I can tell my mom’s mood from 20 paces. I often see her in the corridor, leaning on her walker, and she turns as she hears me call her name. Her face might break your… Read More
“Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.”— Ian Maclaren This quote has a bit of history since the Scottish writer Ian Maclaren contributed it to the nonconformist religious publication British Weekly in… Read More
“My thought is always, ‘It’s only downhill from here.’ That’s how I’ve always operated, ever since I began Family Guy. I had the crippling fear that I used up all the funny last week. That crippling… Read More
“I’m just thinking about making people laugh. I hate when guys talk about ‘I’m edgy.’ The worst comics think that way. It’s not edgy if you’re talking about it! You just live it.”— Chris Rock… Read More
“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure… Read More
There’s been a mature wave of television shows that grapple deeply with mental health and its complexities (I’m thinking of The Bear and even supposedly light fare like Fleabag), but nothing is like HBO’s The… Read More
A young man who believes hammering his face bones is actually making him attractive — and who gets attention by demeaning women, acting like a jerk, getting arrested and rage-baiting millions — has been making… Read More
We’re having a record-setting time in the St. John’s metro area this month. A few days ago, we passed the mark of 170.2 centimetres of accumulated snowfall, making it the snowiest February since record-keeping got… Read More
Cindy Billingham had lived out her working years in Yukon before moving to Newfoundland with her husband Ron for their retirement — only for Ron to die. Now she’s on her own, in a small… Read More
This is me on my living room couch. In my latest Substack post, I write about a brief moment of panic earlier this month, when I looked at the clock and a wave of stress… Read More