Opinion

How weird was my weekend? Well, let me tell ya. Once again I managed to excel at procrastination. I do it well. Just don't tell the bride.

While educators, educational administrators and politicians continue their discussions and debates surrounding the somewhat controversial standardized testing regime that is being introduced in this province, you just have to love what is going on at

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love sports. This time of year is especially gratifying for me with the number of sporting events on TV.

On April 15 terror was once again struck into the hearts of many people with two bombs exploding near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. Killing and injuring many the suspects were then chased down.

By Coriandré Lawrence The past couple of weeks have been a terrifying roller coaster ride. From the Boston bombing to the tragedy of the Texas plant explosion, lately, our news on this side of the world has been far from tame.

Even if you've had an unfortunate industrial accident and lost a finger or two, you can still count the number of sure things in sports on one hand. The sure things? Muhammad Ali is the greatest of all time.

It was interesting reading a story in a recent farm publication where experts were cautioning farmers not to over spend in the current good times. For the grain sector at least it has been a perfect storm of late.

To suggest voters hold grudges might be a little unkind. Nevertheless, there are times when a policy or personality does have a profound and lingering impact on the voter psyche.

The sooner we realize and accept the fact we are in a new era of communications and technology, the better off we'll all be, especially those of us in a certain ... ahh, a certain age category.

There is always an urgency to overreact when we hear bad news. Rationality is often the first thing that goes out the window and the need to place blame on someone overcomes common sense.