According to news reports, NDP Leader Jack Layton has given PM PM until Tuesday to decide whether to gas almost $5 billion in corporate tax cuts in exchange for NDP support on the federal budget.

Yet another catch-up post. This was a column last week by the Toronto Star's Rick Westhead on Steve Nash, the superlative point guard for the NBA's Phoenix Suns.

But that's not what make Nash, a Canadian, admirable to me. Read on:

Sad news from Friday -- Creemore Springs, one of my two favourite Ontario microbrews (the other being Steamwhistle), is now the property of Molson Canada.

This NYT piece talks to Simpsons creator Matt Groening, who insists his show has found a second wind.

The NYT's David Brooks looks at the news that being a little overweight is a good thing, longevity-wise, and why TV is more cognitively challenging than ever before.

This story could be seen as the beginning of the end of the golden age of blogging. Salon columnist Ariana Huffington wants to start a celebrity group blog.

If you saw the TV footage of Messrs. Harper, Martin and Layton at Khalsa Day celebrations, you would swear, swear the writ had been dropped! :)

I was amused by this quote from Conservative Leader Stephen Harper: The Prime Minister's already campaigning so I have to catch up with him on the campaign he's not running.