Sniglets.

Is there a word for the two or three days before a dental visit where you are hyper vigilant, flossing twice a day, brushing after eating anything, and rinsing with various potions in hopes of undoing the damage from the last six months of periodontal apathy? Because I didn’t do that this time. Apologies to ...

Sidra. 2

Kind of had a weird morning. Well, really, I’ve had a weird few weeks. A lot of medical emergencies in my family and among my friends’ families. I seem to be at an age where people in my cohort are starting to get sick or injured more frequently. Or finding out about lifelong issues that ...

Living. 5

Edit 1: (Great, that title has put the theme song to that classic (?) Ann Jillian sitcom in my head. Man, 80′s sitcom intro posing was wonderful, eh? Anyone else every practice their turn-to-the-camera-and-smile as a kid just in case a chyron with your name on it appeared somehow?) Edit 2: (A few minutes after ...

Oxbridge-level cleverness. 1

My first webpage was called The Future Husbands list. I think I made it in about 1995. Don’t look it up.

TMI. 2

I’ve been fighting a losing PR battle (kinda).

Brian Butterfield.

Brian Butterfield.
If you’ve not heard of Peter Serafinowicz, you should probably try to rectify the situation. 

Storytelling.

I am doing a challenge to write 750 words every day in May (on 750words.com). Day Two and I hit paydirt. Well, dirt.

The Canadian Yoda.

So, survived Kingston, survived highway driving, and maybe came away with more ideas about comedy.

Fessing up.

I’ve been whinging about my back all weekend, blaming biking, moving boxes, painting, etc., all of which are certainly factors in the problem, but in reality? A lot of it has to do with feeling uncomfortably bloated after eating Sri Lankan food on Friday night, finding it hard to figure out a comfortable sleeping position, ...

Waking up refreshed.

(I wrote this in the very early morning at 750words, but my website’s been down almost all day due to hacking attempts at my hosting service. So yay. I probably should have edited before posting, but eh, I’m at work now.)

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