Archive | April, 2009

Coffee FAIL 3: lower lip malfunction

Just to bring you a bit of jesus-egg-day cheer, after tweeting about how much I hate Tim Hortons coffee (which I do) I failed to pour said coffee into my mouth, instead looking down in horror as drips of the horrible brew smashed down upon my desk in what seemed like slow motion.

YEG Twitter Boys Calendar

Most everything I say, tweet, or write is designed to elicit a specific reaction from people — often shock or laughter. I’m usually quite satisfied. But sometimes I’ll say something without thinking (OK, oftentimes) and the results exceed my expectations or go off in an entirely different direction. That’s what happened this morning on Twitter [...]

A belated farewell

When I was a kid, I thought my Uncle Ron’s manner was severe and reserved. I wasn’t perceptive enough at a young age to really get sarcasm and dry wit. I know now that Ron was one of the most intelligent people with whom I ever had the good fortune to cross paths.