Editing My Own News
Scrolling through Twitter a few mornings ago, it occurred to me that I no longer have to follow Premier Doug Ford. …
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Social Marketing
Re(something)ment
I haven’t accepted the word retirement and I don’t think it’s accurate. But everyone who wants to know how I’m doing asks me how retirement is going! My fondness for food and shelter means I need to work. But it’s kind of like branding; a brand doesn’t get to decide how it’s seen by others. It’s defined by the way it’s perceived. …
Baby, It’s Hot in Here
Those who wish to be society’s moral conscience are at it again. The 1940s cold weather duet, Baby, It’s Cold Outside, is being pulled from radio station playlists as some equate its lyrics with rape culture. Absurd! …
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You CAN Handle the Truth: Thankful Thursday
How does that saying go? A friend will help you move. A real friend will help you move a body! …
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Lost (One Mind) and Found (One Knob!)
This house no longer feels like ours. With a closing date of December 15th, our ownership of it is rapidly coming to an end. I’m getting a little misty about the ten years we lived here but also excited about our next place. …
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A Real Faker
“Whether you agree with it or not, what I do is an art form. The stuff that I write a lot of the time – I read it and I laugh at myself. It’s ridiculous.” ~Christopher Blair to the BBC about writing deliberately fake news. …
Review: The Bellwether Effect
Bellwether. Noun. The leading sheep of a flock with a bell on its neck. …
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The Grinder
It’s a Rob Lowe-Fred Savage comedy that was cancelled too soon. It’s also my new nickname, given by my dentist. I’m the grinder. And I’d like to warn you about a recommended solution that went horribly wrong. Caution: Mentions of Rob Lowe have now passed and there will be no further Rob Lowe info in this post.* If you require more Rob Lowe, please scroll back up to the top and look at him again. …
Technology Transition
A word doesn’t exist in the English language that accurately describes the contempt I feel for my iPhone. I’ll have to make one up: flerm! …
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Decisions, Decisions
When you were a little kid and you needed to make a decision about your life, it was simple. Do you want to go to Grandma’s house or should I turn this car around right now? Okay then, stop fighting, you two! And you and your brother stopped fighting, because you loved Grandma and she probably baked a pie. Not to mention, no one ever noticed you digging into Grandma’s candy dish, where you would eat as many dusty Humbugs as you could free from the hard, sticky ball they had become. …
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The First Freelance Friday
The question I’ve been asked most often this week is, how long will it take you to sleep past 3 am? …
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Gimme A Break
Thank you, regular blog reader, for returning to my little corner of the Internet and reading my musings. I’m sorry to disappoint you this week, but I need to take a short sabbatical. …
My Limit of F***s
When Donald Trump made fun of sexual assault victim Christine Blasey-Ford, I knew I was close. When he walked up the steps of Air Force One with toilet-paper stuck to his shoe, and no one told him, my laughter created a little bit of room for more. But the confirmation of undoubtedly biased Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court nailed it. I’m out of f***s. …
Keep Talking
The human voice fascinates me. This is probably not surprising! But a new study out of Western caught my attention. …
Giving Thanks and Thanking Givers
I can’t remember how many times my birthday has actually fallen on Thanksgiving Day. I could look it up, I suppose, but that would mean moving around after eating so much turkey and pie, so, that’s not going to happen. It was a wonderful day and I feel especially blessed. …
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Bad Text Reading
Journalism is about truth and truth is about authenticity. And that’s what was in my head last Friday morning when I basically stopped the show in its tracks and asked, “What is wrong with people today? Is every texter in a foul mood?!” …
Social Outcasts
Jian Ghomeshi wrote an essay about what his life has been like since he became a pariah. In the piece for the New York Review of Books Ghomeshi admits some stuff and ignores other stuff but mostly just explains how his life has changed. It’s a rare and fascinating character study. …
Working for the Weekend
For most people, when the weekend arrives, work-time is over for two full days. It probably depends on what you do for a living, but it’s supposed to hold true. To that end, more countries are considering a ban on work emails outside of work hours. People are literally getting worked to death. There are health consequences to blurry lines between work and non-work hours. …
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