Cathy and I were in Halifax for about 48 hours last week.
We didn’t listen to Q104 the entire time we were there, and as a result of the issue I’m about to discuss in this column, we’ll never listen...
As much as I’m happy to see September arrive, part of me hates to leave August behind.
That’s likely because the month of August is responsible for some of the most life-changing, transformative, growth-building and heart-filling moments I’ve ever had....
At some point in our formative years, some well-meaning
person or organization tries to convince us of the evils of creativity, the
uselessness of imagination, or the wasted time we spend on basic play.
We reach...
As we move beyond Christmas and start to look ahead to
the new decade, I find myself winding the clock backwards, to when I was Greta
Thunberg’s age.
The climate-change activist, recently named as TIME Magazine’s...
We’re living in an uncertain world, where even something as wholesome as lettuce, or Tide Pods, can be deemed unhealthy and dangerous to the public good.
With this in mind, it shouldn’t surprise you that I once again have a...
As we lumber into the final six weeks of 2017, I’m noticing a marked difference between the stories that have everybody talking this year and those that got us all fired up last year.
From where I sit, 2016 wound...
By the time you read this, I may not be in any
condition to read anything. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
I’ll have gallbladder-removal surgery on March 11, the
day this column and this...
“Welcome to ‘Flap Your Gums,’ the segment of our show that celebrates the opinions of ordinary folks like you and me. Well, not exactly like me, because I’m sure the rest of you aren’t outfitted by the best men’s...
This would not be a typical tourist stop, even though it was happening in one of the most historically and culturally significant parts of Atlantic Canada, and arguably, the entire country.
There we were, me and Cathy and five members...
“I told you, we shouldn’t stop here. I hate these
chintzy take-out places.”
“I know, but we’ve still got a long way to drive – on
mostly-unpaved roads, for that matter. So, let’s take a chance...