Hang On a Sec

Every second Friday, read Hang on a Sec for a commentary on life in this place, and in this age. And AT this age.

ATV death season

Legislators have to get tough with manufacturers. Because the drivers can't seem to save themselves.

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Gas price rage

All the gas stations charge the exact same price at the exact same time. How do they do it?

Memo to new NDP MPs

Giggling on hearing the phrase 'honourable member' is unbecoming to a federal politician. Get a grip, people.

The ‘Newfoundland and Labrador’ naming fiasco – Part 2

It started out being about Quebec's lust for Labrador, but it changed to being about Labrador disaffection.

The ‘Newfoundland and Labrador’ naming fiasco

Whose bright idea was this name-change thing, anyway?

“♥” & OMG in OED? WTH?

Are these really words? Question for the OED crowd - RUS?

It’s time the penny dropped

Perhaps it's time to empty that humungous mayonnaise jar and say good-bye to the penny

On the extinction of species

We should have learned our lesson from the cod collapse… but we never learn. We really don't.

Has common sense reached its expiry date?

It seems the Canadian Food Inspection Agency would have you drive straight from Dominion to the dump

Green living tip: don’t throw away expired food – eat it!

Did it ever occur to whoever coined the three Rs that before we think about reusing, maybe we should think about using?