Milk, eggs, a pound of ground beef, and a bottle of red wine

Yes, you read correctly. That's a shopping list that you could fill in one store. Of course, we wouldn't need the eggs because we have our own egg production facility - one egg per day, mind you.

So, welcome to the 21st century. Here we can conserve fuel, time, and personal energy by being able to get supplies in one fell swoop - kind of like the hawk that keeps attacking the local poultry, only with 4 tires and a radio. But wait, that's not all. Soon there'll be a Petro Canada that will become a NSLC authorized agent. That means we'll be able to gas up, get groceries - albeit convenience store level groceries - and pick up a little something to go with dinner, all at the same place.

Now, to most of you out there this probably seems like a thinly veiled dig at Ontario for staying in the dark ages by preventing the corner store from carrying liquor of any kind. Far from it. Well, not far far from it, but far from it. What it means to us is that we don't have to drive all the way to Windsor or Sackville just to get a 6 pack of Alexander Keith's for the game. It means we can drive 10 minutes, instead of 20. It means reducing greenhouse gases, and frivolous fuel usage. More importantly, it means we can forget to stop on the way out of the city, and still get what we want close to home. Bravo NSLC. Bravo.