"Don't you get it? You're a rat in a maze!" says George Noyce, an inmate (or patient as Ben Kingsley's creepy Dr. Cawley stresses several times throughout the film) in Ward C, the maximum-security wing of this lovely asylum for the criminally insane, Ashecliffe. But, really, it's US, the viewers, … [Read more...]

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics are well underway, and I am busy as the proverbial Canadian beaver planning for our traditional Olympic wrap-up party. Because Canada is hosting the games this year, I'm planning to go all-out on this event. We have a massive Superbowl-style party every two years on the … [Read more...]

Most of my friends have asked me what my rule-of-thumb is when it comes to whether or not to send my kids to school when they may-or-may not be sick. I WOULD send to school if:my child complains of "not feeling well" but has no specific symptoms. my child had a rash, but no other … [Read more...]

I got pregnant with Will about two and a half years ago so it's safe to say until two and a half years ago, I was a party girl.  Good god - I was even interviewed in a bar and identified as a 'party girl' in the caption underneath on Global News!  Humiliating when your boss sees … [Read more...]

Meal time.  Ha!  When The Boy was merely drinking his bottle, I couldn't WAIT for him to start solid foods.  He was a spitter-upper.  Everywhere.  Almost every bottle.  I could count on having a formula bath on a daily basis.  The doctor had assured me he would … [Read more...]

It is shocking to be divorced. The  word has a hard sound like death but with a bitter chaser. It is a life that went down a path, crooked and interesting and then suddenly hit a cliff or a dead-end. In order to take a different road you had to back track over the mess, the crookedness, the … [Read more...]

I bake muffins and cookies. That's it. I do not bake cakes, squares, cupcakes, bars or even brownies. Frankly, baking kinda scares me. So complicated. So exact!! On the rare occasion I have made fancier things like sticky rice pudding with mango, or chocolate pudding from scratch, or tiramisu a … [Read more...]