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Some one asked Yahoo the question “How will the next Pope be chosen?” What I’m wondering is how will it be covered? Should Jean-Paul the second die, and it will be soon, then a conclave will be held and a the Cardinals will hold a secret ballet to elect the new Pontiff. The ballots are… Continue Reading How will the death of the Pope be covered?

On Thursday Jan 27th Kronos Quartet did a sold-out concert and Brock University. I got into Kronos because I’ve always liked strings and because they’ve worked with so many amazing artists. In fact, David Harrington DJed an hour of some of his favourite music over the lunch hour. It was a smattering of American classics… Continue Reading Kronos Quartet

Mr. Bush was inaugurated yesterday, and as he swore into the office he wasn’t the only person on this planet swearing about his second term. I am looking forward to the inauguration of Viktor Yushchenko on Saturday [Globe]. At least when Ukrainian elections have suspicious outcomes they hold new ones. Mr. Bush should take note… Continue Reading Inaugurations

Had a great time at Pete’s stag party on the weekend. As this picture taken after we left le Biftheque proves, Pete was making the most of his last few days of single life. It was also good to see Mr. Mike Stewart!  

We got a good 6cm plus of warm snow on Saturday, so I thought I’d head out with the new camera and take advantage of the beauty the snow adds to the ugly town. More here, mattclare.ca/winter