Author: Michael Murray

According to Rachelle, I’ve been talking in my sleep an awful lot lately. As far as I know, I’ve never been a person who’s done that before, and this sudden emergence of “Somniloquy” is troubling. Rachelle said that when I first started to do it, she tried to wake me up, but that proved unsuccessful.…

On Tuesday, a bunch of us took advantage of the Winterlicious Festival (where high end Toronto restaurants offer a discounted Table d’Hote menu) and went down the Bymark restaurant for dinner. Located at the base of the Toronto Dominion Tower in the financial district, the Bymark is headed by celebrity chef Mark McEwan and is…

A couple of years ago Rachelle and I went to New York City for the weekend. It was only the second time I’d been to the city, and I was feeling a pretty typical combination of excitement and intimidation. We were staying at the Roosevelt Hotel at the corner of 45th and Madison, and although…

Recently, one of my hobbies has been reading the stars. I would now like to share with you my astrological forecasts for all the signs for the upcoming week. Aries March 21-April 19 Dear goat, you can’t allow your stubborn streak to get the best of you this month. You must be gentle and receptive,…

Restless men roam the streets of this neighbourhood. Evasive and distrustful, they avoid eye contact, as if they don’t want you to remember their faces. Sometimes they’ll pause for an hour or so in the Laundromat, taking the warmth before continuing on in their journeys. On Wednesday, one such man was leaving the Laundromat just…

A friend of mine recently sent me an application to appear on the show Fearless in the Kitchen with Christine Cushing. I figured they were looking for charismatic and charming people, such as myself, to learn dangerous knife tricks in glamorous kitchens across the city, but no, that is not what the show is looking…

On Friday Rachelle and I got our monthly Hydro bill. This was a very unpleasant experience. Clearly, we’re using far too much electricity and must take some cost cutting measures so that I’m not overcome with waves of intense and debilitating nausea every time we get our monthly bill. 1. Our apartment has very few…

Last Friday we had a little party to help celebrate a friend’s birthday. One of the results of this is that we now have a bunch of balloons in the apartment. Like some alien tribe of jellyfish, they’re clustered together in the living room, as if feeding off of some nutrient on the ceiling. When…

Today the Blog has been given over to Heidi, Rachelle and Michael’s Miniature Daschund *************************************** Very confusing time for Heidi with all late night talk show controversy. No know what to think. Red Conan good dog who could run with Heidi pack any time. He make funny wag tail bark out loud joke! And Andy…