Why most of us will never be mothers and fathers of invention — I’ll be the first to admit that I’m completely comfortable with letting genius ideas fall by the wayside while real inventors are out there changing the world. I have come up with a hundred and one inventions in my lifetime and yet, here I am…blogging. It’s because I’ve never had…

And you won’t find answers in the mirror — To some degree, we all have issues with aging. It sort of feels like our lifelong partner, the bathroom mirror, suddenly switches to a distorted fun house mirror, almost overnight. Obviously, we don’t see a twenty-five year old staring back at us when we’re fifty. I’m not sure if there’s…

Spoiler Alert: You have to die first — An old friend of mine just died. She and I parted ways in 2017 and hadn’t spoken since. But the news was still shocking. She was only 45. I was no longer connected to her anywhere on social media, therefore I probably never would have learned of her sudden death…

Nobody wants to see a pic of your banana on Facebook in the morning. — Of all the consumable luxuries in the world I bet coffee is the MOST important one. I mean, you wouldn’t even book a hotel room if it didn’t have a coffee maker in it, right? I wouldn’t. Even decadent chocolate can’t make that claim. Think about it. Nearly every hotel…

Because he can fuck up your life in a heartbeat — It’s weird how much trust we place in the makers of cooking gear, isn’t it? I mean, think about it. That scalding hot pot full of boiling water and pasta you have to move from the stove to the sink so you can drain the water. Or the pot of…

For starters, you can put down your over-inflated crack pipes — A few weeks ago I had my carpets cleaned. I’ve been renting this condo for five years and figured it was high time to freshen things up. A striking thought dawned on me as a result of booking the carpet cleaner. I have NEVER lived in the same home for…

Can you imagine if every country followed suit? — If I could wipe out anyone’s jobs it would be dog shelters and dog rescuers. Not because I want to push people out of doing meaningful work but because that type of work shouldn’t have to exist. But hear this! Would you believe that it DOESN’T exist in the Netherlands? …

Chapters one through twenty-eight were a gift from the universe — I’m currently sitting in a tiny-home in a small mountain town in British Columbia. I drove out to the Canadian Rockies a few days ago with one purpose in mind. To be where I was two years ago today. Now, let me backtrack for a minute, sort of like they…

I enjoyed every minute of these random services I paid for — I’m sure most of you have heard of Fiverr.com. It’s a site where you can hire freelancers for pretty much any type of gig you can think of. Many of you may even be Fiverr-ites offering your own services for hire. Years ago, I bought and paid for three separate…