A Spoonful of Sugar
Prior to and during the holidays we are deluged with anti-drinking and driving messages. This year, one stuck out and became a bit of a hit on Twitter, at least in the London area. …
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General
Merry Custom Christmas
For the past few years, I’ve set out our leg lamp inspired by the movie, A Christmas Story, on a table in front of our livingroom window. Outside of the holidays, the lamp lives in our guest bedroom, where it provides illumination of the dresser top. This year I decided it would stay there. …
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Where’s The Line?
We are, for the most part, a tolerant society. We are generally accepting of those with lifestyles that are different from ours. We don’t have to empathize with it and we likely never will but we can accept that transgendered people, for example, feel trapped in the wrong bodies. But what a Toronto man has done is pretty difficult to accept even for people with the most liberal viewpoints. …
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TT for Short
A tireless woman I know named Mandi was touring the London Food Bank a few years ago and noticed that in addition to all of the toiletries available, there were no feminine protection items. She decided to do something about it and Tampon Tuesday was born. …
Start the Car!
IKEA has finally come to London. Praise be to the gods of the Allan key and the foil-finished wood products. …
Best Worst Date Ever
A guy in the US placed a Craigslist ad before US Thanksgiving and offered his services as a date to family dinner. The twist? In exchange for the free meal, he would intentionally ruin the day. …
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Old Game, New Players
A pal who was downsized from her radio job is looking for work. She’s casting a wide net, because broadcasting is getting smaller all the time. So wasn’t she surprised to get a job offer via email, having never interviewed for the position. …
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Power Imbalance
The medical specialist I’ve known for more than two decades, who performed three surgeries on me over the years, is under review by the College of Physicians and Surgeons. His right to practise is at stake. A journalist friend who has worked for some of the biggest publications in the country is routinely forced to defend his judgment in front of a review panel. What do they have in common? They both teach at universities.  …
Terrorized
What can someone halfway around the world do about a senseless mass murder overseas? Nothing, really. And that’s what’s so damn frustrating. …
$19, 020
The title of this post is how much an Oregon woman is owed, in my opinion, after a slot machine malfunctioned and she thought she had won $8.5-million. …
Remembrance Day, 2015
Derek’s Dad was just 21 in 1943 when he answered the call to fight in WWII.Â
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