Happy Thanksgiving!
No matter how many years removed I am from paying my dues, and working every stat holiday, I’ll never stop being grateful that someone else has to do that now. …
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General
Byron Villager
My sister-in-law Barb started a monthly magazine for the part of London we call home: Byron. …
Oh-Oh Oleander
Late in the summer, hubby noticed a Kijiji ad from someone wanting to find pears to pick. …
Injustice, Twenty Years On
This weekend marks 20 years since OJ Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. And new polling shows more people than ever believe he did it. …
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Email Woes
A few years ago, Rogers lost my email. It was infuriating. It simply didn’t exist for more than two weeks and no one seemed upset about it except me. I even contacted my former (distant) Rogers colleague, now Mayor of Toronto John Tory, and begged him to get in touch with a higher-up at Rogers which he did. And that’s how I found out why no one cared too much. Â …
Twitter Twits and Worse
My Twitter rule is that I will follow anyone who follows me unless they are:
- A spammer.
- Too lazy to change their profile picture from the default egg.
- These guys.
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Adopt-a-thon
It’s time we spent more time talking about people who are doing good in the world, don’t you agree? Hank Fortener is one of them. …
Pasta Revolution
Apparently, Martha Stewart turned pasta on its noodle a couple of years ago but I missed it. Thanks to a food blogger’s recent Twitter post, I’ve learned the recipe and I’m sharing it here in case you missed it too. …
Benched
Months ago, my sister-in-law Carolyn shared a post on my Facebook page about a Pinterest project. Someone had taken an old, wooden dresser and turned it into a bench. Carolyn had an old dresser that had been in the family for decades. It used to belong to our husbands’ maternal Grandma and it had seen better days. Carolyn suggested, half-joking I’m sure, that hubby and I take this on. We leapt at the chance! Once we ascertained that the dresser was indeed made of solid wood, we got to work, and kept at it when we had time.  …
World Sepsis Day
As you may know, I’m one of Canada’s advocates for spreading the word about sepsis. As a survivor of it, I’ve gotten to know the major organizations fighting to get the illness recognized by world health bodies, and to have World Sepsis Day, September 13, endorsed as an official day to alert even more people to this potentially – and often – fatal infection in the blood. …
Our London Article About First Thing
Last week, Sean Meyer of Our London dropped into CJBK to interview Mike and me about our new morning show. I’ve known Sean’s work for years, but this was the first time we met face to face. And he obviously tuned right into the easy, fun way that Mike and I communicate. For a guy I never really met until we were paired up, I have to say I totally lucked out with Mr. Stubbs. …
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The Coffee Bean
A few weeks ago, our favourite K-cups of coffee went on sale. Normally $19.99 for a box of 40, a great deal for Arabica, dark-roast blend, they were $17.99. …
September
When I think about it being September, I want to scream until I’m hoarse! I feel that way every year, but this year more than most. …
Virginia Ambush
All day, I felt sick to my stomach over the live, on-air murders of a 24-year-old reporter and a 27-year-old cameraman at a shopping mall in Virginia. A disgruntled former colleague killed them, because he felt they had cost him his job, and other reasons. …
Let’s Talk About Heroes
Too often, we learn the names of the deranged lunatics who murder innocent people. I won’t accept criticism of the media for that; it’s logical because they are one person and everyone wants to know what makes them tick. But this time, we can shout the names of three heroes, and let the lunatic rot, anonymously, for all I care. Â …
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This is What It Has Come To
Confession: I believe in lying. …
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Candy Crushed
If you’ve never played the online game Candy Crush, you might only know it from the requests to play that clutter up social media. That, by the way, is a problem with your privacy settings on Facebook. If you’re getting anything you don’t want on your page, it’s your fault. You can prevent it. But people would rather complain. And I digress. …
Flipped Out
Whenever someone mentions grocery store flyers, my grandparents immediately come to mind. …