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When most people I know get drunk, familiar patterns of behaviour begin to emerge. For instance, Ian slides into an inexplicable Australian accent. Frank wants to wrestle people. Beatrice talks about what an unbelievable asshole her ex-boyfriend was and Tom always reminisces about his glory days in high school. For the most part, I thought…

On Friday afternoon, I went and saw the Star Trek movie. About half way through the film, I realized that I had a big, sloppy grin sliding all over my face. And then, shortly after realizing that, something completely unanticipated happened, I began to feel emotional. I certainly don’t consider myself a Trekkie, but I…

Last week, Rachelle and I took our dog to the Bathurst Dupont Animal Hospital in order to get her flea medication. It’s a utilitarian place, with humid and stale air hanging in a waiting room that’s modestly decorated by a couple of photographs of Meerkats. It stands in stark contrast to the nearby Yorkville clinics,…

As most of you are now very well aware, my fantasy baseball team—A Fury of Pigeons—is off to a very poor start this season. There are a number of reasons for this, but mostly it’s due to incredible sucky performances from two key players: David Ortiz and Lance Berkman. As times are tough and I…

This morning when I pulled the curtains back in the front room, I saw a man lying in the grass in front of a neighbouring building. He had shaggy hair and a beard, a look of distress on his face and was holding something up to his head. I was unsure if he had passed…

At the retirement home, each one of the resident’s names was posted on the wall beside the door to their room. Next to that there was a small display case with a couple of shelves in it, which was attached to the wall. In each case was a selection of items that presumably, either the…

As many of you will have heard, one of our Euchre nights went very badly a little while ago. The police became involved, and unfortunately, I am now legally obligated to attend Anger Management Training, even though I DO NOT have a problem controlling my temper. The first session of the stupid-ass training took place…

Usually my screensaver is a photograph of the four ghosts from the classic video game Pac-Man. However, when I’m playing music off my laptop, but am otherwise inattentive to it, something kind of spooky happens. For some reason, my computer opens up my library of photographs, and to whatever music is on, runs a slide…

The other day, Rachelle and I took the dog for a walk down Bloor. As is often the case, there were a couple of people from Greenpeace on the sidewalk looking for donations. They’re kind of irritating and guilt inducing, of course, but not aggressively so. They’re always a pair of healthy, attractive looking college-aged…