Archive for January, 2007
The Fame Game
How weird to be told this week that I was a “celebrity” during someone’s home party “name game”. Here’s how you play: when guests arrive, you put a post it on their backs with a star’s name on it. Through the evening they ask questions to try to figure out who they “are”. Funny that [...]
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The little things in life can make or break your day.
Today, an enthusiastic intern offered – actually offered! – to make a mid-show coffee run to Timmy’s. I had a $20 out of my wallet faster than you can say “double double” and off she went, while we smiled like simple folk in anticipation of [...]
The Feng Shui of My Life
I am a firm believer in the power of energy – not in an astrological or “I see dead people” kind of way, but in the power of attracting what you want by not trying so hard.
I wasn’t always this way. I used to worry with the best of them about things I could not [...]
The Last Papa
It was a surprise for all of us to hear that Denny Doherty of the Mamas and Papas had died. No one even knew that he had been so ill.
Doherty was only 66. He was the sweet-voiced addition to the group whom Mama Cass fell in love with and who Michelle Phillips could not resist, [...]
Battle Of The Sexists
A study out this morning tread on very thin ice. Depending on where you read it, if you read it, it may have had a very misleading headline.
Its banner worthy conclusion was that men are more likely to die in a car crash, than women. If a person were to read only that statistic it [...]
RIP Bill Sturrup
I will miss his regular, long emails to me about the goings on with my former colleagues at CHML. I’ll miss hearing his reports and knowing, without question, that he has gotten to the meat of the story. I’m grateful that I got to work with him and know him and respect him for his [...]
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