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. …
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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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Bucket List Interview
Some people want to interview the Pope. Others want to spend time with Paul McCartney. I just want to talk to a flat-earther! …
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Perfect Imperfection
Not long ago, I found a bunch of old letters I’d written to my parents. They dated to the early-and-mid-80s when I was striking out on my own. They were full of confidence and professed a knowledge about work and the world that I don’t know I’d feel comfortable espousing now, so many years later. The older I get, the less I know for sure. …
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The Artist Deep Within
No throwback today, and it’s not a Thankful Thursday, even though I’m always thankful, but I want to show you something our friend Jane Charbonneau created. …
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How I Learned to Love my iPhone (Or Fake It!)
For years, my Blackberry was my constant companion. It was provided to me by Rogers radio and I loved it. I was lightning-quick on the physical buttons on the keyboard and rarely made mistakes. It went with me to Europe and turned out photos that were plenty good enough. It’s not like I was entering them in a contest. …
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Beyond Mom
It was Mom’s turn to try the Beyond Meat burger at A & W. (My review of it from a few weeks ago is HERE) …