Profile of Alex Harrold

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• Clearly Stated - The road not traveled at all
  Have you ever noticed, during periods when you have too much time on your hands, that you often spend that very valuable time musing over things ...
• Clearly Stated - Let’s put the fox in charge of...
  Government is never going to understand the concept of transparency. Every time the government has an opportunity to do something that actually ...
• Clearly Stated - Out and about at the Beach in February
  I have about four different ideas for a column this week, all of which are vying for attention in my brain at the same time. That is not the say ...
• Clearly Stated - Don’t try this at work
  In the interests of my ongoing efforts to be of some benefit to the reading public, I am providing for those of you who have children about to ...
• Clearly Stated
  Have you tried buying a new car recently? And by recently, I could be referring to anytime during the last twenty years. Maybe longer. I just ...
• Clearly Stated
  In the spirit of keeping my mind as active as possible as Phase IV of life envelops me, I believe I’ve come up with a tourist initiative that ...
• Clearly Stated
  With all the lunatic behaviour going on around us, it’s really a challenge to try and focus on any one aspect of the crazy and irrational things ...
• Clearly Stated
  The people of this province have no choice but to take it personally, more so than any other province. On the heels of the federal government’s ...
• Clearly Stated
  You've probably been wondering where I've been the last three weeks. I wasn't anywhere in particular. I did wander in the desert that is in the ...
• Clearly stated
  My grandfather lived right next door to us when I was growing up. I'm named after him. He was known around town as Rocky, and, because he seemed ...
• Clearly stated
  There was this whole 'back to the land' movement in the ‘70s, which actually contributed to my interest in agriculture and animal management. In ...
• Clearly stated
  In geologic terms, this province seems fairly immune from the nearly daily natural disasters happening around us all the time. Clearly, that's a ...
• Clearly stated
  There’s a special place in hell for insurance adjusters; of this, I am certain. I’m not sure there is a Heaven or a hell, but if there is, ...
• Clearly stated
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• Clearly stated
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• Clearly stated
  There are a couple of things I don't like doing, but you might think otherwise. One of them is blowing my own horn. As a former drummer, I'm ...
• Dear Hortense
  Clearly stated - Dear Hortense, I am having a problem with a bully in our neighbourhood. I don't even think we speak the same language. When we ...
• Clearly stated
  Let me see if I got this straight: A recent news item reported that 46 per cent of the cigarette butts collected from the Confederation Building ...
• Clearly stated
  Clearly stated - Let me run this by you and see if it makes any sense to you. Frankly, I find it too stupid to talk about it. Writing about it is ...
• Clearly stated
  There's a reason that there has never been a study to determine how often conventional wisdom has prevented us from seeing the forest for the ...
• Nirvana? Utopia? Nope, just us.
  Clearly stated - There are too many things coming at us at one time. 2010 is shaping up as the year of the crab fishery that wasn't, the seal ...
• Should I or Shouldn't I?
  Clearly stated - I just read my horoscope in the TV Preview that accompanies this publication. It read: "In a moment of indecision, several ...
• Clearly stated
  Clearly stated - Close your eyes, adjust your recliner to a restful position back just enough to support your head, and imagine you are cruising ...
• Almost paradise
  Clearly stated - I live in Westport. You live somewhere else in the area served by this newspaper, if you're not in Westport. There could be lots ...
• Clearly stated
  Clearly stated - I never thought I would say this. I'm serious. Most of the time, this column is used to take a light-hearted approach to ...
• Get three behind me, telemarketer
  Clearly stated - Telemarketing picked up where the Fuller Brush Man left off. More or less. For you, perhaps it was the vacuum cleaner salesman, ...
• Clearly stated
  Clearly stated - 1969. That's when I bought my first Toyota. It was a 1967 Corona. That is no longer a model of car. A good Corona these days ...
• Reason 211 for living here
  Clearly stated - You may recall my reference to one of the 375 reasons I occasionally illuminate as a reason to live here rather than somewhere ...
• Clearly stated
  This isn't exactly "rebel without a cause" stuff here. I have too much time on my hands. But a recent road trip over four days across the ...
• Political correctness run amuck
  Does anyone remember exactly when we reached the era of political correctness? As I recall, it didn't happen overnight. There was never a moment ...