What’s bugging you? What makes you happy? Tell us about it.

Seriously, what were you thinking when, on a near-empty bus with several unoccupied seats to choose from, you decided to sit right beside me, pinning me against the wall while you coughed and sneezed the entire trip?

It’s so nice to see this paying it forward trend gaining momentum. I paid for a stranger behind me in line at breakfast a few days back, and this random act surely brightened my day.

Coun. Bryan Anderson says the Katz Group better get this arena deal done with the existing city council. Apparently the October 2013 city council will have more common sense.

What a relief that the year is changing. At least I can wish people happy new year without being politically incorrect.

Dear Baby Boomers, generation X and generation Y: We gave our lives for you in two world wars. Stop complaining. Sincerely, the Lost Generation and Greatest Generation

I have decided that the vast majority of drivers driving half-ton or bigger trucks should start paying a specialty tax which will allow for the building of a road system just for them. Why? Because they simply do not understand the concept of sharing the road and require their own road so that the rest of us don’t have to put up with their arrogant and intolerant behaviour anymore.

The climate change skeptic who compared the so-called Mayan apocalypse to climate science should pause and consider the difference between people who don’t understand archaeological evidence and people who do understand scientific evidence generally.

‘Workers hit by train.’ I think it’s time for the CN Rail to upgrade its 19th century warning systems (horn) and the communication systems (none) between its various crews, using 21st century technology.

I suggest that the NHL players should make a statement to the Owners and Fans and go on a hunger strike.