Archive for June, 2006
Sleepless In North York
Apparently, when you tell your doctor that you’re not sleeping well, it behoves him or her to rule out potentially dangerous conditions, so these days, you’re put into a sleepover at a hospital to make absolutely sure. I don’t have any of the big warning signs of apnea -obesity, smoking, bad asthma – but my [...]
Read More..>>Allegedly For Certain
Is there a more misunderstood and misused word in the news game, than allegedly? I think not. It’s a fairly simple word designed to let media off the hook while reporting on crimes for which people have not yet been convicted. You’ll notice that police have no such restrictions placed on them much of the [...]
Read More..>>Spray Tan Gone Awry
So, is it the product, or the person who applies it? Who gets the blame when it goes horribly wrong? I was a sun worshipper in my youth. A beer, a paddle boat and 30 degree sun made for a perfect day when I was…16. But those days are long gone. I’m a near-beer kind [...]
Read More..>>Radio’s Changing Face
Today’s Toronto Star is largely devoted to immigration and the experience of emigrating to and settling in Toronto. For some, it takes the World Cup for them to wake up to the fact that many of this city’s ethnic communities are huge and growing. But I was not at all surprised to see that in [...]
Read More..>>Multi-tasking Mania
Today I saw the ultimate. A woman merging onto the DVP northbound from Eglinton with a coffee and cellphone in her left hand, the steering wheel and cigarette in her right. It must have been some trick to hold that coffee steady while talking on the phone. What a piece of work! I’ll admit that [...]
Read More..>>Baby Games People Play
I told this story at the end of this morning’s show and it certainly got peoples’ attention! If you are eating, please stop while you read this. Please? Ok, don’t say I didn’t warn you. At a baby shower for my wonderful friend Lisa, her best friend Susan (another terrific woman) was in charge of [...]
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