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My questions for New Westminster mayoral candidates proved to be a hit. Thanks to the mayoral candidates and council candidates who answered! I met with a couple of candidates for School Trustees over the weekend, and they wanted their own set of questions to answer. Fair enough! The biggest issue in this year’s election is…

I keep mason bees. Today was another nice spring day, and the forecast was for continuing warm temperatures through the week (highs between 15 and 17), so it’s the perfect time to put out mason bee cocoons. The cocoons on the left are from last season. My mason bees laid about a dozen eggs, which…

Every Monday the Hawaii Tribune-Herald publishes a list of babies that were born in Hawaii County over the previous week. Given that parents these days seem to have some sort of disease that turns the name-choosing part of their brain to mush, the list is usually a source of unintentional entertainment. Yesterday’s paper was no…

How long until "email" just becomes "mail" and that other kind of mail needs a special prefix? — Chris Grau (@sirhc) July 29, 2013 @sirhc mail and smail. — Brad Cavanagh (@CanSpice) July 29, 2013 Of course, seven minutes before Chris tweeted this: @Thunder_Chicken Seems like it should be shortened to "smail" or something. —…

After a pretty long hiatus, Bad Baby Names are back! To be honest, I got a little bored of all of the bad baby names that the Hawaii Tribune Herald kept serving up. You can only make so many jokes about too many Y’s or girls named Madison before they start getting stale. But this…

Cort Ray Caldwell is running for School Trustee in New Westminster, and he answered my questions. Thank you for answering! Obviously this is all satire, of course. In fact, Mr. Caldwell included this disclaimer: “Disclaimer: satirical responses may not mirror actual policy.” The biggest issue in this year’s election is undoubtedly the replacement of New…