What do you mean you're out of The Globe and Mail in Hi-Def?

There are few true joys in this world it would seem, if you listen to the naysayers and gloomy doomy soothsayers that are constantly on their soapbox on the squawkbox spouting off rhetoric to the stunned and sleepy masses. I disagree. I do however agree TO A POINT as to what SOME of them are saying but as I said...to a point.

I quote Denis Leary " Happiness? Happiness isn't a state of being...it's a moment...and if you're lucky you get to have a couple of them in your day. Happiness is a small tiny bit of time...it's a cookie, it's a 5 second orgasm, it's a cigarette...you cum, you smoke the butt, you eat the cookie, you go to bed and get up and go to fucking work..."

Aside from those examples, all of which I have no problem relishing, one of my favourite moments is a newspaper. And no, I don't mean some crappy newsmagazine or worse, The whatever city Sun. A newspaper is composed of sections, stories and columns not little boxes and deeply profound bikini-clad tarts..."Tiffany is 22 years old and wants to be a model. She likes puppies and hates war."

The best weekend moment is the hour spent with coffee or tea at hand dissecting the paper, section at a time and PORING over the pages, casually idling here and there and just having a lazy visual stroll about. And if the ____ Sun or whatever newsmagazine is your typical 24" t.v. then a proper newspaper is a high definition 61" flatscreen plasma...way better viewing entertainment, way better viewing experience. All in all more bang for the buck.

If you do it right, you can become so immersed, so totally engrossed that time will slip by you without a notice or a care. Absent-minded murmurs in agreement tend to follow questions posed to you by whoever may be lurking nearby, be it the server asking if you would like more coffee, even if they are your partner or spouse and you are in your kitchen or living room, they are now simply the server for you have gone off on a trip and you couldn't be bothered to get up and get it yourself.

Now THAT'S a moment...and if you are lucky that will happen by section B or C...meaning you have to H or L left to look forward to...good times.

And if you really want to do it right, choose one or all of the options from Mr. Leary's quote above while you peruse...might as well throw a little happiness into the mix while you're at it.

After all, it is the weekend...and it is your moment.