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  • Chris Goes to Culinary School

    Week 1 Sundays are tricky because the subway doesn’t start running until 8 and I need to be at St James Campus by 8:30. So I take the bus and manage to get my way to Sherbourne and Dundas for 8am and walk from there. It’s not a great walk. I haven’t been in that…

  • The Pony and the Porcupine

    Once upon a time there was a princess named Suzannah who more than anything in the world wanted a pony. Her Mom and Dad told her: “No! Ponies are messy. Ponies are noisy and PONIES ARE SMELLY!” So one day when her Mom and Dad were not paying attention she went to town and traded…

  • Wisdom from Flann O’Brien

    “What is wrong with Cryan and most people, said Byrne, is that they do not spend sufficient time in bed. When a man sleeps, he is steeped and lost in a limp toneless happiness: awake he is restless, tortured by his body and the illusion of existence. Why have men spent the centuries seeking to…

  • Rounding to the Weekend

    IT security person: So that’s what you need to do to get this working. Me: Okay if I get you the answer in the next hour how long until you can resolve the problem? ITSecPerson: Oooh, well I mean the week is just about over….So maybe next week? Me: It is TUESDAY AT 11:14AM…. ITSecPerson:…

  • Tom Dreams of Corgis

    Tom: When I’m a grownup I’m going to have 100 corgis Me: Oh yeah? Tom: But first I’ll get 1. Then 2. Then 3…then 5 Me: What about 4? Tom: I’ll get two at a time from then on….