A look into the far-off future of 2016
The problem with predicting the future is that—obviously—it hasn’t happened yet.
Canadian Olympic misfortune
Disappointment is the only word I can think of when I look back at this year’s summer Olympics.
West Coast expansion team flop first year
The hopes were never high for the new expansion league teams. While the Seattle Seahawks inaugural season was slightly better than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was only so by a bit.
Woe is man
My mother is a great cook, a capable driver, and a wonderful childminder. All of these talents have been on full display for the last 20+ years as she’s raised me and my three siblings.
A retrospective of the Trudeau administration
Say what you will about the leader of our country, but no recent prime ministers have had an impact like Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and the excitement of having Trudeau in office may never surface again.
Tell me what I want
The old way of thinking: Nobody owns a computer because nobody needs one. Take a look at the new Apple 1, which came on sale this summer (July 1976).
What happened when George R. R. Martin finished his first book
Young author George R. R. Martin’s first collection of novellas and short stories, A Song for Lya, is being published this year.
Dear refugees from Vietnam
A few years ago, my mother’s side of the family emigrated to Canada, France, and the United States from their home country, which had been torn apart by the Vietnam War, in the hope of starting a new life.
Fashion is forever
Here’s the skinny: this is the decade of disco dancin’, roller-bootin’, and Saturday night fever.
High-waisted bell-bottom slacks
Looking long and lean has been everyone’s goal since the dawn of time, but what if I told you that the perfect pant for both men and women was unisex?