Cannabis branding kills the buzz, man
Earl Fowler I wanted to buy some low THC CBD oil from the Victoria Compassion Club to help me sleep at night, so I signed up to receive...
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David Sherman
Feb 27, 20225 min read
Boys want lotsa lucre. And everything else
David Sherman Boys just wanna have fun. That’s been the refrain, repeated endlessly these last few months when excusing the miserable...
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David Sherman
Jan 5, 20225 min read
In tragedy, family finds soul and grace
The following is from Hyman Weisbord, Saint Hippolyte, QC When the car crashed and rolled at 100 k/hr, Bill, 94, and Ida, 91, were...
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David Sherman
Nov 8, 20218 min read
And their lives went awry
David Sherman He was born in a different time and in a different world. He crossed the ocean in steerage. He was an infant. He brought no...
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David Sherman
Oct 25, 20214 min read
The sublime act of drinking alone in the wee wee hours of the morning
David Sherman Sometimes with a notebook, sometimes with a guitar, sometimes with a shining device. Or, nothing at all. Just the glass and...
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David Sherman
Oct 22, 20215 min read
Deep-fried, well-salted road trip
David Sherman Warning: This tale is one of apologetic First-World privilege and is intended to be humorous. I’m in a box. It’s a...
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David Sherman
Sep 6, 20214 min read
Billions Spent, but Neediest Ignored
David Sherman Cruise Wellington St. in Ottawa. The Supreme Court, imposing, its stone façade projecting might and right. The Parliament...
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David Sherman
Aug 10, 20214 min read
Staring at the wall – what can a man do when women trade a glimpse for a tip?
David Sherman I like women. I’m not sure that’s a politically correct admission but I’ll risk it. I’ve always liked women, even before I...
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David Sherman
Jul 18, 20213 min read
A more-than-palatable legacy
David Sherman When fresh sweet corn hits the fruit stands, tassels wet from morning dew, I think of my mother. She loved few things,...
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David Sherman
Jun 8, 20214 min read
Let Me Touch Your Fingertip, Please. Covid Theatre Making Us All Nuts
I walked into a trinket store to buy my lover a trinket, not expecting within minutes my life would be on the line. The middle-aged woman...
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Earl Fowler
May 20, 20214 min read
Before the final lip-out, tap in at an assisted-living golf facility
Bob Morrissey There’s an old joke Jack Nicklaus used to tell when asked about the state of his golf game. “Can’t complain,” he’d say. “My...
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David Sherman
May 18, 20214 min read
Musical Shinny 10 Years Later
David Sherman It’s playoff time. Just as hockey is a synonym for winter in Quebec, spring means playoffs. Or used to. Winter still means...
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David Sherman
May 3, 20213 min read
How My Throne Became a Hot Seat
By David Sherman This is the not-so-tepid tale of an insurance company, a hot water tank, a bidet and a fried ass. This sordid or...
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David Sherman
May 3, 20211 min read
Patience Harder to Find than New Love
By Peter Jarosz As the cobwebs of COVID Play their deadly worldly games We wonder. Except for the few We known that have been bitten. To...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 19, 20216 min read
Catheter Society
Earl Fowler “If I’m not in the bed, then I don’t try to stop the pee,” says the constipated guy, sitting under a well-ventilated hospital...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 15, 20214 min read
My life: From the cutting edge to the cutting room floor
Bob Morrissey I was sitting quietly at the kitchen table clipping food vouchers out of the newspaper when the absurdity of it all hit me....
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Earl Fowler
Apr 10, 20214 min read
Get a tissue. This ain’t funny.
Bob Morrissey Get ready for a tear-jerker, because this one’s about crying. Not any crying; ALL crying: the muffled kind, the sobbing...
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Earl Fowler
Apr 9, 20214 min read
Emily Carr and the long arm of coincidence
Earl Fowler I dig coincidences. The more meaningless they are, the less encumbered by any vestige of cosmic significance, the better. •...
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Earl Fowler
Mar 27, 20214 min read
Ya, very funny
Bob Morrissey After 40 years of sportswriting and 15 years of do-nothing retirement, two weeks ago I decided to try my hand at writing...
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Earl Fowler
Mar 27, 20214 min read
Boring old fart cheap at half the vice
Bob Morrissey God, I’m boring! Well-meaning friends would tell me that all the time, and I’d think they were saying it just to be kind. I...
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