Oh Ricky!
I heart Ricky Gervais! I think he should host everything including SPCA fundraisers and wedding receptions. Â …
January 2012
Funny About Money
Free-FM offers a text alert system for a one-time charge of .50. Â It’s brand new. Â You’ll get a text in case of severe weather or a major breaking story. Â We’ll also text the morning’s top two headlines.
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In The T-Zone
I’ve made a conscious effort to be less cynical. Â Unlike a skeptic who can be convinced by evidence, a cynic closes themselves off from a lot of experiences in life and I realized I had become one. Â So when I decided to move to London it seemed like a good time to try a new approach. Oh, I can call up a good chunk of cynicism when the situation calls for it but in my everyday life, not being so cynical leaves me available to the spontaneous things life has to offer. Â This evolution served me well this week. …
The Week in Review
It started with 4 suspicious fires on the weekend all targeting adult-oriented businesses. …
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The Nose Knows
For years now I’ve been told I have mild sleep apnea. Â Next week I’ll get the results of my third sleep study at which, I am predicting, they will suggest that I get a C-PAP machine. Â That’s the Darth Vader mask that’s attached to a machine with a water reservoir and a steady stream of air to keep your throat open. Â It has given new life to both my brother and one of my brothers-in-law plus many other people I know. Â …
Musical Musings
I’m a rock fan. Â I prefer pounding drums, wailing guitar solos and singers with passion that verges on a scream. And I don’t think that’s ever going to change. …
10 Hands, One Guitar
Thank you to music guru Alan Cross for bringing this one to our attention. Â The video has gone viral. Â Walk Off The Earth is a band from Burlington, Ontario and look what they’ve done with a cover of an excellent Australian tune and just one guitar. …
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What Do You Make of This?
This city’s best known TV news anchor was recently arrested on assault charges. Â I wrote a blog last week about not judging him until the facts are in. Â But the issue today is whether or not his arrest qualifies as “news”. Â There is no question that it does to every media property in this city except its largest daily newspaper and I and my media brethren feel a) the paper made an incomprehensible decision to not run the story and b) unfairly and now publicly judged by them because we aired the story. Â …
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The Naked Truth
The older you get, the more often it happens. Â You hear of someone who has died and you never knew at the time. Â The “someone” in this case is a man who was my boss at the Four Seasons Nature Resort back when I was one of four live-in summer helpers in the season between high school and college. …
The Latest “Stupid” List
I love lists, don’t you? Â Give me 5 ways to reduce stress or 10 things everyone your age should know or 3 ways to cook leftover turkey and I’m hooked. Â …
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The LCBO Saga – It Gets Worse!
My media release tells the tale. Â Here’s the meat of it: …
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What I Learned on my First Workday of 2012
Snow causes people to drive funny. Â Not funny ha-ha. …
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