Electric Avenue
It started as a faraway buzzing and as it got closer I could only imagine that a sewing machine was coming down the street. …
August 2010
The Steven Slater in all of Us
The Jet Blue flight attendant who lost it at the end of a flight, grabbed his bags and a beer, inflated the emergency chute and took off into the night is becoming a folk hero. …
A Big Move
Stephen Hawking says the survival of our species will depend on our relocation and population of another planet. Damn – I hate packing! …
Old Fart Syndrome or Sensible Notion?
I’m no prude. I can appreciate a dirty joke and I have been known to pepper certain conversations with four-letter words when I feel they are warranted. But there’s a time and a place, I think. Increasingly I think I may be alone. …
Changing Goals
Years ago when someone would ask me my ultimate career goal I’d say, “to replace Mary Hart on Entertainment Tonight!” Well Mary Hart is finally leaving the show and fortunately for me, my goal of succeeding her was happily abandoned long ago – so I’m not disappointed that I wouldn’t be considered for the job in a million years! …
Crashes Happen
Garage Update – August 6th
The push is on to get the garage enclosed by Labour Day.  However, the availability of buddies to help has diminished in recent weeks and most of the latest efforts have been the result of a one-man labour force. …
Review- Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth
A lot of women don’t view food the way I do. It has often baffled me when people load several mayo-laden salads onto their plates and don’t even blink. They buy real ice cream and ignore the fat content printed on the side. They walk into a grocery store and believe that it’s possible to choose to eat every single item on every single shelf, except for what they don’t like. For me, food has always fallen into two categories: enemy or treat.  I will look at the ice cream that I really want and buy the low-fat, low-taste stuff instead. That’s how I’ve been for a long, long time. …
Slightly Used Iphone for Sale…Maybe
If RIM is to be believed its new Blackberry Torch is the answer to the iPhone. Some analysts are saying that with the release of the new Torch Smartphone, RIM has finally caught up to Apple’s iPhone technology. If this is true, I may have to go back to a Blackberry. …
Out of the Mouth of a Bike Riding Teacher
We watched a fantastic motorcycle riding DVD called Ride Like a Pro 5. It’s obviously part of a series. Besides the excellent tips on riding safely and expertly it also includes the exercises motorcycle police officers must master. It’s great stuff. …
The Wedding of the Season
My second cousin Darcy married his longtime love Sadaf on Saturday. Darcy is the son of my Dad’s first cousin. He and I have a bond of friendship based on a shared love of family and my tolerance for his routine ass-kickings on online Scrabble. …
Taking The Pain out of Stains – House Proud, The Toronto Sun
Spills are going to happen. Small children drop food bits as if they’re leaving a trail for others to follow. A guest at your dinner party sloshes a beverage onto your Berber carpet. …
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