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@XelaTWN @habanerogal Just noticed the keys. It could be a Manitoba maple -- also pretty hardy and less prone to disease than the ash. about 9 hours ago via web in reply to XelaTWN
@XelaTWN It looks like a green ash tree. A lot of them were planted in Ontario in the 1950s and '60s after the elm trees were killed off. about 9 hours ago via web in reply to XelaTWN
Newsroom is gutted at Pulitzer Prize-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune as publishing schedule is cut to 3 days a week. goo.gl/CzkdQ about 16 hours ago via web
PalmSpringsPlus ** Marilyn Monroe statue unveiled in Palm Springs bit.ly/LBhsDV > @PalmSpringsBizz 3:19 PM May 25th via twitterfeed Retweeted by TerryMac2
@JlynNye That's easy: No more birthdays. 11:12 AM May 24th via web in reply to JlynNye
Newsroom at Pulitzer Prize-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune gets gutted as print schedule is cut to 3 times a week. goo.gl/CzkdQ 7:46 AM May 24th via web
Another harbinger of the demise of newspapering: the alt-weekly Ottawa XPress is closing. Business so bad, it was down to 12 pages weekly. 7:42 AM May 24th via web
@XelaTWN You knew it wouldn't read 0, right? The odometer starts counting the minute they drive the car off the assembly line. 6:37 PM May 23rd via web in reply to XelaTWN
@Paulatics Har! Guess they have to cover those billion-dollar paper losses somehow. 6:35 PM May 23rd via web in reply to Paulatics
PuckTalksHere " I don’t think there’s any higher win of anything in Canada than the Stanley Cup, especially after only five years."~Peter Pocklington 1:19 PM May 23rd via web Retweeted by TerryMac2 and 2 others
VassyKapelos #ableg press gallery photo :-) twitter.com/VassyKapelos/s… 11:43 AM May 23rd via Photos on iOS Retweeted by TerryMac2 and 8 others
Favourite restaurant name ever: "Wang's In The Desert" in #PalmSprings. Just naughty enough to make you feel guilty for thinking it naughty. 11:09 AM May 23rd via web
@Paulatics @cancerbaby One of my favourites, too! 11:05 AM May 23rd via web in reply to Paulatics
cancerbaby @TerryMac2 You're not a columnist, you're a reporter who writes long. (I am probably the fiftieth person to make this joke at you) 10:19 AM May 23rd via web in reply to TerryMac2 Retweeted by TerryMac2
Can't take seriously anything done by Arizona officials when latest effort involves keeping Obama off ballots because "not" born in the US. 10:05 AM May 23rd via web
@tincanman2010 Yeah, as far as they're concerned, that was a gazillion years ago. Most of the people I knew have long been tossed overboard. 9:03 AM May 23rd via web in reply to tincanman2010
BTW, front page of @edmontonjournal today reads I was reporter there. Not quite. Plied my trade as editorial writer, columnist, copy editor. 7:35 AM May 23rd via web
The Moog Synthesizer doodle on Google doesn't work on my Mac laptop. I'm kinda disappointed. Can't recreate that great music from the '60s. 7:26 AM May 23rd via web
Our dog Pepper won't go outside to pee. The little princess doesn't want to get her dainty paws wet -- so she's holding it in instead. Dogs! 1:52 PM May 22nd via web
buzzbishop View of the solar eclipse. From space. twitpic.com/9nvbzd via @jeffmadams 8:41 PM May 21st via HootSuite Retweeted by TerryMac2 and 49 others

Name Terry McConnell
Location Edmonton AB & Palm Springs CA
Web http://www.ventin...
Bio Edmonton's original Venting guy. Columnist for the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota. Co-author of the book I'd Trade Him Again (now retitled The Puck Talks Here).