All kinds of fun stuff to comment on this week kids, so let's get at it.
Charlie Sheen has a new television series. Yep, you heard it right. Apparently Charlie is to television sitcoms what Goldman-Sachs and Citibank are to the financial community. Too big to fail.
However, even the infallible sometimes stumble. Charlie ... meet Clint Eastwood.
The Republican convention was somewhat entertaining. Watching Mitt Romney attempt to identify himself with the everyday American was excruciating. Mitt's roots are a bit different from the masses, by about $800 million. But he made a gallant effort and almost came off as sincere.
I do fear though, the U.S. leaders are having a difficult time separating church from state these days. George W. started that trend and now it seems Mitt and crew are taking it to another level.
This is being written just prior to the start of the Democratic convention. I can hardly wait to see how that one flails away at reality too.
But then we have our own political issues right here in Canuck land. Quebec's residents headed to the polls yesterday and well, you know there are some Canucks there who don't like being Canucks, so we could be back on that old separation train before too long. It seems that fight wasn't over.
So, so sad to receive the news of the death of the flag woman at the construction area along our Havoc Highway last week. I had to drive through that sector a couple of times last week and it wasn't easy.
Of course I could insert my general rant right about here ... regarding the need to have this highway twinned. But I won't. Sadly we'll have to let the incident statistics speak for themselves.
We have to assume that the unholy stretch of No. 39 from Estevan to Macoun is next on the list to be paved. Wouldn't it be a great idea to start the twinning project with those 20 some kilometres being built out to accommodate the actual traffic?
Guess that's too much to ask. Drive safely my friends and stay alert.
Let's finish with a happier item.
I was an official taster in the St. Joe's Top Pie contest last week. Well, somebody had to do it!
We all know that the secret to good pie crusts lies with the lard. Just by saying lard ... you know it can't be all good.
The bride is a fabulous cook and baker, but she doesn't do pie and for that I am thankful ... but ... I have spotted a package of factory-made pie crusts in the bottom of our deep freeze. I think she inherited it from her mother's freezer when she made a move to smaller digs a few years ago. Now it's time to clean out our freezer and I'm afraid I'm tossing the make believe crusts with a sigh, wondering what could have been.
So it was a distinct pleasure to pass judgment on these baked beauties crafted by others. Congratulations to Marian and Cheryl ... long may you reign as princesses of pastries with yum-fillings.
Our former summer intern turned reporter and columnist Tonaya Marr was one of those pastry princesses (I said pastry Tonaya, not pasty). She built some pies for the entire staff here a summer ago. The fillings were wonderful combinations of fruit and stuff, so we could pretend we were eating something healthy.
But Tonaya has taken her reporting and pie sculpting talents to Regina and although we can communicate through modern technology, saskatoon pies cannot be transferred via Twitter or Facebook. Even I know that!
OK, that's enough drivel for this week, dear diary. Trust you had a great Labour Day weekend. We were all happy to see the 'Riders finally eke out a narrow victory.
