Did I ever tell you about the time my Gram and her neighbour took me for a drive in their small town in the 80s, and we saw a Young Man wearing Very Tight Trousers, and my Gram, who was usually so proper and reserved, said “Gol, if he passed wind, he’d split those trousers [...]
posted in Family, True Stories | tagged with Remembery | Comments (6)
The manager of our restaurant is close personal friends with Joe Paopao, the Throwin’ Samoan. He used to come home at lunch bruised and battered from running patterns for him in the street. Our manager drawls his vowels, and flattens them, like the peaks of things threaten him. He lives on the west coast, where [...]
posted in Children, Family, Just for You, The Captain, The Nipper, True Stories, Vacation | tagged with Vacation | Comments (1)
Recently, the Saskatchewan government released information surrounding the creation of a new agency to support the second and third and leg of the arts continuum. “What the hell are you talking about?” You may be asking. “What in the blue hell is an arts continuum?” I know you’re asking this, because most of the criticism [...]
posted in Canadian Politics, Porblems, Rants, True Stories | tagged with Canadian Politics, Creative Industries, Government | No Comments
It seems like the only time we really have is time that’s under pressure from five different directions. We were at the rink Thursday, Friday, twice on Saturday, and yesterday. We’ll be at the rink again tonight, tomorrow night, Friday, and Sunday nights. It’s the nearing-the-end-of-the-regular-season crunch to get all our games in. And then [...]
posted in education, The Captain, True Stories | tagged with nekkit | Comments (1)
I have been peeling glue from my fingers for a week. This, too, is strangely cathartic. Insert long-winded, slightly purple prose about shedding the old skin and leaving troubles behind, blah-blah-blah. In reality, there are little fingerprint flakes all over my favourite spot on the chesterfield. Don’t tell His Nibs. The Captain and I cut [...]
posted in education, The Captain, True Stories | tagged with nekkit, smart folks | No Comments
It occurred to me that in putting together this aeroplane methodically, piece by piece, painstakingly gluing one tiny piece of balsa wood to the next, that this has become my therapy. It wasn’t a huge revelation. I didn’t fly through the streets of the greater metropolitan valley centre area shouting that I’d discovered the next [...]
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You’ve been waiting for this an awfully long time, and so have I. So now, I’m very happy to share with you an official press release. Here is The Announcement. I am VERY excited.
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I figure you would like to know what happened here over the last few days but are too embarrassed to ask. So I’ll just go from the beginning with the short version. Wednesday I come home from work with an extremely sore throat and an inflamed tonsil. I have not had problems with my tonsils [...]
posted in True Stories, When There's Weather | tagged with Bad Mojo, True stories | Comments (8)
Yeah. I fucking WON that shit. I wrote over 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. Technically, in fewer than 30 days, but who’s counting? Other than me. Now. I should tell you, I started a bit late. And a week into the process, I discovered that the thing I was writing would be [...]
posted in Stories | tagged with NaNoWriMo, No Good Comes of Walt Whitman | Comments (3)
Okay, here’s the thing. I hate wearing socks. I mean, I HATE wearing socks. They’re all clingy and they make your toes do weird things. I love MAKING socks, but hate wearing them. So. Upon donning a pair of socks last evening in preparation for band (which is at the school, which insists on socks), [...]
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