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Which is the worst M. Night Shyamalan flick? Signs Lady in the Water The Village The Sixth Sense Unbreakable All of the Above    Free polls ...

I am a very high-quality man. Not just quality, or high-quality (and the dash is important, just like me), but very high-quality. I know t...

David Postman nails a recent shift in strategic language , comparing Dick Cheney, June 22 to Ken Mehlman, August 13. New new GOP talking p...

If you've seen one box canyon, you've seen 'em all. But Mistaya Canyon is worth the five-minute walk if you're a box canyon...

These photos of Johnston Canyon were taken at about 10:00 a.m., the best time to visit this ultra-popular stopping point. (Of course, in Ba...

Almost 100 new words for the 2006 version of the 11th edition of their college lexicon. Best part: both "drama queen" and "u...

State traffic viziers thought it'd be wise to remind drivers to keep a safe distance between their car and the car in front of them. Th...

Plato once described the search for truth as a journey out of a cave. The Descent , though, makes no pretense at allegory, and thus succeed...

We've all had this experience: slumped on the sofa, watching Days of Our Lives , accompanied by a pint of ice cream, a box of Cheezits, ...

Just back from a road trip, only to learn that the OSD budget, up for vote this Monday, contains an interesting new wrinkle: funding to join...

(Yes, philo-philosophy family, this is for you.) Astronomers are unable to agree on a definition of "planet," but have called for...

When I was a tyke, I satisfied a burgeoning geological curiosity when dragged by my parents out to the badlands near Morrin Bridge. Ranging...

A highlight of our Alberta visit was a sidetrip to a coal mine, where beautiful mountains of beautiful coal are gathered up and burned to fu...

Enjoy these photos of the Milk River hoodoos, a must-see if you're ever in Alberta. Princess of the Hoodoos is my lovely wife, Melissa....

Via Obscure Store , from the L.A. Times, a backlash against casual work wear : The trend toward casual dress has gone so far that Matt Smith...

I come back home to find out that Great Britain may have foiled another 9/11-scale attack , and that James Dobson is sticking up for Mel Gib...

Harvie Heights is a "suburb" of Canmore, which sits just outside Banff National Park, and, like Canmore, primarily exists to provi...

So I'll be leaving Hanna, and internet access, for the next few days. It might not be 'til Thursday when you hear from me again. U...

He's been blogging for over a year. He reads my blog. (Never comments.) And yet I had no idea he's online, furiously posting mass...

While I'm on vacation, part of which involves tent camping, I thought I'd point out the outrageous lawsuit of the week, if not the c...