Back in the day, our battle cry was “Never trust anyone over thirty!” It was our way of saying the young generation was the only generation telling the truth. But after a few years of severe aging and intense life-observation (in other words, I have passed the dreaded age of thirty and well beyond), I [...]
It’s 2009: the dawn of a new political era. Change is no longer content simply to be in the air; it is now the prevailing wind, powering ’round-the-clock bursts of self-serving cliché in every corner of politics.
That includes Washington, of course, and the biggest political stage of them all: Inauguration Day. But living up to [...]
Ripley’s Believe it or Not is a show about incredible stories that almost seem unreal. It’s left up to the viewers to decide if they want to believe the story…or not. Even if you believe the stories on the program, have you ever thought the stories didn’t seem so incredible?
For example, Siamese twins who go [...]
There are so many things I like about living in Sudbury and one of them is that at almost any point in the city, you can be stopped by a 100 plus car train. I’m not kidding - I just plain love the site of a train rolling by. And if it happens to be [...]
Well, no one wants to see anyone get taken for a ride, but when I learned that Mark Rich got scammed by Bernie Made-Off - I just thought to myself that is poetic justice indeed. I can only imagine a conversation that might have transpired;
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This article concentrates on helping performers take the necessary steps towards professionalism and also helps comedians finding their “zone”. It applies to every kind of comedy; stand-up comedy, theatre and other performance arts where comedy is used.
I am a magician myself, but I perform magic mixed with comedy. I have been a professional performer for [...]
I am equipped with a shovel and something I think is called a trowel, whistling “This is my Father’s world” - or as it’s now sung in the United Church, “This is God’s wondrous world.” I am ready to co-create with the Master Gardner - though this wasn’t my Plan A. Normally my hubby, Laurence, [...]
I was raised on two bear stories - neither of which was Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The first was “The Story of Horace.” It was a delightful book about a bear who lived with Ma, Pa, Grandma, Grandpa, a number of other family members, and Little Lulu. Each day Pa went out hunting and [...]
Most men want nothing to do with purses, although a few have probably wondered, with today’s required hoard of sophisticated gadgetry, whether a man purse might be practical. After all, its just a fancy, high-priced wallet isnt it?
Well, maybe not. Gucci’s collection of carryalls range from $300 to over $3,000. Fendi, you say? Worse. [...]
Barney, who had been a union leader most of his working life, suddenly died and when he entered the spirit world he figured since he had done so much to help the common worker, he should receive a warm welcome in heaven.
So he set off for the Holy Hill where heaven was. When he [...]
