Orgasm face. We’ve all witnessed one. If not upon our partner’s face then surely in the bathroom mirror. There are even a lucky few who have adorned one whilst simultaneously witnessing one. It’s an embarrassing and ironically painful-looking facial contortion signifying the penultimate in human pleasure. And each September, it’s also a face found upon […]
My Life Is A Song #97
Fame is fleeting. More often, it is completely absent. This is especially true of my family. It is likely true of most of your families as well. When presented with such dearth of familial fame, it is not uncommon to bask in the secondary glow exuding from those around us who have been blessed with […]
My Life Is A Song #96
One night in St. Jacobs, the old fable of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse played out in real life within the bland, beige box that was my childhood bedroom. I, as you rightly presume, starred as the Country Mouse. It was 1985, most likely later March or possibly early April, and a rather […]
My Life Is A Song #71
Plug your nose and take a stroll past the change rooms in any arena during hockey season and you’ll hear the strains of hard rock blasting from behind the doors as minor hockey teams prepare for their games. It’s as true now as it was thirty years ago when I played. AC/DC is a given, […]
Geography Lessons From The NHL
I was watching the 2016 NHL All Star Game when I was reminded of a perturbation that’s been eating at me for twenty years now. Actually, that’s not true. My kids were watching the 2016 NHL All Star Game because they are still young enough to find this game fun because they have no understanding […]