name already to reflect the times) - waded into the net neutrality debate last week and

"You don't get arrested as a vagrant when you carry a pair of skis. You can sleep under a bridge or on a bench, the cops take a look at the skis and they know you're all right. Don't ask me why, but it's a fact. Maybe because they smell clean.

I feel enough has been written about Windows 7 at this point that I don't want to waste too much time on the Oct. 22 launch, or the features of Microsoft's "Hail Mary" operating system.