Riding the Day Away
So many great causes, so little good weather! …
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Personal Life
My Personal Diet Solution
The time has come. My blood test results have all come back and I’m in almost perfect health. I have no cholesterol issues, no thyroid problems, nothing that is contributing to my current health concern except the usual factors like overloading my pie hole and not spending enough time getting active. …
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The Year of the Aftershock
2010 is turning out to be a strange year. …
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Innocent Questions, Part 906 of an infinite number…
Why is it the people with the least amount of power wield what they have with an iron fist? …
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“Art is what you can get away with.” Andy Warhol
A couple of my paintings are going on public display this month. …
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Flawed Logic…or Brilliant Scheme?
I’m in the process of changing my name. Yes, soon you’ll be able to call me Princess Consuela Banana Hammock. It’s my dream! …
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Five (More) Things To Love About Motorcycling
1. Helmet head actually improves my hairdo. …
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Survival of the Unfittest!
Yesterday morning was surreal to say the least. …
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Recycling Bling
You must be familiar with those hawkers who want to buy your unwanted gold? Well I had some gold jewelry that I didn’t know what to do with. …
The ol’ Stink Eye
Last week I was on my way to a radio station event in London at the Grand Theatre on Richmond Street. It was a business function and I was appropriately dressed in what one might describe as business attire. In my hand, my large leather bag that holds my daily collection of cut veggies and bottled water as well as the container holding my big salad, my wallet and other essentials. …
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Pancake Mania II
About a year ago I posted a photo of a banner that was up at my long lost, second cousin Ron Hubbs’ maple syrup operation at Wellington Ontario. This weekend we went back for the annual pancake extravaganza and the banner that spells his own surname incorrectly was up again! …
Scrabble in the Dark
That’s how we plan to spend Earth Hour tonight from 8:30 to 9:30. We’ll play Scrabble, the old-fashioned non-electronic kind with tiles and a board, by candlelight. …
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Colour Blind
In recent years I’ve been experiencing the usual decline in eyesight that comes with getting older. …
Choose Life
This week a 40-something woman was killed when she jumped onto the subway tracks in New York to retrieve her gym bag. …
My Friend Joe
I’ve written about Joe before. We go back about a dozen years, or so. Joe had leukemia and wanted his birth family to get tested to see if they might be matches and could potentially provide him with life-saving marrow. They refused. That’s how we got to know each other.  His story appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, my talk show producer Peggy and I were bowled over by it and we gave him a call. The rest is history. …
Apples, Oranges and Lectures
Facebook has a wonderful feature that I’ve used a few times. You can hide the input of a “friend” without actually dropping them, and they will never know it. …
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Homecoming, Hopefully
If everything has gone according to the latest plan, my baby brother should be thousands of feet in the air as I write this. …
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