DIY Fixes
So I decided to paint the downstairs bathroom. …
Review: Toxic Fame
I picked up a thick paperback called Toxic Fame in a used bookstore recently. …
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Cruise Control
Has Tom Cruise gone the way of thousands of actors before him and undergone some facial upgrades in an effort to ward off the ravages of time? …
The Upside of Driving in London
Recently I took London drivers to task for not being as skilled as Toronto drivers. Well, this week I found something London drivers have that Toronto drivers don’t: manners. …
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Totally Floored
The kitchen refacing project is almost finished. I’ve posted a couple photos I took yesterday under my Home Stuff gallery. Today, the flooring goes down. It’s the end of an unusual adventure to try to find the perfect stuff for underfoot. …
Shopaholics Anonymous
I recently confessed that I used to be able to spend an entire day in a mall, shopping for sport. A couple of girlfriends and I would start out early, load up as we saw fit, break for lunch and then with elbows pointed out for safety, get back at it. Sometimes we’d have to rent a locker to stuff in our stuff before we went and bought more stuff. We never, ever made runs to the car to put our stuff in unless we were leaving. With drivers circling the mall, especially around the holidays, opening your trunk, filling it up and then not leaving is a shopper’s no-no. We were kind to our fellow hunters by not misleading them that our prime spot was opening up. …
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House Proud – Green Gone Wrong, Toronto Sun
Before “green” became the watchword to signify environmental friendliness it was simply a colour. Kermit the Frog crooned, “It’s not easy being green,” and if the famous Muppet had ever wound his spindly fingers around a paintbrush, he would have experienced the true brilliance of his song. In my completely unscientific and purely anecdotal experience, there have been more troubles with painting greens than any other hue. …
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Love Lives On
One of my rear car seats has been in the down position since I moved more than a month ago. I failed to remove the headrest before pushing the backrest forward and down and the seat became jammed too tightly for my wimpy little self to be able to pull it back upright. So I asked the guy at Mr. Lube to do it for me while my oil was being changed. He cheerfully complied. …
IBTs and Distracted Drivers
I love London. I would never compare it unfavourably to Toronto except in one area: its drivers. …
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Realities of Radio
Part of the reason that I chose to pursue radio and television was stability. Hah! …
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RIP Ted Rogers
Rogers CEO Ted died this morning at home, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 75. He was also a visionary, a risk taker, a mogul, a workaholic, a family man, a decent guy and a billionaire. …
A Different Way of Giving
Forgive me if I’ve written about this before. Sometimes I’m afraid I may repeat myself with all that’s going on. Sometimes I’m afraid I may repeat myself with all that’s going on. …
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A Sensible Handbag
9 times out of 10 the ads that come up on my facebook page have to do with dieting. “Try Oprah’s diet” “Lose weight the Rachel Ray way” “Learn the diet secrets of the stars” I don’t click on them because I already know the secret to dieting – take in fewer calories than you burn. DUH. …
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A Cozy Holiday for All
Real Women Magazine is behind a fresh holiday drive for kids in the care of Children’s Aid. …
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Props to my Peeps
Everybody who’s ever analyzed a BBM (Bureau of Broadcast Measurement) ratings release knows you can manipulate the numbers six ways to Sunday and make your station look like a leader in a category. …
Branching Out
For many years I’ve enjoyed mentoring young broadcasters; those who want to be in the business and those who already are. A lot of veterans my age have no time for the next generation but it seems to me that they’re now expected to come out of school major-market ready and they’re eager and in need of some direction. With PD’s and ND’s piloting more than one station, and entire networks, they don’t have enough time to really work with those who need it the most. Even those who have been in the business for some time can use a bit of objective analysis and course correction. This is where I come in. …
Requiem for a Flower
Thanks to the many emails I received about the unidentified plant, I know now that it is (or shall we say, was) an amaryllis. …
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