Like I imagine most folks my age do I live in a near continual state of gratitude that smart phones and social media did not exist when I was a teenager or in university. There are some moments from my past that I’m elated remain nothing more than fading memories in the minds of myself […]
When Santa Made House Calls
Christmas, among its many guises, is foremost a season of nostalgia. No other holiday draws from the well of tradition quite like Christmas. The gifts are more numerous, the lights are LED, the songs have been rearranged and the feast has truly become glutinous but all remain echoes of our own past and those of […]
The Dumbest Thing I Ever Bought
I am cheap. I am. I admit it freely. I’d like nothing better than to say with the straight face of absolute conviction that I’m frugal, but I’m not. I’m cheap. I loathe spending money, be it the understandable indecision over the several hundred thousand dollar purchase price of a house or the less understandable […]
Canada Post vs The Terror Hawks
Does any group of public servant endure greater indignity than postal workers, in particular, mail delivery persons? Members of the Armed Forces are regaled with respect by a mostly grateful populace some of whom even dress their vehicles in bumper stickers and magnetic ribbons to emphasize their support. We may be envious of health worker […]