“That’s a fail,” the woman behind the counter at the Drive Test Centre says cheerfully to the young man standing at the wicket, as he lifts his eyes from the vision tester. […]
“I’m going to tag you in these photos kids,” announces Ottawa mom Janine McReadle from the front seat of a mini-van packed with her family, their devices and chargers, a couple of […]
“Well, frankly we’re all a little surprised to learn that all one has to do to improve one’s terms of employment is to go on strike,” Says Bobby The Brown Bear, resident […]
“Oh gross,” the immortal, all-knowing, divine overseer said, as he peered past Alpha Centauri, reached around the sun, and gingerly collected a planet with two fingers while wrinkling his nose and holding […]
Taking a split-second away from the swarm of insects circling in a tight ball above a suburban street somewhere in Canada, Norman Gnat is trying to collect his thoughts on what the […]
Jeffro Slobodan thought he was simply setting the record straight regarding the difference between a briefcase and a valise (incorrectly, as he would discover many years later, alone in a suburban shopping […]
The pink convertible sits on cinder blocks in the driveway. The glam pool lies empty, a shallow collection of rainwater, leaves, and plastic bags resting in its bottom. Only one bulb still […]
Through a varied but grindingly routine pattern of consume-then-earn, consume-then-earn, read a worrisome article about the current state of the world, anxiety-eat a loaf of brownie, then back to earning (or trying […]
“While I understand there’s a difference between the terms ‘Going postal’ and ‘Going United’ on someone, I can’t tell you enough how happy it makes me to see tens of thousands of […]
“Why wait until 1:00?” Tom Grady asks his wife, who – while pleased to learn that Tom will visit her mother for the first time in seven years is also trying to […]
The Out And Abouter 