I feel betrayed.
The folks that make Shake ‘n Bake recently stopped including plastic bags in their packaging, requiring lazy cooks like me to go searching for something in which to perform the “shake”...
We can now edit a baby’s genes before birth to counter life-threatening conditions like Huntington’s disease and cystic fibrosis, so can someone please tell me why we still have to suffer the indignity of the Johnny shirt...
“You can’t go home again.”
That phrase comes from a famous 1940 novel You Can’t Go Home Again, by Thomas Wolfe. It basically means that you can never fully relive your childhood and recapture...
If you’re like me, the way you watch TV has changed a lot over the years.
In 1983, I was one of millions who tuned in to watch the series finale of M*A*S*H (105...
“If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.”
That famous line from Steve Smith’s comic character, Red Green, wasn’t just the golden rule at Possum Lodge, but also...
Well, it’s been quite a week for Canada, with the nation celebrating its 159th birthday and three days later our World Cup men’s team putting up a gutsy, physical effort against the powerhouse Moroccan side.
A hat trick? In soccer? I’m sorry…football?!
Thank you Jonathan David for at least trying to make the World Cup more accessible for part-time fans of “The Beautiful Game.”
David’s third...
I try to make this column a Donald Trump-free space. But, man, some weeks it’s a really difficult thing to pull off.
The man spends an unhealthy amount of time in my head. In...
Picture it: Sherbourne Street in Toronto, July 17, 1994.
With apologies to Sophia Petrillo of Golden Girls fame, this was when my Cape Breton propensity for politeness made for one very long, dry evening.
Did you know that all cars sold in the province of Quebec come off the assembly line with a thinner coat of paint than cars sold elsewhere in the country?
I can’t actually prove...