April 2009

The (four-legged) Buddy System

I’m living a doggie-deprived life by choice.  I truly have no interest in being the primary caregiver for a pooch again.  I have to have the freedom to go where I want when I want and I didn’t have that with a couple of previous, high maintenance critters.  But I do miss knowing a dog or two and that’s evident when one approaches and I automatically drop to a crouch to say hello. …

Made Up Well

I have a difficult time watching myself on television and if you talk to other people who are on TV, it’s likely they’ll say the same thing.  Not that they have a difficult time watching ME, but watching themselves!  But sometimes when the lighting is right and the framing of the shot is flattering and I like what I’m wearing and most important of all, my make-up is great, I can handle sitting through an episode of Whatever Happened To. It’s a great show, after all, and I think the others on it do a terrific job. …

Billy-Bob Jerkton

If you haven’t seen it yet, CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi handled himself brilliantly in the presence of a billigerent, egomaniacal and angry Billy-Bob Thornton yesterday.  Ghomeshi was interviewing the “musician” and inadvertently angered Thornton by referring to his acting career, which is obviously how most of us would know him, despite the fact that he apparently thinks of himself as a legendary musical genius.  …

House Proud – Making It Right In New Orleans. Toronto Sun

Hollywood screenwriters could not have come up with a script this compelling: Canada’s own contractor extraordinaire Mike Holmes teams up with A-list movie star Brad Pitt to restore the devastated Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. But it’s not a movie; it’s the real-life adventure to make practical and pretty homes for some of those who lost theirs in Hurricane Katrina. Both of the guys behind the project just happen to be household names.  …