Good evening? “Good evening,” he says!’ His face contorted into a puckered grin of nastiness. ‘Let me tell you something, Pip Bin, your good evenings will not last if I have my way. One day soon I shall greet you by saying, “Bad evening,” and you will have no choice but to sadly shake your head and say, “Yes, yes, it is a bad evening, they all are now.” Ha, ha, ha!

The current crop of England players has yet to make any waves in international rugby,

The kids always like to see the clowns and decorations and horses. It's kind of the old-school rodeo parade. We encourage people to come out and enjoy the hometown event.

For the first time, more than half of all taxpayers filed electronically.

He's rolled his ankle at training today, and as a precaution we sent him off for a scan. But the scans have confirmed there is no fracture.

His legs, his groin mainly, have been his problem and we put him through a rigorous three-month program before Christmas and he passed. So we're confident of getting a full season out of him and of him giving us flexibility up forward.

I'm never satisfied, but that was one fine basketball game from the Mercy side. We did all the little things we needed to do.

I'm sure every coach says this about their team, but this is a special group. They never quite cease to amaze me.

It's been a great start to the campaign and exceeded our expectations. The early signs are that we've got our pricing structure correct and our supporters are looking forward to our return to the top flight, having played such a big part in getting us back up this season.

It makes you wonder what really went down with ex-COO Gary Daichendt, who apparently quit in May because he wanted to be CEO but Owens and/or the board showed no sign it was going to happen any time soon. In a nutshell, Owens' departure -- was he fired, pushed or did he resign? -- is another one step forward, two steps back move for Nortel, which has now had three CEOs in the past 18 months.