Zip it Up
Traffic experts in many cities and now mine, claim that the so-called zipper method of merging traffic from two lanes into one is the best way to keep traffic flowing in construction zones. …
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Hitting the Wall
Part of my deal with the agency that represents me for voice work is that I’ll no longer travel for an in-studio session. If someone wants to hire me, they can do what’s called a Directed Session over Skype while I stay in my home studio. It’s how I remain sane while doing VO on the side while starting my day around 3 am to cohost the CJBK morning show. It’s a hard and fast rule. So, why did I break it last week? …
The Grass Isn’t Always Greener
One thing about buying a fixer-upper is that you can make it your own and make it better than you found it. There’s still a lot more to do here. Weeds are popping up in driveway cracks and most of the basement still looks like an episode of Hoarders: the Tool Edition. But we’re getting to it all in due time. …
A World Where a Yellow Light is a Red Light
It sounds like an April Fool’s Day prank but I can assure you, it’s real.  Drivers in China have been told to treat a yellow traffic light the same as a red.  Instead of yellow meaning a warning that red is coming and to stop if you can safely do so, they’re expected to stop immediately upon a yellow. …
If Only Honesty Ruled Our Lives
Wouldn’t it be terrific if everyone just told it like it was? Â No euphemisms, no buttering people up, just the cold, hard truth. Â …
A (Nameless) Public Shaming
Yesterday on my way into the radio station I encountered slow traffic on what is usually the best part of the ride in. There’ s a lovely wide curve on a decline of Springbank after Commissioners Road and it’s normally ripe for a little acceleration and “wheee!” from my inner child. For whatever reason yesterday, it was stop and go. So I stopped and I went like everyone else. …
Dumbest News Story of the Week
The headline reads, “Crash Blamed on Do-Gooder”. …