Archive for August, 2006
Labour Day Pains
I’m fascinated by the results of a new Workopolis poll on how working Canadians view being on the job after Labour Day, the official end of summer holidays, summer hours and, essentially, summer!
Nearly half of respondents said there’s a palpable difference in the office before and after Labour Day. I can relate. In radio, we [...]
Preaching To The Non-Converted
I am singing from the same songbook as The Toronto Star’s Jim Coyle today. His column concerns the latest additions to the TTC’s subway warning signs. To quote Jim, when did the TTC become such a “hectoring nanny”?
Surely there have to be studies out there that show signs that say “Do Not Charge Doors” and [...]
Jingle Power
On my trip to Red Deer with Calgary Karen this week, there were three things I wanted to find. First, the apartment building I lived in while I worked at CKGY. Yesterday I explained how freakishly easily that happened. Second, CKGY, which has moved at least once in the long time since I was a [...]
Read More..>>What A Trip!
It was part nostalgia, part discovery and all fun.
I lived in Calgary for about a month 24 years ago so as you can imagine, I hardly recognised a thing. The city is – as we keep hearing – booming, beautiful and in desperate need of labour in just about every type of job. My terrific [...]
Paris and Baby Luv
Paris Hilton must be one of the most insatiable gluttons on the planet!
I didn’t say anything when her sex tape got out for all to see. I kept quiet about her ridiculous, slumming-it, “reality” show The Simple Life, and her fall-out with her best pal, Nicole Richie. I didn’t let her have it when her [...]
The Comic In Me
If I had to name one thing I wish I had tried when I was a lot younger, it would be an attempt at stand-up comedy. It’s really my secret passion. I love to watch comedians, even the bad ones, because I’m interested in knowing why their jokes didn’t work. I become annoyed with comics [...]
Read More..>>