Opinion

I started doing a weekly column in 1985. Remember 1985? Yeah, me neither. For me, it was a blur of diapers and pureed squash and walking squalling babies around the house at 4AM to try to get them to sleep.

I love to laugh, don't you? A popular magazine tells us laughter is the best medicine, and in many ways it's true. I know people that I've never heard laughing, and that is very sad.

He said Smart phones are an unnecessary, social evil.

Saskatchewan is no longer the simple hewers of wood and haulers of water. We are starting to make some inroads in our resource-based economy in terms of attracting some head office honchos to our communities.

It can be lonely for Saskatchewan journalists who live in the middle. To the right is the conservative business crowd which is often annoyed by what we write.

Later today, we will find out if Estevan's bid for the Kraft Celebration Tour is successful. If it's before 10 a.m. and you're reading this column - stop reading it, go vote until 10 and come back to me.

After years of fighting with producers who simply want a choice in how to market their own grain, the end seems to be drawing near for the Canadian Wheat Board.

So you think you're rich? It seems no matter how wealthy you become, there will always be someone who will have more than you. There are agencies who actually keep track of these things.

Serious golfers beware . . . some people are just learning

I visited the dinosaur museum in Drumheller last week, officially known as the Royal Tyrrell Museum. It's an incredible place with all sorts of information on prehistoric times. You want to know about the geological time periods? The answer is there.