Hey Everyone! Can you feel the love in the air? Well, that’s because it’s Valentine’s Day – a day that brings everyone together! Well, actually, only a portion of the world celebrates Valentine’s Day. And I suppose, of those only a fraction of people have a significant other to...
Sixty-two years ago today, Jack Layton was born. Unfortunately he left us too early last year. Am I an NDP supporter? Not really, no – and according to the last election the majority of Canada was not either. So why write this post? Because during the last Canadian federal election he...
Winter in Canada is cold, I know that, but I didn’t know just how much until I went on my first trip to a Caribbean county. I just returned to minus 14 degree frigid temperatures after a week fun in Barbados to witness our good friends get married. The...
I am an early to bed, early to rise kind of person, so unfortunately I end up missing a lot of the television I love. No longer do I get to watch Conan, Jimmy Fallon, MTV marathons or Jimmy Kimmel. Fortunately, sometimes television stations replay episodes on their websites,...
I read an article in the Globe & Mail today on income inequality in Canada (Canada’s wage gap at record high: OECD – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/canadas-wage-gap-at-record-high-oecd/article2259657/) and saw the below comment. I’ve heard of the story of the squirrel and grasshopper before (also known as the ant the grasshopper), but was...
With just under a month until Christmas – really?!?! – people are flocking to stores in order to get the best deals for their family and friends. I haven’t started yet, but I did have to walk through a mall early Friday morning to get my passport renewed. I...
As soon as I get up in the morning I check out the local news on TV for a traffic update, then I check my Facebook and Twitter feeds, then I check the national news, and then finally entertainment news. This morning I saw something I thought to be...
This October 31, it is estimated that the world’s seven billionth person will be born. It is also said that this baby will be born in either China or India, our two most populated nations — or at least it’s a pretty good guess. Over the past 200 years,...
I am fortunately old enough to have missed the SpongeBob SquarePants era of television. I grew up when TV land for children was made up of Mr. Dressup, Under the Umbrella Tree, Inspector Gagdet, Duck Tails, Thundercats, The Smurfs, Raccoons, Fred Penner, Captain Kangaroo, Care Bears, Cucumber, Smurfs, Alvin...
Right now there’s a definite chill in the air that you know won’t go away until May (in Canada anyway), and it makes me a little sad that summer has decided to leave us. I will miss sleeping with the windows open and fan on, jumping in the lake...
