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Text Messages From Lucy Westenra
August 27, 2013
Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make! – The Count That is all crazy people ever want in the middle of the night. Just a fuckin’ turkey sandwich and some apple juice, to wash it down? Please. Thanksssss. Geez. Or it’s, come here, come here, nurse come here, no here, […]
“Yes, I have an appointment, Tom Robbins referred me.”
January 5, 2012
An eavesdropped excerpt from a failed super heroine’s annual physical. “Your test results are in…I’m afraid it looks like you’ve peaked too soon using all your powers for mediocre.” Ontario Health Insurance Plan, this post is for you.
‘J’ is for Julio and Jumpy Cows: An Exercise in Reading Comprehension and a 26-Part Series
November 30, 2011
Julio is special. He’s my nephew. Of course that’s why he’s special but that’s not all. He’s really cute, not even three and my very first nephew ever! Plus, he’s actually cool, smart and super enthusiastic. Especially about reading. “Julio? “Mmm…” “Excuse me, but, did that cow just jump over the MOON?” “That’s right! I’m not […]
Boys, Bus Stops and Bottle Rockets: An Exercise in Plan Bs and a 26-Part Series
November 22, 2011
And to think, this post was supposed to be, B, for my favourite bird. Coincidently, B’s post’ll be about a seemingly autistic little boy who flapped around either behind or beside me, both times I’ve seen him with his mother on the TTC. It was on the streetcar, the first time. He couldn’t see how annoyed I was even with my headphones on music blasting, […]
What Does it Really Mean When People Say You’ve Got a Face Only a Mother Could Love?
September 8, 2011
I know what it means. It’s just my newest nephew is starting to look like a baby seal. That, to me, is the most desirable look for a baby. Perfectly round head, big dark eyes, wet mouth. He stares at me with his baby seal face and I want to squeeze him like a hot […]
Hey Graeme, Did We Ever Figure Out How Many Spoonfuls of Sugar it Takes to Get to the Moon?
July 14, 2011
Ha! This one still makes me laugh no matter what I’m doing when I think about it. And we needed that for those morning meetings at a certain language school, didn’t we Graeme? So what happened was, someone in a position of authority interrupted our productive exchange of student information and asked one of us a non-sensical question […]
Feathers make the blog, Mark Twain!
Hyperactive Inefficiency 
January 6, 2014
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