Last day of shopping and running errands as I prepare to board a flight for Montreal tomorrow. Unfortunately, web access won’t be quite so readily available at my mother’s place, so I may miss a day here and there. On the bright side, I’m bringing along my camera and will… Read more ⇢

The cold night air swept in through the partially open doorway, chilling me through my modest t-shirt, as the Greenpeace volunteer yammered on about bears and whales. I could hear the clatter of my wife starting on dinner, snug and cozy back in the kitchen, no doubt reflecting on my… Read more ⇢

For some reason, I’m at my most prolific while driving. Forget sitting in an office, parked in front of a laptop. Give me my Q7 and a nice long drive. Case in point – after agonizing over this script for days, I wrote five pages today while motoring around the… Read more ⇢

Pursuant to yesterday’s Olympic tirade comes word out of Montreal that, after 30 years, the city has finally paid off the cost of its Olympic stadium. Congratulations to all those who helped make Opération Elephant Blanc such a rousing success.   The news didn’t do much to inspire the dogs… Read more ⇢

The Winter Olympics are coming (God help us)! Only four short years before we can once again thrill to world-class displays of athletic prowess in events such as curling, the bobsled, and the skeleton. Move over football and baseball. Here come sports that the every day individual can relate to.… Read more ⇢

I read online today that a woman in Canada presently holds the record of “second oldest living woman” at 115 years. These milestones always make me think back to my own grandmother who passed away at the ripe old age of 112, remaining lucid to the very end, always firm… Read more ⇢

Incredibly, in spite of what some have described as my “alarming eating habits”, I’ve managed to shed 10 lbs since leaving for my Asia trip. And I accomplished this without the benefit of working out. I owe it all to The Snake Soup Diet. It’s an amazingly quick and easy… Read more ⇢

I woke up at 3:00 a.m., this despite the fact that my alarm clock was not set to go off for another five hours. I lay in bed, patiently waiting for sleep to overtake me, all the while thinking: “Okay, if I fall asleep now, I can still salvage another… Read more ⇢

I’ve always been a firm believer that you can’t teach someone to be a writer. Sure, anyone can be taught the basic mechanics of writing, but talent is something you don’t gain from a book or by attending a couple of seminars taught by the guy who scripted Airbud IX:… Read more ⇢