These anniversaries suck hard. My dad passed 14 years ago and if I wake up on the day of the anniversary and know it’s going to be one of Those Days, I hermit inside my house and eat roast chicken and garden potatoes because that was his meal of choice. Some years are hard and some years the day goes by without really…

Who’s heard of Esther the Wonder Pig, who was adopted by her dads believing her to be a “micro pig” and instead she grew to almost 700 lbs, as many pigs are wont to do? People, do your research.

I work a job that has me hiking throughout the river valley and running the risk of slipping and falling on the ground, especially when the ground is muddy from rain, as it is now. It’s awesome and I love it and I mostly love that my work attire consists of t-shirts and jeans or shorts and hiking boots. That being…

I basically only buy bananas so I can eat just one of them, then wait for the rest to go brown and become banana chocolate chip muffins.

So awful. I hope she finds some peace in doing this show as a tribute to her father - I couldn’t imagine the strength that will take.

Damn it, I finally just admitted that I totally dig them, and now they take a “hiatus”?! Will I ever see Niall’s quirkiness again?

I seem to have this involuntary reaction of instant tearing up when I read about Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson. Such a nightmare he and their boys went through.

I never saw Holiday in the Sun, but after It Takes Two (which I still have on DVD and introduced to the next generation of 9-year-olds not so long ago) I was all about Billboard Dad.

Oh wow, I had forgotten about that interview. Her answer to that question was everything. You can tell there is more she wants to say, but her answer was so, so pointed - at Matt for asking the question (laden with judgement) and at the media and everyone sharing the image.

I’m not sold on bunnies, but a life of sloths, capybaras, and cats sounds amazing.

If I had a kid, I’d love to name it Saoirse. It is an excellent and pretty name. But oh, that kid would constantly be explaining their name and it’s pronunciation to people.

I was at a friend’s birthday celebration this summer at her mother and step-father’s house. She had her two younger half-sisters (both teenagers) there as well. They are from her dad’s marriage after he and her mom split, and I was totally touched by the amount of love that her mom and step-dad had for her younger…

Your grandma sounds awesome. It is BS that she even got shit for her hair in the first place, but I admire how she took that situation into her own hands.

The story about the person standing in a kid’s doorway writing their log down remains, to this day, the scariest effing story I have ever read/heard and I still tell people about it. Jesus.

Ditto on the circle of friends who get it, family who doesn’t. This election may just be the final nail in the minimal relationships I have with most of my aunts and uncles. I was already on shaky ground for being happy that Alberta ousted the provincial Conservatives in the spring.

This is a fantastic tactic.

As long as you are white, able-bodied, middle to upper class, then they’ll generally be fine. Google Canadian police/aboriginal relations - our cops aren’t so different after all.

I work with people experiencing homelessness, addictions, and poverty. The barriers that they face in being able to vote in this election are unbelievable.

I work at an inner city non-profit that has a drop-in and a bunch of programs for homeless and low income folks. There are about 80 staff in the building and one bathroom with one toilet and sink. There are, of course, the public washrooms but they are usually occupied and they have black lights so people don’t inject…

A couple months ago I was on an 11 hour, overnight flight to Istanbul. There was a group of 3 girls headed off on a girls’ trip who were the most entitled, belligerent passengers I have ever seen. Throughout the flight, as the lights were dimmed and people were sleeping, they got more and more drunk, to the point of…