Here’s Your Mulligan
I stumbled into a porn recently. I am keenly aware, at this very second, of how that must sound so please allow me to explain. I was out for coffee with a friend and we decided to sit in the courtyard...
View ArticleHammer, Meet Nail.
I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. Abraham Maslow Every week I get to hang out with Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police and...
View ArticleFreaks
From my office window I can just read the bumper sticker on the back of one of my colleagues cars. It is a quote from Laurel Thatcher Ullrich, “well-behaved women seldom make history”. There may be...
View ArticleCheck Up From The Neck Up
I’m going on vacation today. Right now that seems so far away, in the distant haze of a much later today; but by the time you read this I will be zen. My wife keeps booking me appointments at the...
View ArticleSomeday’s Coming
Someday. I remember a moment captured in time. I was making breakfast at my restaurant, The Bad Dog Grill, and I realized I hated my life. It was 7:30 am and I wanted a beer. If I cut my hand one more...
View ArticleInner Monologue
I have voices inside my head. Not the kind where you take medications, the other one. The voice we all have, the whisper telling you to go pee right now. That constant inner conversation rattling...
View ArticleEmpty Space
My wife and I had an argument about something that was important to her in the moment but then again, she’s a woman. Seriously, I’m kidding. Sometimes she tells me I don’t care enough about whatever...
View ArticleI’m Sorry I’ve Been Absent So Here’s A Rant
One of my best friends, intelligent and knowledgeable when it comes to psychological stuff, went to the doctor today. Something serious happened in her family and this has obviously affected her in...
View ArticleStupid Little Pill
In a recent conversation with a friend I accidentally referred to anxiety medication as “aspirin for the brain”. I meant it in a good way. Why is taking something for anxiety any different than taking...
View ArticleGo To Sleep
I have three grandchildren. Young kids marrying young kids, marrying young kids. Now that they have spawned, I regularly tell my children they are redundant, sperm donors who no longer serve any other...
View ArticleHow Do I Let Go?
I am asked this question all the time. How do I leave? How do I stand up for myself? How do I lower my expectations of this person? How do learn to be happy in the mess that is my life right now? How...
View ArticleThe Triceratops
I was given a small piece of a backbone recently by a new friend. The backbone of a Triceratops. Wicked. You can see the marrow, or so I choose to think. It looks like a bone, a 68 million-year-old...
View ArticleThe Golden Ticket
There is a huge reward for all the work, I just can’t explain it to you yet. I lied all those times, there is a Golden Ticket, you just can’t have it. The Golden Ticket is curiosity. The reward is...
View ArticleSelfish Lovers
*warning – Adult Content* I talk with clients about sex all the time. It’s a cool job. You cannot live in my world very long without someone telling you the juicy bits. People who wonder if I can keep...
View ArticleYou Feel Me?
My friend Lori the art nerd, that’s her legal name, has to critique another student’s play. I would stink at that. As a psychology geek I would be all like, “but there’s too much criticism in the world...
View ArticleYou Suck
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a...
View ArticleI Don’t Give A Crap
The Princess Bride is, unquestionably, one of my favourite movies. I own the novel. There is something about a magical story, with giants and accents and the Dread Pirate Roberts with which we...
View ArticleMy Anger, Myself
Living with someone who is always angry can be one of the most difficult relationship entanglements one could endure. Few problems in this life have as immediate and devastating an impact as anger. If...
View ArticleWelcome My Little Goldfish
Many were surprised when Microsoft, the people who brought you the digital world you live in, announced this week that they have conducted extensive studies and to virtually no one’s surprise who has...
View ArticleYour Selfies Make Me Hate You
No one cares this much about what your truck looks like when it's dirty, it's a truck. I've never dreamed about your truck. No one cares if you are shopping. No one wants to see 24 pictures of you...
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