Tiny Soap
Say so long to the tiny soaps, shampoos, and conditioners in hotel rooms. One chain’s doing it so you know they’ll all follow.
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Gossip Girls
Did you hear that so-and-so did something unpleasant and now they’re accused of something even worse? You didn’t?? Well, lean in and I’ll tell you what I know!
…Nosebleed Loophole
A couple went to a show at London’s Budweiser Gardens. It was a last-minute decision and they purchased seats in the only section available – the nosebleed section. Their heads were touching the ceiling. It was so high (how high was it?) Cheech and Chong were up there with them. They couldn’t see through the clouds. You get the idea.
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Retail Therapy
I shopped like I was training for the Olympics when I was a teen. With a girlfriend or two, or my Mom, I could make a day of a trip to Eastgate Square in Hamilton. Back then, there were other great places to visit nearby including Boo-Boo’s (the latest denim with minor flaws) and Mother’s Pizza for lunch. (“Pick your Mother’s up or we’ll run her over!”)
…This Week In Scams
These email scammers are creative, I’ll give them that.
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Centre-Middle-Thingy
As a child of the late 60s and the 70s, it always irked me when people called a 45 centre a “spider”. “Oh, that’s what it was called”, they said. “They”, being amateur historians who weren’t there when 45s were the most popular way to play music and needed the special bit of plastic to fit them onto a record player spindle! Harrumph, and other sounds of indignation…
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Metrosexual Makeup
Occasionally, my husband develops a blotch on his skin. As a human being, he is as susceptible to skin changes. When this blotch is red, I will invariably suggest that he allow me to dab on a little bit of concealer. He will invariably recoil in horror and run like a cheetah to another room.
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At Two With Nature
Have you ever wondered how much more time you would spend outside if it wasn’t for the Internet? Me neither. I’m too busy viewing nature photos online.
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Decisions, Decisions
I’ve written about decisions a time or two because I find them fascinating. A boss I once had refused to make any decisions. He was so worried about making the wrong one, he made none. From him, I learned it’s better to decide on something and perhaps change your mind later, than to not decide at all and leave everybody around you wanting to pummel you with a wiffle bat.
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Making My Points
There must be some terrific points-spending stories out there. Maybe you bought something big with a whack of saved points or got a special deal of some kind. I envy you because I can’t seem to let mine accumulate before I spend them.
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Plastic Purpose
Tons of plastic end up in the ocean. National Geographic estimates about 8 million tonnes find their way there every year.
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Pondering Pride
A group of us had a lively discussion at a Markham hotel bar last night about the differences between tolerance and acceptance. It’s an important distinction, especially now, during Pride month.
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Soft and Dried
My hometown of Smithville, Ontario, is ground zero for a wonderful initiative. An ambitious group of volunteers aims to feed the world and they’re doing it one vegetable at a time.
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Face Time
It’s never bothered me to get captured by surveillance cameras. I know it annoys some people that everywhere we go, there’s a lens on us. Add to that, the people who feel the need to record everything, grabbing our images in the process.
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Mamas, Please Tell Your Babies to Get Into the Trades
Things move more slowly in a small town. But when it comes to getting some work done at the house, they’re at a virtual crawl.
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Drafting Dum-Dums
There have always been terrible drivers. Cowboys in the old west probably had complaints about other horse riders who crowded them. Fun fact: roller-derby was invented by a frustrated roller-skater who got fed up with being run into.*
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My Last Connection to Kellogg’s
Six years ago, when Kellogg’s closed its London plant, many people swore they’d never buy the brand again. For us, it wasn’t so black-and-white. Kellogg’s makes Bran Buds! I love my Bran Bud muffins.
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