I don’t know about you but I don’t exactly wait breathless for the fall fashion trend reports.  Still, when fashion media start telling us what we should wear, it’s hard not to notice, especially if they’re all saying the same thing.  Polka-dots. …
The first thing you need to know is that this story ends well.  But you need to keep in mind that I didn’t know that as these events unfolded.  I think we need to share these stories because knowledge is power and sometimes things are not at all as they seem. …
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I’m a lucky gal.  CFRB 1010 in Toronto offered me a half-hour on air with Ted Woloshyn on Saturday to talk about my ebook so I jumped on it like a chipmunk on a nut in winter. …
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This was on Facebook this week. It pretty much sums things up about this nutty world and the collection of nutty people who inhabit it. Â Apparently I’m not the only one with a Martian exploration obsession who loves a little sarcasm. …
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Sears’ 60th Christmas Wish Book is out. Oh how I remember the excitement of seeing that annual catalogue for the first time with its as-yet-unpawed, crisp pages. That was just last year. …
It couldn’t be simpler.  Really.  Apply this simple chart to your life and away you go. You’re welcome! …
When Ralph Kramden threatened his wife Alice with, “to the moon”, it was 14 years before a human being would actually set foot on that planet. Â The silly TV catch-phrase was thought so over the top and ridiculous because that’s how people thought of the possibility that anyone would visit the moon. Â Then in 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first to do it. Â How freaking incredible was that? Â …
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There are times when a woman over 40 feels like a Who down on the speck whom only Horton the elephant can hear in the Dr Seuss classic Horton Hears a Who. “We are here, we are here, we are here!” …
Bear with me while I randt a bit about a current Hollywood scandal. Â I don’t really care that 22 year old Kristen Stewart slept with her 41 year old director behind the backs of both her live-in boyfriend, actor Robert Pattinson, and the director’s wife and kids. Â I only care because of the fallout. Â …
Since I made a big hairy deal of the dresser I was refinishing I suppose I should show you the finished product.  I’m not over the moon about it.  It’s only been a few days that I’ve been able to walk past it without grimacing.  Having said that, it is funky and quirky and really livens up our guest bedroom. …
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Lots of people have them. Â In radio they’re particularly irritating. Â There’s a news anchor (and there have been others) who starts every story with a “well”. Â But it comes out: wool. It gets so you brace yourself for it. Â And it never fails to arrive. …
Our Free-FM colleague Pasqualina brought in some peanut butter balls the other day. Â I thought I’d died and gone to protein heaven. Â So I asked for the recipe. It’s from the Oxygen Network. I use about 1/2 the honey it calls for (as does she) and I don’t add the chocolate chips at all and they’re delicious. Â The trouble is with trying to eat just one. Â …
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NASA yesterday released an update on its rover, called Curiosity, launched last November. Destination, Mars, 567-million kms away. …
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And how did you spend your weekend? Â …
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My massage therapist is a terrific guy.  He’s young, with a young family and I know he doesn’t have a ton of cash.  He rents a room in my chiropractor’s office and he’s a Registered Massage Therapist, not one of your spa ladies who lays stones on your spine and relaxes you but can’t give you a receipt for your workplace health coverage reimbursement. …
It’s time for an update on my upcoming tome about the summer I spent working at a nudist resort.  Its title is The Naked Truth and it will be an ebook for Kindle (Amazon) and Kobo.  I want to put it through iBooks but I don’t have a Mac – a requirement to upload an ebook.  If I can find a good samaritan with a Mac, I’ll have access to the seller who owns the biggest market share. …
Imagine my displeasure when Ralph Nader and the Cancer Prevention Coalition released its new list of the Top 12 Cancer-Causing Products in the Average Home and my hair dye was on it. Â …
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