Kudos to The SimpsonsSure, they've been around forever. In fact, they've been around so long that three generations of grandparents have turned their collective noses at the show, vowing that their grandchildren would not watch that "filth ( Read more... )

If you have lived in North Bay for even a couple of weeks, you have realized two very important things ( Read more... )

Back in the day - the time when our parents were loosely defined as "young" -- $1000 was a lot of money, penny candy actually cost a penny, and $20 was more than enough money to take your significant other for a night on the town. Gradually, inflation, a higher quality of life, and taxes all conspired to raise the prices of the goods and services ( Read more... )

[Editor's Note: This is the last column to be published in The Hibou for the 2004-05 yearI've been sitting here for awhile now, trying to come up with a year-end column ( Read more... )

[Editorial Note: This is my 5th Column of the 2004-2005 year for The Hibou.Fear not North Bay, your opportunity to take on the one-armed bandits in this region is not too far from fruition ( Read more... )

[Editor's Note: This is the second column of mine to appear in The Hibou this year.If you're reading this sentence, then congratulations are in order, for you've survived the first two months of school ( Read more... )

(It's 1:30pm on a Monday afternoon. Having nicely made it to the other side of the lunchtime rush, the employees of the drive-thru window at Tim Horton's on the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Marshall Avenue were enjoying a peaceful lull in the action. A few moments later, a long, solitary Toyota Echo begins to make its way up towards the speaker ( Read more... )

What does it take to be a great MPP ( Read more... )

All of you, my loyal readers, have probably seen the Seinfeld episode involving George Costanza's enormous wallet, or as he liked to call it, his personal organizer. As fate, and fans of the show would have it, George's wallet finally could not take anymore junk in it, and burst open at the seams. If you have not seen this classic episode before, I ( Read more... )

One day during Reading Week, I was driving on the North Bay by-pass. It was shortly after lunch time, and I ended up having to stop at the train crossing between Seymour and Fisher streets to allow the Northlander passenger train to pass by on its way to Toronto. While approaching and preparing to stop at the giant white line in the pavement, I ( Read more... )