July 24 I’m old enough to remember when vinyl LP records were king, cassette tapes tried and failed to push them from their dominance, and finally, Compact Discs, or CDs, knocked them from their throne. I remember my first encounter with a CD. It was in one of the high-end stereo shops…

July 17 How can something that took me three hours to prepare take you only five minutes to eat?” Ah, the reality of getting things done. You spend hours and hours of preparation work on dinner and it’s all over in an instant. Twenty or so minutes of painting new steps for…

July 3 My dad and I were on an adventure that was a lot of fun because: a, I was with my dad b, we had ridden the Subway c, we were visiting cool stores with amazing stuff not found in other shops. In short, we were hitting the Surplus stores on Yonge Street in…

June 19 I have been called many things in my life, some pleasant, some not, but up until just a few days ago, I had never been called an “accomplice”. If you know me, this makes sense, as I have never aided or abetted in a crime, Free from any…

June 12 “Good as new!” “Like the day it was made!” “A new lease on life!” The idea of renewing or rebuilding something old or worn out is gaining more and more appeal as we consider the amount of waste and pollution our desire for new stuff has created. It makes…