Opinion

Quite often when you go on a trip people say things like, "Oh, I wish I had my recliner with me, it's so comfortable," or "This hotel TV is nothing like the big screen I have at home, I wish I could have brought it with me.

This plea, in its many incarnations, seems to plague today's media as modern health care systems desperately try to combat the chronic shortage of blood. I know hospitals are always in need of blood for surgeries.

Bruce Strachan Right Side Up What a week this has been. It's astonishing; the B.C. political scene is getting more ink than Justin Bieber; probably causing more broken hearts too.

I am listening to a discussion of population demographics based on Japan's declining birthrate with a general comparison to similar situations worldwide.

You have seen them all over the roads for years zipping in and out of traffic, some with huge fins and mufflers on the back, some done up with teens driving and others with adults hauling around the family.

Everybody is getting ready for the first real sign that winter is here, and when the snow does fly there will still be those who are saying to themselves, "I guess I should get the car ready for winter.

But this is exactly why we love

There is nothing worse than owning a vehicle and being bored driving it.

Sometimes when you are asked if you like something (usually by your spouse) you either say yes or no, but often you are not sure why you like it. Maybe you are not the type to analyze things too much and just go with a like or don't like.

As the world's population grows, so too does society's thirst for energy. We are meeting this increase in demand through the creation of more and more fossil fuel dependent systems.