Life is too good some days eh

Sometimes, the simple meals are the best. During a recent visit to Fionn MacCool's pub in Sudbury, I enjoyed one of their best suppers; Shepherd's Pie and a Caeser Salad on the side. Now I don't often buy the salad but as I ate it I thought how much I miss having a really tasty salad. It was just the perfect side dish to get my taste buds going into overdrive. Then the mashed potatoes with the beef, pork and veggies just hit the spot better than I was expecting. I think it was because I skipped lunch that day.

Of course, a nice fresh pint of draft beer kept the day going right. Since the tariff issue I have quit drinking American beer. I have been enjoying a new light beer from Muskoka Brewery called Tready Lightly. It's only four per cent alcohol content and really refreshing. Things don't get much better than this.

This stuff doesn't make sense

The world does not make sense some days. I was reading the New York Times about former Fox News announcer Pete Hegseth putting out confidential military information over a cell phone chat application. First of all, how does a former news announcer become Secretary of Defence? One would think this is a role for a high-level military person, not some sycophant that sucks up to the guy trying to be president. In a real world, goof-ups like this would result in somebody being arrested or least removed from a sensitive role. The guy lives in a world where people just deny reality and hopes others believe him. Now that the real media -- NOT Fox rookies -- have this story in their sights, you can be sure that Hegseth's days are numbered.