Browsing Archive: April, 2019

Underwear Lobbyists Advocate for Endangered Species Classification

Posted by Ken Hiebert on Sunday, April 28, 2019, In : News... 
 

The Canadian Underwear Preservation Society (CUPS) has stepped up its efforts to have underwear added to the endangered species list.
John Long, a spokesperson for the CUPS chapter in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan says, "The science is settled on this.  We've been monitoring the size of gotch since the mid 1900's and we've noticed that underwear has been steadily decreasing in size since the start of the industrial revolution.  It's obvious to us that the main reason we're in this mess is be...

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A Loss of Faith

Posted by Ken Hiebert on Sunday, April 28, 2019, In : Deep (and not so deep) Thoughts 
I love facts, I guess because a fact is something that is solid - something that can be depended upon.  A fact is an anchor that you can always go back to when things don't work out.  Sometimes a fact can tell you why something didn't work out, and sometimes a fact just makes you ask more questions, but regardless, a fact is, well... factual.  
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The Old Lady

Posted by Ken Hiebert on Saturday, April 27, 2019, In : Stories 
When I moved to Morden (for the second time) in 1999, I bought a small house as a fixer-upper.  It needed a lot of work but I knew how to do the work and I got a good deal on the house so for me as a bachelor it was a pretty sweet deal.  The house was (and still is) right behind the Chinese restaurant and so was not immune to the various aromas that are part of that whole deal.

A couple of weeks after I moved in, I was out in the back yard on a particularly beautiful fall morning and noticed t...

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New Study Urges Communities to Curb Coffee Consumption

Posted by Ken Hiebert on Saturday, April 27, 2019, In : News... 

The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 26, 2019 12:03 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

 

A new study released this week claims the continued rise in caffeine consumption will spell certain disaster for the human race.  The study, published by the Inter-municipal Panel on Coffee Consumption (IPCC) alleges that as coffee consumption rises in North America,  people are less able to fully relax and recuperate from the stresses of living in a fast-paced consumer oriented society.  The study also reports...

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