Wait! It’ll come to me! Some people do Sudoku. For others it’s crosswords. Still others, brain teasers. All to keep their minds sharp – build their reserves against dementia. My Dad, whose own father succumbed to Alzheimer’s, has a vested interest in keeping his brain in gear. He has a simple plan. It all centres…
Yes, you’re the #1 trending thing today, and you’re probably going to be getting all sorts of requests for late-night TV, so it’ll blind you for a bit to how extensive all this really was. And you’ll even say that you won’t lurk online and read stuff about yourself sweetie, but you will. …
WARNING: This is about MENSTRUATION and shit – well not actually shit, really just other female-centric issues that go hand in uterus with menstruation. There will be blood. I might also talk about vaginas. from quickmeme.com Why couldn’t I have just let it fade away quietly? After months and months of erratic menstruation, a la…
I have to ask. When someone you love suddenly becomes completely enamoured with an… uh… we’ll call it an appliance… to the exclusion of their other toys… Should you do something about it? Or should you just let them have their moment and hope that they’ll eventually move on and not hurt themselves in the…
So you know how, when you have to go through Customs, even if you aren’t smuggling anything you get all freaked out and start to wonder, “Hey! Maybe I DO have a condom full of cocaine in my lower intestinal tract”? Every single time we get a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency I lose…
We lived next door to a lady named Kay. She was in her 80s. One of those Europeans who, although she’d been in Canada for 50 years, still had her accent – just like my own Granny. Kay was effusive in welcoming us to the neighbourhood. We had to learn to lock our door during…
Yes, folks, you too may purchase your very own boob juggling set! Includes 3 breasts for the true juggling experience!* I think that I may have acquired a new audience for my blog. Teenaged boys. Any post that I have with the word boobs in the title ends up with ridiculously more page views. My…
I used to be really bendy when I was younger. (Steady folks.) Comes of being a gymnast. I was incredibly flexible. (STEADY…) Which is great when most of what you do in sport is bend in half backwards, run, skip and bounce. Trouble is, all those extra-stretchy ligaments? After years and years of stretching? They…
David and I are doing laundry at my parents’ place. It’s such a lovely day that we decide that we’re going to hang the clothes on the line to dry. After about 5 mintues, from within the house, I hear shrieks from my female relatives. My mother, Granny, Gran and Aunt Bea are all in…
I trip. I fall. I run into things. Have done since I was wee. I could make falling up the stairs an Olympic sport. My Mom calling the Doctor’s office, “But it won’t stop bleeding!!” “I’m sorry Ma’am, unless it’s mostly severed, it’ll have to heal by itself.” “But there’s so much blood!” “Ma’am, unless…