Archive for April, 2008
Spring Fever
Got caught up in a pretty day yesterday, after the radio show and a shoot for Whatever Happened To. Speaking of the TV show, I’m amazed at how many people catch it on a regular basis, without me holding a gun to their temples or anything. I’m very proud of the program and the way [...]
Read More..>>Once You Go Black…
Every spring I do it. It always starts out the same. I think, THIS year I’m going to get a cheerful, colourful coat! I’ve had a black spring trench coat for a few years. It’s London Fog so I will likely wear out before it does, but it’s really time to replace it.
Read More..>>Fade-Away Friends
Differences in the ways we humans communicate is part of what makes life so interesting. People use email differently. For goodness sakes, people use the “poke” feature on Facebook differently. I use it to say “hey, I just thought about you” or “poke me will ya? Well, here’s a poke right back!” But others poke [...]
Read More..>>Potty Mouth
On my recent European adventure I learned more than I ever wanted to about washrooms. Prior to touching down in London, I was familiar with the terms “loo” and “water closet” but I had no idea that the English would most often refer to their little places of business as simply, the toilet. How refreshing. [...]
Read More..>>I Can’t See Clearly Now
Listen up you youngins, yeah, you – the twenty somethings with your smug “I can still pull an all-nighter” looks on your faces. It’s going to happen to you one day too, if you’re lucky. The slow, unavoidable deterioration of your senses. Pull up an Ikea stool and listen while your Auntie Lisa tells you [...]
Read More..>>Pounding the Euro
Perhaps, like me, you could become a byproduct of bad advice before setting out on an overseas journey. It’s more like out-dated advice, really. A dude at the bank told me US currency was still the standard o’er the pond and that is not so – not at all. So there I was with a [...]
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