It’s Fun Wordle is fun. Sex is fun. ‘nuff said. You Feel Compelled to Do It Every Day… …but this doesn’t mean that you have to. You want to have a go every single day, and there’s clearly opportunity for a fresh attempt, but there is only so much time, and you only have so […]
Canada Versus the United States: Socialism Versus Capitalism
Canada is a socialist country We’re not perfect. We aren’t. There’s lots to complain about up here. Many things we’ve done wrong and continue to do wrong (just look at how we treat our Aboriginal population). But we get a lot of things right. Here’s a comparison between some outcomes in Canada versus the United […]
How to Tell Someone You Hate Their Writing
Have you ever left a comment on someone’s blog saying “I love this!” or “This really moved me!” or “I wish I had written that!” or “Lovely post!” or “Big hugs and lots of love!” or “Just…wow!” without actually having read the post? Or worse – said those things while really not liking the post […]
Riley is Boss
Riley looked up the flight of stairs and said, “I can climb those.” But her mom said, “Riley, no, you could fall! You’re too young!” But up Riley climbed, until she got to the top. Then she looked down and said, “I can climb back down.” And down she went. […]
Did You Know that You Cannot Lick Your Elbow?
Too much fiction can make a person overly serious. I often like to substitute clanking prose on the keyboard with shopping on-line… somewhere in that statement is an important commentary on humans as a whole. I’m sure everyone has heard of the mega on-line site Alibaba (http://www.alibaba.com/). It is a Chinese-hosted site from which you […]
The Un-Facts of Life: Slipping on the Statistical Banana Peel
We eat an average of 100 bananas a year, per person. Over a typical lifespan, that means we eat 8,000 bananas. The average banana is about 8 inches long, so that’s basically a length of bananas that is almost exactly 1 mile long. Almost 1 mile exactly. And that is where this starts. With 1 […]
How to Lose Followers
You start blogging to have a voice, to be heard and to listen to others. It’s an outlet that doesn’t involve you having to go through agents, publishers, or other constructs of the industry. It’s easy. You get a blog, you start writing, people listen. You are not a number. You are a voice. You […]
Myth of the Modern Man
It’s amazing how a little encounter with someone who has a preconceived notion of how you are supposed to be can make you feel… Here be a rant. Excuse the language and the questionable science. KISSING MY ASS Hello, I am a forty-year old man. And I am a pussy. Not a simple pussy. I […]
My Last Day at the Gym
I don’t do well in gyms. They smell, and I hate the thought that someone didn’t wipe down the machine I’m about to use, but I’m also too lazy to wipe it down myself. Plus, these places are total germ factories. It used to be that my biggest problems with gyms, though, were the change […]
Guest Post – List of X Predicts Outcome of Worst War Ever
GUEST POST – My friend X from List of X (http://listofx.com/) has decided to tackle an age-old question: Star Wars or Lord of the Rings? This is a topic dear to my heart. Below is X’s well-considered analysis of the issue – thanks X, for wading in on the matter with your usual humour and […]