Just One Word
A lot of people I know choose a word or three words to use as a focus for their year ahead. Focus was the word I chose for myself in Continue Reading →
Diversifying My Media
There are a lot of complaints about the lack of diversity in film. In part, this is because there is a cycle of creation and consumption and, basically, we need Continue Reading →
Life is Short
In the grand scheme of things, we get only a limited number of years to live out on this planet. My biggest take-away from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos all those years Continue Reading →
Twas the – Oh Damn, It’s Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas in my little flat That I share with my kid and a wee skittish cat I purchased new stockings and put up a tree But Continue Reading →
Progress with Yes
It took me a while but in March of this year I officially kicked off my Year of Yes. Since then I have said yes to things that normally I’d Continue Reading →
Welcome to Lola the Yaris
When I bought the Minty Beast, my ’86 Tercel in January, I expected it would last me 6 to 12 months. I got nine. Toward the end of October, the Continue Reading →
Rock Legend up Close
Well, not too close but the floor tickets to Alice Cooper let me get about thirty feet from the stage. Could have pushed in closer but I was pretty comfortable Continue Reading →
Thankful for so much
This weekend is Thanksgiving here in Canada and I have the ingredients for a mostly traditional turkey dinner with pumpkin cheesecake awaiting me in the kitchen as I enjoy my Continue Reading →
This has to stop
WARNING: this is not light reading; if you do not wish to read about sexual assault, please click away. This is personal and in places graphic, but it is important; Continue Reading →
What is it about Mango?
Maybe I am showing my age, but when I hear whispers of “Mango…,” a part of my brain leaps to the SNL character played by Chris Kattan, the running gag Continue Reading →