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I Dream of Tucci
My co-worker Kathleen greets me a good morning before asking: “Did Ben read yesterday’s blog?”. “No, he’s been reading them the next day on his lunch break…why?” “Oh, there were a couple of mistakes”....
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Soul Plane
Growing up, my three brothers and I were big fans of all the comedy classics: “Police Academy”, “Naked Gun“, anything Mel Brooks, and of course “Airplane”. When my husband and I first got together, he...
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Girl Talk
When I was not yet a teenager I had a good friend who was on the cutting edge of cool new trends. She was obsessed with the board game “Girl Talk“, which was a slumber party staple in the late 80′s...
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Red Wine Meets White Carpet
After a hectic work day, I was driving home in the rain with crumbs all over my lap. There was a lone bran and berry muffin left in a Tim Horton’s box from the morning staff meeting. Standing alone...
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And No One Came
Have you seen ever “200 Cigarettes”? Few people have, but it has enough of a pre-fame collection of actors (Paul Rudd, Ben & Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Janeane Garofalo, Dave Chappelle, and...
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Sink or Swim
Though the limitations of our immigration process was no longer looming overhead, we struggled to wrap our brains around the idea of freedom. Now that a new year is upon us, it felt necessary to take...
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Year of the Hoarse
Glorious Sunday. We woke up early. Six in the morning. Curled up under the blankets, chatting quietly in the dark, we eventually fell asleep, waking up sometime round 10:30am. The intention was to...
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The Devil, Willy Wonka & The Tunnel of Love
It’s the beginning of March and it’s snowing. Again. Christ almighty, when will I be able to wear flats again? Walk on the grass? Feel the sun on my face. Throw on a t-shirt and a skirt and head out...
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Fascination Fever
One summer, I had a place in a car pool for a job that was 45 minutes from town. I lived in the same neighbourhood as one of the car-poolers, and we would alternate collecting one another from our...
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The Last Supper Club
aliciaashcroft:Happy Easter to my lovely readers. A revamped #oldiebutagoodie. Originally posted on "Pin Up Picks Pen Up": I always intended to see “The Passion of the Christ”, if only to see what the...
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Live at the Sahara Tahoe
aliciaashcroft:Long weekend. Coffee and Baileys. Someone else making breakfast. Isaac Hayes Live at the Sahara Tahoe crackling away on the turntable. Wishing you all well. Originally posted on "Pin Up...
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Thick & Thin
Saturday afternoon of a long weekend. This time off was so necessary. After a hectic, stressful, busy, emotionally challenging week I am feeling a bit like a filthy t-shirt you wear for the entirety...
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Faith Tones & the Freak Show Circuit
For anyone who’s keeping track–the original blogs have not been flooding in plentifully…it’s a trickle. It’s like the tap in the bathtub that occasionally releases a fat drop of water. We’re teetering...
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A Repair to Remember.
When I was in my very early twenties and living on Vancouver Island, I had a sweet little red bicycle. It was a basic, red ten-speed type-useful, reliable, but not aesthetically pleasing. I was a...
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Wait-Loss Wonderland.
The weight loss journey is one seriously rocky road, like wandering though a twisted fairy tale, a calorie-conscious Wonderland with all kinds of detours, obstacles, distractions, forks in the roads...
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