Category Archives: Pastimes

Brad Wilson’s ‘mock’ draft with the emphasis on ‘mock’

Mock drafts can be one of the most infuriating of NFL pastimes, trying to match what teams need and/or want with what they think they need and/or want — rarely always the same thing — and then factoring in trades … Read more

Obama and Supreme Court

Dave Granlund has been an editorial cartoonist published in daily newspapers since 1977. Born in Ware, Mass., Granlund began drawing cartoons in grade school and at age 16, he was published on the editorial pages of local weekly newspapers. His … Read more

Sri Nrsimha Chaturdasi

Annual celebration of the divine pastimes of Lord Nrsimha-dev, the half-lion, half-man incarnation of Lord Krishna who appeared thousands of years ago to satisfy His dear devotee, the young boy Prahlad. The children will perform a play, there will be … Read more

JOHN ‘JACK’ CONRAD

John Jack Conrad, 75, passed away Thursday afternoon (April 26), 2012 at his home on Pfaff Hollow Road. Jack was born Nov. 1, 1936, in Wayland, the son of Anthony Sr. and Mary (Kuhn) Conrad. He grew up in the … Read more

Call me boss: Youth entrepreneurs forge their own paths to self-employment

After playing with race cars and tinkering with toys as a young boy, Chris Bacik has channelled inspiration from his childhood pastimes into a bankable business. The 22-year-old is owner and operator of Sky Eye Media, a remote-controlled helicopter system … Read more

What happened, Canada?

Perhaps a Royal Commission. Yes, that could be the ticket. It has been too long since we held a Royal Commission on hockey in Canada. Never, in fact. Canada has held Royal Commissions on everything from the Halifax Disorders in … Read more

Shooting the messenger

THE President engaged once again in one of his favorite pastimes this week: blaming the press for negative reporting. In a speech at the 16th National Press Forum of the Philippine Press Institute, Mr. Aquino complained that even the foreign … Read more

Media consumption habits changing, claims survey

Communicating online and utilising two media channels at the same time are becoming popular pastimes for Brits looking to escape the recession, reports warc.com. According to the fourth edition of IPA’s TouchPoints Hub Survey, produced with Ipsos MediaCT, the responses … Read more

Newt drops out

Dave Granlund has been an editorial cartoonist published in daily newspapers since 1977. Born in Ware, Mass., Granlund began drawing cartoons in grade school and at age 16, he was published on the editorial pages of local weekly newspapers. His … Read more

Preview: Exploring Guild Wars 2′s Dangerous Dungeons

Id started to wonder if ArenaNet was hiding something from me. Exploring dungeons in MMORPGs has always been one of my favorite pastimes, but each of my attempts to sample those in Guild Wars 2 seemed thwarted by fate or … Read more