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1. Golden in Death by J.D. Robb 2. Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew 3. If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric G...

In April and May, I took 4 straight weeks off work, the longest vacation I've taken in my life. I didn't accomplish a thing. It was ...

I signed up for the Rexall and Shopper's Drug Mart vaccine waiting lists in early April, then signed up for the waiting lists every othe...

 1. Collected Tarts and Other Indelicacies by Tabatha Southey

A thing that exists in the world: kind, well-intentioned people who are concerned about others' health.   Another thing that exists in t...

In reference to whether it's possible to have relationships with people with different politics, someone much smarter than me (and I wis...

This blog post discusses a non-sex-related letter from a sex advice column. The text of my blog post is perfectly G-rated, but the linked ad...

Dear Captain Awkward,   There is a word people use all the time as filler in their speech. I first noticed it about 8 years ago and though...

 New:   1. No Place to Go: How Public Toilets Fail our Private Needs by Lezlie Lowe Reread: 1. Survivor in Death

Latest pandemic malfunction: my 18-year-old TV finally gave up the ghost. I bought a new TV easily enough, but it's a bit too big for my...

During the pandemic, I've been reading the epaper versions of the my newspapers rather than getting my usual home delivery, and I've...

I was recently researching a potential purchase and reading a lot of Amazon reviews to do so, because Amazon had the most reviews for the mo...

The pandemic is adding to the cost of delivering Toronto's city services, while some residents and businesses find their incomes drastic...

New:  1. Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway 2. Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson 3. They Call Me George: The Untold Story of The Black T...

One of the delights of childhood is jumping on the bed.  But you can't jump on the bed as an adult, because you'll break the bed. Th...

New: 1. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz 2. Feeding My Mother: Comfort and...

A household accident that often has devastating results, especially for elders, is slipping and falling in the bathroom.    And one of the t...

If I were to assemble the elements of the current situation into a conspiracy theory, that theory would be that people in positions of power...

 I hadn't been planning on making a resolution, but a simple and useful one came to me a couple of weeks ago: While the coffee brews, I...