There’s a focus group that can prove this is all nothing but cold calculation … You’re a mean old daddy, but I like you … So Let’s Roll Another Number for the road … Just don’t judge me by my shoes … Oh Canada! We stand on guard for thee! If you wrote a bookContinue reading “With Glowing Heart: Celebrating Canadian albums”
Monthly Archives: June 2013
How’s Your ABZ? An Expert’s Guide to Napping
OK people, rather than continue to answer your questions separately via email, text, and Facebook messages, I’m just going to post this and you can get your information from here, OK? Professor Rosseforp, when you read this, you can extrapolate what you need for your thesis. Sorry, I will not have time to sit downContinue reading “How’s Your ABZ? An Expert’s Guide to Napping”
Good Golly, Miss Molly! Don’t Stop Beagle-in’
I felt a tug on my shoelace; I felt a tug on my heart strings. I was in Shad Bay, N.S., in November 1999 with my then-wife (first attempt). We were looking at beagle pups and going to buy one for $100. I was squatting, playing with a couple of pups in front of me,Continue reading “Good Golly, Miss Molly! Don’t Stop Beagle-in’”
On the front lines at the Beer and BBQ Show
This is what convinces me: The torrential downpour that quickly soaks through the tent, and the drips keep getting bigger. That same downpour which makes us pull the tables under the tent to keep our supplies from getting wet, squeezing us tighter like the trash compactor scene in Star Wars. Same downpour, a few minutesContinue reading “On the front lines at the Beer and BBQ Show”
Join the Club: Music for the Love of It
That hurt, man. I realize I wasn’t giving the performance of a lifetime, but that the rejection came from someone I love, well … as Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said about allegedly having a drink thrown in his face … that hurt, man. I was sitting on my deck, about to start playing my mandolin.Continue reading “Join the Club: Music for the Love of It”
The Tipping Point: Did I Miss the Memo on 20%?
So a guy walks into a bar. It’s a popular London, Ont., bar with a devoted following, but on this afternoon it’s not busy. The guy sits in a booth and soon makes eye contact with a waiter, who nods hello. And that’s the last contact he has with the waiter for about five minutes.Continue reading “The Tipping Point: Did I Miss the Memo on 20%?”
Social media: So Unnecessary It’s Impossible to Live Without
A while back a radio station I like on Facebook shared an opinion piece ranking the most annoying things people do on the social-media site. I’m sure there are a million of these lists all over the web, and of course the writer was bang on. And of course I was guilty of most ofContinue reading “Social media: So Unnecessary It’s Impossible to Live Without”
Cuisine Fiend: Celebrating Great Food Experiences
Wide-eyed: I’d never thought of that. I looked at the guy’s plate in wonder, watching the yolk run while he pursued it with a piece of buttered toast, caught up with it, then popped it in his mouth. Try it, he encouraged me. I was about six years old, with my parents and sister visitingContinue reading “Cuisine Fiend: Celebrating Great Food Experiences”
The Unbionic Man (Or How 43 Is the New 86)
It’s snap, crackle, pop, without the fun. It’s twist and shout, without the dancing. It’s wham bam, without the thank you, ma’am. It’s the soreness that comes with 43 years of accumulated knocks and nicks, pulls and falls, but with none of the athletic prowess, and nowhere near any of the athletic glory. Let’s takeContinue reading “The Unbionic Man (Or How 43 Is the New 86)”
Service With a Wha? Customer Confabs
It’s always that time of year, for someone. For those in the formal-wear business, that time of year is now. But I forgot that. So when I have some shirts to be drycleaned, I take them to a place close to my house, which also rents and sells formal wear. No trouble when I bringContinue reading “Service With a Wha? Customer Confabs”
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