WE GET SERIOUS FOR ONCE. WE WON’T MAKE IT A HABIT
Vol. 1, No. 27 In this edition, your wary correspondent ponders an uncertain future and what to do about it. Also did you ever wonder what fast-food outlets...
REMEMBERING PIT MARTIN AND RECKLESS RESURRECTIONS
Vol. 1, No. 26 My Sunday Reader reaches the half-year mark. Yay! In this edition, your nostalgic correspondent reflects on a backyard encounter with a...
STRUCK DUMB IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS AND FUTURE GREATNESS
Vol. 1, No. 25 In this issue of the Reader, your memory-infused correspondent reflects on a long-ago encounter with a Hockey Hall of Famer, celebrates a...
RECOVERING FROM BOTH RSV AND 2024
Vol. 1, No. 24 In this issue of the Reader, your malaise-ridden correspondent expresses thanks for all the support, ponders the wisdom of self-driving cars,...
WE’RE ALL SICK
Vol. 1, No. 23 No, no, that’s not meant as a blanket condemnation of the current state of Western society. Rather, it means we’re sick, the three of us in...
HOW BEST TO RESPOND TO A BULLY, PLUS NO MORE POND HOCKEY
Vol. 1, No. 22 In this issue of the Reader, your cutting-edge correspondent ponders the best ways to respond to a bully in the White House bent on annexing...
MEMORIES FROM A BY-GONE ERA, HIJINKS AT COSTCO, AND A SPECIAL SURPRISE
Vol. 1, No. 21 In this issue of the Reader, your eggnog-sodden correspondent reflects on the changes to the craft of journalism that are not necessarily for...
THE TALE OF THE TITANIC’S CAT, AND A CLASSIC CANADIAN CULTURAL MOMENT
Vol. 1, No. 20 In this issue of the Reader, your purposeful correspondent resurrects a 50-year story about the Titanic, celebrates a Geddy Lee moment, muses...
THESE LIONS ARE NOT GRAZING ON THE SERENGETI, BUT CLOSER TO HOME
Vol. 1, No. 19 In this issue of the Reader, your archival correspondent explores the story behind the Detroit Lions and the names behind T&T Supermarkets....
WE LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF ‘MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN’
Vol. 1, No. 18 In this issue of the Reader, your disgruntled correspondent has questions and is looking for answers from the TV network braintrust behind the...
CANADA’S BEST PIZZA? IT GETS SETTLED HERE
Vol. 1, No. 17 In this issue of the Reader, your discerning correspondent weighs in on which Canadian city has the best pizza, waxes nostalgic about a time...
JOINING EUROPE IS A NUMBERS GAME. SO IS THE LOTTERY
Vol. 1, No. 16 Sad about Trump? In this issue of the Reader, your accountable correspondent investigates the merits of joining Europe, takes note of ways to...
HEMINGWAY, HIPPOS AND EATING OUR FEELINGS
Vol. 1, No. 15 In this issue of the Reader, your wary correspondent takes note of relics from a bygone era found in a cave, hippos on the loose in Colombia,...
McGOVERN GOOD, NIXON BAD, AND R.I.P. LAIKA
Vol. 1, No. 14 In this issue of the Reader, your erudite correspondent writes about the world’s last totally honest politician, Canada’s assignment from the...
IT’S NEARING MIDNIGHT, CHRISTMAS, AND THE END OF OCTOBER
Vol. 1, No. 13 In this issue of the Reader, your faithful correspondent writes about the night Sears presented him with a weighty dilemma, how one child came...
SAILING WITH PEPSI’S NAVY AND SUNDAYS FOR POETRY
Vol. 1, No. 12 In this issue of the Reader, your always vigilant correspondent writes about how the makers of Pepsi-Cola were purported to be a global naval...
THANKFUL THANKSGIVING TALES: TURKEYS AND LESBIANS
Vol. 1, No. 11 In this issue of the Reader, your grateful correspondent remembers a Thanksgiving past and reveals the term you can use after eating or...
INDY RACING, DAUGHTERS, AND AN IRISH WIDOWER
Vol. 1, No. 10 In this issue of the Reader, your grateful correspondent waxes nostalgic about a childhood trip to Indianapolis, offers a story that will make...
YES, THE GREAT ONE IS GREAT. WASPS AREN’T
Vol. 1, No. 9 In this issue of the Reader, your awestruck correspondent recalls the pleasure of interviewing Wayne Gretzky, writes how wasps are still...
PUTTING A NAME TO THE FACE AND FUN TV DEBATES
Vol. 1, No. 8 In this issue of the Reader, your diligent correspondent writes about how roses by any other name aren’t necessarily roses, what makes for a...
WRONG-WAY LEADERS, RABBIS, AND ‘ERBS
Vol. 1, No. 7 In this issue of the Reader, your ever-alert correspondent writes about a bad day at work, pumping the rabbi for answers, bananas and hot tubs...
HORSE HOCKEY AND DEER DOGS FOR SEPT. 8
Vol. 1, No. 6 In this edition of the Reader, your watchful correspondent writes about a ban on banks, hot dogs that crunch, and George Washington’s smarter...
SWEDEN’S DRIVERS STILL MAKE THE NEWS, AND THERE IS LOTS OF MAIL
Vol. 1, No. 5 In this edition of the Reader, your always alert correspondent notes how the BBC must be reading this newsletter, provides further proof you...
‘DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON THE INTERNET’ ~Abe Lincoln
Vol. 1 No. 4 In this edition of the Reader, your faithful correspondent writes about the model for the Statue of Liberty, Jabba the Trump, and the hazards of...
ON B.C.’s CRAZY MIXED UP DRIVERS, VIETNAMESE SOUP AND UGLY L.A.
Vol. 1, No. 3 In this edition of the Reader, your ever-vigilant correspondent considers the hazards of modern toasters and driving in B.C., celebrates...
ON TRIBUTE BANDS AND OTHER THINGS
In this edition of the Reader, your unwavering correspondent ponders the idea of dogs driving golf carts, muses on the historical significance of Aug. 9,...
So, what's this then?
Where this author, reformed journalist and retired consultant waxes on with cringe-worthy yet occasionally humorous personal anecdotes, the odd essay...