Gifted Typist

It was sixteen years ago today that I stood barefoot on a beach in Fiji and tied the knot, got hitched, fused, welded together, or whatever your romantic metaphor for getting married.
It was a spontaneous thing, growing out of a beach conversation that went something like this:
I wouldn’t mind getting married.
Me neither.
They’d sure be surprised [...]

We ate by candlelight last night, joining in with the millions who participated in Earth Hour. The little typists were keen, possessed with a sense of urgency. “We have to do this for the environment!”
I was glad to see their energy. I’ve been hanging out clothes, turning down the heat, flicking off lights, buying energy-efficient [...]

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I’m not normally one to gawk, but my word, women’s breasts seem to be getting big these days.
Honestly, the number of supersized hooters bobbing around St. Maarten was absolutely breathtaking. And virtually all of these super boobs were supported by the most minimalist of pouch-and-string bikinis. It’s like the place was [...]

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A week in this French/Dutch Caribbean island brought some fantastic seascapes, skyscapes and lightscapes for a typist on the roam with a camera.
Sadly, the UV filter on my favourite lens (Canon 17-40mm) was smashed in transit. When I uncovered the lens on the first morning I found broken [...]

Just getting caught up with my Non-Blog Life (NBL). You know: work, laundry, cat surgery.
She’s in theatre as I write. She’s having three rotten teeth out. It’s a good thing we took the holiday before this bill comes in. It’s going to be a whopper. I’ll blog later this week on the morality of [...]

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You know who I mean. Spitzer aka Mr. Clean aka the Love Rat of New York.
I heard a number of women call into the CBC radio program As it Happens to defend poor old Eliot. They say the wife’s to blame. 
The argument goes something along the lines of this: Silda wasn’t paying enough attention to [...]

…I’m having a rather spiffing time here in St. Martin or Sint Maarten, depending on which side of French-Dutch border you’re on, on this Caribbean island.
The tropical depression,  now in the mid Atlantic, didn’t make a direct hit but it has churned up the sea and produced a powerful ocean swell that is now slamming the island with spectacular [...]

For a week. I’ll be in sunny warm climes.
I will spare a thought for you. Once. Over a Caipirinha, or ten.
I will take lots of lovely pictures of Caribbean sunsets and seascapes. And then I will come back and share them with you. If you can stand it.
And if you’re bitter and twisted about this, [...]

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Forget the flowers, chocolates and the racy lacy lingerie, boys.
If you really want to get your gal in the mood, take home a nice bottle of vintage Lysol, fill a bucket with steaming hot water and try on a pair of yellow rubber gloves.
That will get your gal in the mood [...]

Well, you convert it into a bar and grill, of course. Or at least that’s what they do here at Flippers..I’d heard of this place but didn’t really believe until I spotted it with my own eyes one day. It is located about an hour and a half’s drive from my house. Luckily I had [...]

Orthorexia is a condition that describes people with an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.
ortho = right or correct
rexia = appetite.
I found the term in a book I’m reading “In Defence of Food” by Michael Pollan, the fellow who wrote Omnivore’s Dilemma.
The book itself is excellent, as was his previous book Omnivore’s Dilemma. It talks about [...]

When the clock strikes midnight tonight, is it really midnight? Or does time really shift ahead to 1 am.
Technically, it jumps forward. I know.
But metaphysically, what happens to that hour?
Is it like your car keys or the scissors? Do you just lose it? Into thin air? Do you suddenly become one hour older? Just like [...]

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There was a time when grocery shopping was easy. Not so now.
These days, the supermarket is fraught with danger, risk and – gulp – long-term consequence: evil carbs, pesticides, antibiotics and trans fats. That is why yours truly sheds the humble, mild-mannered typist persona and transforms into Ninja Girl!
Ninja Girl is a [...]

The other night I was merrily reading Adventures of Tom Sawyer to the little typists. It’s good stuff, very funny and a great read.
But then I stumbled upon THAT word. I stopped and made the snap decision to read the word out loud.
Then, all hell broke lose. The little typists were shocked and they [...]

Waking up this morning to news of Jeff Healey’s death was like getting mugged and whacked over the head with a 2 x 4. I still have the stars circling over my head. I feel sick about it.
This amazing blues and jazz musician and musicologist died from cancer at 41. I didn’t even know [...]