Miscellaneous Me

The very best (or least worst) of my writing.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Canada Day 2011

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I am not an Accidental Canadian Sport holds up a mirror to a nation, and one could hardly blame Canadians everywhere from flinching away fr...
Monday, February 14, 2011

An Open Letter To My Wife On Valentine's Day

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It's 5:30 am and I've just popped the kettle on. In half an hour, I'll walk down to catch the first bus of a long public transit...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Oh Canada

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Canada Day Today is Canada Day, and already a newspaper may be waiting for you on your front doorstep, full of headlines crowing about this ...
Friday, April 2, 2010

The Mustang

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All right, stop, collaborate and listen: the Mustang's back in a brand-new edition. Yes, if you're a fan of rolling on by, even thou...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Thievery

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Last Thursday, I awoke to find that someone had gotten into my carport and made off with some small items like my wife's bicycle...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Australia The Hoonish

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Well, we did it. Twenty-six medals, fourteen of them gold, thumped the U.S. in both the final hockey games, and (therefore) managed not to h...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Canadian Cars

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I must confess to a certain malaise when it comes to putting out this week's column. Quite simply, I've come down with a pretty bad ...
Friday, February 5, 2010

Toyotal Recall

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Wer it at all possible, I would be more than happy to not mention a thing about the current imbroglio Toyota's gotten themselves involve...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Land Rover (How did I miss it? One of the very best.)

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Over the years, my father’s garage has become an elephant’s graveyard of corroded metal, faded wiring diagrams, desiccated gaskets and vario...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Bonus: Unpublished 10 Worst List

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10 Worst 1.] Chrysler Sebring There are many things I would rather be driving than a Chrysler Sebring. For example, a ox-drawn dung cart. Be...
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10 Best Cars of The Decade

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As the decade draws to a close, we cast a jaded and cynical eye across a vast array of automotive products that were designed, engineered, b...

Top Gear

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If, for the last seven years, you've been living in a cave, on Mars, with your eyes shut and your hands clapped over your ears while hum...
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Love The Beast

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Normally, I'm not big on documentaries. There's nothing more disconcerting than going to the movies only to realize, halfway through...

More Cars We Don't Get

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All right, I'll just come right out and say it: I want a Ford Focus. Yes, I'll happily give up the keys to my modified, 300+ horsepo...

GM's Worst

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Want to know what the best-selling car in North America was last year? Honda Civic? Good guess. Toyota Corolla? Seems obvious, but no. Cobal...
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