OK. Here we go… Since I’ve been working at home, I have to admit, I haven’t been listening to the news nearly as much as I did when I heard it in the car, or on my CBC newsfeed. I have news anxiety, and sorry-not-sorry, I can’t get myself fully informed about some news events […]
Today marks two decades since 9/11. I’m not going to make this political. In some ways, the world is very different, and in other ways, it hasn’t changed at all. If you commemorate these things, my thoughts are with you. And if you can be anything today, friends, choose to be kind. Extra Credit: On […]
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, which is the culmination of National Suicide Prevention Week in Canada. The good folks on the Wellness team at $Dayjob in our People and Culture (read: HR) department have prepared an infographic about the information and resources that they’re going to share this week. On Thursday, we’re going to […]
Was I willing to have another seizure in order to prove whether or not I needed the meds?
I was. And now I have my answer.
No matter how far we have gotten, there are still miles to go. Still, I’m glad Women’s day is a thing, and I’m glad that I am privileged enough to be snarky about it
No one wants to recognize a bully in themselves, but I think that if we really look, many of us can.
It’d be easy for me to post snarky picks like “Nana, hey hey, kiss him Goodbye” or my fav Ceelo Green anthem . But I choose to just turn the page on that dark chapter of my birth country. So here we go. Hopeful tunes for a hopeful new presidency. Huzzah! But if you don’t […]
My superpower is an uncanny ability to find and push people’s buttons. But sometimes, knowing the vulnerable spot on someone’s soft underbelly isn’t as benign.
Once upon a time, almost 20 years ago, I drove from Canada to Florida with my mom, my sister, and my then-infant son. We stopped to eat at the Waffle House because that’s what you do when there are Waffle Houses in the vicinity. There was a young African American woman who was our server, and […]
Because someone doesn’t appear to be contributing to a fight doesn’t mean that they’re not.
