Gifted Typist

Things like work – when the luge is on! Pfft!
The little typists needing to be fed – when downhill skiing is on. Tsk.
Sleep – when recaps are playing. Huh!
The feline making food demands – when pairs are figure skating. Grrr.
Tonight it’s kid’s guitar lessons. Men’s hockey. Stik.
Tomorrow night-  a lecture by Terry O’Reilly, a very [...]

Twitter is for people you want to get to know.
That is why I prefer Twitter to Facebook.
That is also why I couldn’t give two hoots about Facebook’s new look.

…my 13 year old looked at them and said : they’re old men.
Ahhhh, yuf.

See my Friday Herald column here.
By now we all know that Mac is cool, and good.
And we know that PCs are uncool and virus-ridden.
But the Mac marketing “We’re better than you PC” onslaught is getting a little tiresome.
People who try too hard to be cool can end up looking like fools.
Tone it down Mac, and [...]

On Saturday I worked out for six hours. The event was called Bustamove or BAM.
There were about 750 of us on the floor of the Metro Centre doing yoga, zumba, pilates and everything else.
We set two world records that have been accepted by the Guinness people.
And we sweated with none other than Richard Simmons, the [...]

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They say women fight like cats, but what about those late night talk show hosts.
By the end up that dust-up they were clawing each other’s eyes out.
Sharp barbs, low blows, personal insults.
I’m still picking the fur balls out of my computer, TV and eyeballs.
Meee-owwww, boyz.

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The youngest typist received his coveted cell phone for his 11th birthday.
There was debate over whether he is too young, but it was decided the texting function is good for family communication, especially during periods of separation due to business travel.
He received his gift on Saturday and on Sunday promptly lost it while tobogganing down [...]

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He’s coming to this parts next week
Richard Simmons is a character you can’t ignore.
For years, he’s been in our faces fighting fat, which has been a personal demon for him since he was young.
In his battle, he’s lost over 100 pounds and gone on to start a fitness movement for [...]

That is the question.
Sounds funny, but it isn’t. (Actually, it’s hilarious.)
Here’s the deal. This typist is prone to the occasional cold sore.
It is located on my top lip and now healing.
But when I smile the scab is pulled and opens up, causing a gush of my exquisitely rare AB-.
So when I greet people, it is [...]

This typist lost a dear friend on the weekend.
Mike was a travel journalist, a biologist, an environmental consultant, a rock climber and a photographer, among many other things.
He inspired this typist in many ways. And he always laughed at my jokes.
About 18 months ago he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, a condition that took [...]

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On January 30, I’ll be doing the six-hour “Bustamove” workout  for Jann and Lin.
They were two friends from the UK lost to breast cancer in 2003.
I still miss them.
Bustamove is a fundraiser to purchase digital mammography equipment. A thousand people will gather for six one-hour workouts in one day.
It will be [...]

This typist visited Haiti a few months ago, not Port-au-Prince, but another part.
I spoke to locals and saw the children playing in the water. It was a happy day, everyone was smiling, no one was suffering.
Looking at the pictures of Port-au-Prince after the earthquake is heart wrenching.
This little country has been beaten down by natural [...]

Because I’ve been away for a few weeks, there’s been no swimming.
So the first fly set this morning was met with a combination of fear and loathing.
So I took a deep breath, wore flippers and gave it my all.
And guess what?
It wasn’t so bad. I wasn’t as unfit as I thought.
That has to be a [...]

What news to receive after spending three weeks in frosty Blighty. I was there for three weeks at Xmas.
Wossy, as he’s known on Twitter, was one of my fave things about Britain during my 7 years residence. Still is.
He is devastatingly funny, has a rapier-like wit and delivers a comeback with lightning speed. Nothing in [...]