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Spoiler Alert! On Spoiler Alerts (Includes a Breaking Bad Spoiler)

October 5, 2013 / 4 Comments / General, Working

Deep, passionate and fascinating discussions took place this week on social media and in real life about spoiler alerts. Although we’ve discussed it before, and I’ve jokingly taken to Twitter to warn against anyone spoiling things for me, it has really stepped up in light of the Breaking Bad finale. …

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Brandt’s Randt – Freedom 85!

September 14, 2013 / 2 Comments / Working

So much talk about retirement lately. I just read a terrific book titled Neurotic Money by Joe Ornato. He was one of my table-mates at the book signing at Chapters on the weekend. Smart guy, totally debt-free and living on a hobby farm with his family after abandoning his six-figure job in the financial industry. …

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All Music is not Equal

September 13, 2013 / 1 Comment / Working

It happened again last week. All through my career I’ve been approached by people who have lost a loved one and they’re upset because the radio station I work for won’t play the tribute song recorded by their cousin/friend/uncle/random stranger. …

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Thelma and Louise or Lorna and Shirley

August 24, 2013 / Personal Life

A hundred years ago when I started in radio and snagged my first full-time job in Red Deer, Alberta, a wonderful, quirky, hilarious newscaster took me in as her roommate. This weekend that woman and I are finishing up her visit from Winnipeg and I’m grateful that she’s still in my life and as hilarious as ever. …

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The Wedding of The Year!

June 24, 2013 / 4 Comments / General, Personal Life

The only daughter of our very dear friends got married on the weekend. This event has been long in the planning and heavy in anticipation. And it was a very special, wonderful day. …

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Too Young to be This Old

May 1, 2013 / 5 Comments / Personal Life, Working

I don’t know how many other people caught this yesterday but it jumped out at me from the computer screen. The London couple that won $17-million in Saturday’s Lotto 6/49 came forward. He is 73 and she is 60 and CTV, the Free Press and others called them “elderly.” …

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Spotting Mistakes

April 23, 2013 / 2 Comments / Working

I often write about errors in news writing and believe me, I could post a new story about them every day but I try to pace myself. …

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My Pals at My Aircheck

April 5, 2013 / 2 Comments / Columns, Working

It’s been several years now since I started writing a monthly column for Myaircheck.com. …

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Smart Students

January 28, 2013 / Working

On Friday The Big Show was invited to speak to a group of radio and broadcast journalism students at Fanshawe College. Derek “Rock” Botten, Blair and I offered our takes on the business of broadcasting and hoped to impart a bit of our best advice to them. …

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