Ikea, I Miss You!
The only thing this part of the province is missing, whose addition would make it an absolutely perfect place to live, is an Ikea. …
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August 2009
Not Mad About Mad Men
Mad Men is one of the breakout hits of the last couple of television seasons. Last night’s premiere of Season Three drew a record audience for the show. …
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Biz Monday – The London Free Press
Today I invite you to click over to the Free Press website where my Biz Monday feature on seniors services runs today! It concerns helping seniors stay comfortably and safely in their own homes.
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/BusinessMonday/2009/08/17/10481451-sun.html
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Boating and Me
I’ve never been much of a boater. I’ve swallowed a lot of lake water over the years and boating, to me, has either meant speeding on someone’s silly-fast machine with a frightened perma-grin on my face or paddling a canoe a few dozen metres before turning around and paddling it back. I’ve had some experiences that don’t fit either category, but they’ve been few. …
House Proud – It’s a Chick Thing. Toronto Sun
It occurred to me this morning as I was rotating the towels: this is something my partner would never do. It would never even cross his mind. …
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Wordsmithing
On our way back from a little trip out of the city last night, we talked at some length about appropriate and inappropriate words to use on the air. …
Walking With Dinosaurs – Review
You really can’t imagine what it’s like to experience dinosaurs walking around in a prehistoric setting, stretching their long necks over your head or roaring as they tear into their prey or protect their young. You really can’t imagine it unless you’ve seen Walking With Dinosaurs.  …
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Open Mouthers
It’s well known among my friends and ex-colleagues that I don’t like yawning in my presence. I’ve blogged about this before – some of the new staff at 680 News were told yawning was “banned” around me! That’s ridiculous. I only asked that people try to refrain! And as the new kid at my current radio station, I haven’t peeped a word about it and try valiantly to avert my eyes at the first tell-tale signs of a coming yawn. …
The Flip Side of Customer Service
I enter the flower shop as two women are at work behind the counter, one trimming stems and one filling out papers. …
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CRAD – Chick Radio All Day!
Last week my radio station featured all chicks, all the time! Despite all of the gains women have made in the broadcasting biz, this is an exceedingly rare situation, except for the occasional stunt, which this was not. …
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Nearing a Project’s End
As I’ve been whittling away at this latest in-house project, my mind has occasionally whirred about how I can turn it into a House Proud column for Sun Media. …
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