Author: Michael Murray

A lot of people have been writing me to ask how it is that I spend my days, and so with that in mind, I am providing you my To-Do list for September 10, 2010 1. Bomb rebel cities and find shelter for refugees* 2. Finish dishes from last night 3. Upload our cottage photographs…

As Rachelle and I are extraordinarily popular, we’re invited out for dinner pretty much every night. As such, many people ask me for advice on how to compose a proper thank you to your hosts. With this in mind, I’ve decided to share a note I just wrote so that my fans might have a…

Many of you have inquired after my Success with Women Boot Camp. The course costs $275– including snacks and drinks– and takes place every second weekend in my apartment and various locales throughout the Greater Toronto Area. For eight hours each day, my students will get comprehensive training from me, Michael Murray, on how to…

The other day, in the midst of a heat wave, I took the dog for a walk. Along the way we passed a man standing knee deep in a dumpster that was sitting in the front yard of a home. From a distance he looked like maybe he lived in the house and was presiding…

Thankfully, I don’t have an addictive bone in my body. This is just one of my excellent qualities, and it’s come in very handy as last month I had major abdominal surgery for which I was prescribed Morphine, OxyContin and Percocet. Luckily, I hardly noticed that feeling of euphoria and peace that slowly washed into…

On Wednesday, Rachelle and I went to the Lula Lounge to see Mary Margaret O’Hara perform. When I moved from Ottawa to Toronto a few years ago, this was the sort of thing that I imagined I’d be doing all the time. But no, in spite of the myriad cultural opportunities that Toronto daily presents,…

The other day I received this email. Hello there, I am Chris Malvin from Salt Lake City. I want to buy a water hose and would like to know the types you have in stock. Get back to me with the types and prices so that we can go from there. Have a nice day…

Increasingly, I’m finding myself troubled by the “ground zero mosque” controversy. Instinctively, like a lot of people, like 70% of Americans, in fact, I don’t like the idea of building a high-profile mosque near ground zero. It just feels wrong to me, like a ham-handed statement of tolerance and inclusion, rather than an actual example…

Last week, while sitting in a parked car on Queen Street East, I saw a deer. It was an entirely surprising scene, one that was simultaneously sad and beautiful. It was on the north side of the street, trapped in a kind of corridor that had been formed by a construction fence bordering the sidewalk…