Funniest Olympics-related gag so far: Last Tuesday 9 Olympians were sent home in disgrace, after being caught taking steroids and other performance-enhancing substances. One of those cheats was Olympic medallist Nataliya Tobias. Apparently...
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I’m suffering from a serious case of “Dumper’s Remorse” today. No, I didn’t attend a member-guest at a fancy schmancy private course this weekend and ignominiously shart on the front nine. Thanks for asking. And no, I didn’t attend a posh...
And…I’m back. After an unexpected week off, welcome back to Poolside; your home for whatever the hell it is that I do here. If you missed me last week, your time has run out. Sorry about your luck. My “luck,” on the other hand, was...
Dear Readers; I had a lot to write about this week, including a big follow-up on my “under the table appearance fee” conspiracy theory around the Greenbrier…but I’m afraid life has conspired to sabotage my plans. I’m sorry to say that...
As both of you who read this column on a regular basis know, we moved to the Ottawa area back in November. For the sake of convenience, I usually just say “Ottawa” to people who aren’t from the immediate area, because very few have actually...
There’s an old British saying that goes something like this; “Guy Fawkes was the last man in history who entered the British Houses of Parliament with honest intentions.” And given the destructive, “our party must win...
On a late Friday afternoon in early May, the place was like a ghost town. Most shops were closed. There were very few cars moving along the wide, well-maintained streets and there were very few people out walking. What was this, we wondered...
Another nail-biting U.S. Open is in the record books. For most of the combatants, another 4 days of hell are now in the rear-view mirror. The only remnants of the week remaining are the lingering effects of the physical and emotional torture...
Take McIlroy to win…he misses the cut. Shrug it off as a glitch, take him again in the next tournament…he misses the cut. Stubbornly insist he couldn’t possibly miss 3 in a row, take him again…he misses the cut. Say to...