Archive for September, 2006
Smile Non-Stop And The World Thinks You’re An Idiot
I suspect that this will ring true for many women of my vintage and make a lot of men and women younger than us go, huh? Being told to smile has always annoyed me. It doesn’t happen anymore but I used to be told regularly that I should be smiling, mainly when I was a [...]
Read More..>>Junk Food Junkies
A survey came out this week that showed the number one snack choice among Canadians is fruit. What a load of hooey. There is absolutely no way that most Canadians are reaching for an apple or a banana when they get peckish. We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic. There are more fat [...]
Read More..>>It’s Only Words
I have Muslim friends. I have Christian friends. I have Jewish friends. I have friends with no faith at all. I know a guy who believes a chance encounter between two spinning planets deposited aliens here who conducted experiments on early man, resulting in the genetic defects we experience in our species today. I saw [...]
Read More..>>The Silliest Things I’ve Heard This Week
“Reporter Keith Leslie Reports…” As opposed to hairdresser Keith Leslie? Or, perhaps, longshoreman Keith Leslie??? “…three people murdered at a downtown hotel yesterday…police believe the third victim died after slashing himself in the neck..” So are you telling me that he murdered himself? Did he murder himself and then execute his killer, all at the [...]
Read More..>>Age Of Confusion
I think I may have been born without the mechanism that tells your brain how old somebody is – I seem to be incapable of guessing people’s ages. I’m able to distinguish whether a person is older or younger than me but that’s about where my ability ends. It’s starting to look like 12 year [...]
Read More..>>I’ve Gotta Be Me!
Someone recently asked me whom I looked up to as a radio ideal. It’s been a long time since I really wanted to try to sound like someone else. Back when I was starting out, I wanted to be as good as Tasha Sims on Q107. Then I got a part-time job at CJRN in [...]
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