Monthly Archives

January 2007

  • I knew the trampoline would be trouble

    When did beanbag chairs last have beans in them? Did they ever. They don’t now. Last night my 14-year-old nephew popped mine by leaping onto it from the trampoline in my basement. Just imagine.…

  • Yeah so

    I liked this. Not sure why.…

  • Ode to the Haggis Amongus

    It’s Robbie Burns Day. I made the mistake tonight of telling Jasper over beers at a local pub that Burns is the guy who burned the Parliament Buildings in London. We were at a…

  • Back on the couch

    I’ve thought of my former shrink Hammy (Hamilton) a few times today. At least once I thought I caught him out of the corner of my eye, trailing me. But it wasn’t him. I…

  • Card 4 U

    The new Apple iPhone is out ( drooling ). The landfills are gonna be full of Blackberries. What a waste. Anyway, I just can’t see myself typing with my thumbs. If I have to…

  • Good Grief

    Sharon Workman is a network producer at CBC radio here in Ottawa. We met last year when I called to confess that I’d kept a CBC digital recorder another producer had let me borrow…

  • If small is the new big…

    Today I dropped by the Vrtucar office on MacLaren Street. It’s where I landed with Suzanne Boileau after my spectacular fall from my Director of Writing job at gordongroup last spring. I say “fall”…

  • Early observations of ’07

    I’ll be 39 this year. It’s no big deal, really. Get over turning 30, Dan, ya pup. This age affords two key advantages: I can still learn, and I’m willing to admit when I’m…