dog Archive

  • I don’t know if it’s my sitting at a computer all day, the explosion of Do-It-Yourself shows on TLC, or the increased estrogen in tofu, but in recent years I have been overwhelmed...

    I Finally Get Home Depot

    I don’t know if it’s my sitting at a computer all day, the explosion of Do-It-Yourself shows on TLC, or the increased estrogen in tofu, but in recent years I have been overwhelmed...

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  • Remember when summer used to be fun? I have such happy memories of Julys spent at overnight camp swimming in Lake Muskoka. I remember a time when just changing into...

    Our Canoeabout

    Remember when summer used to be fun? I have such happy memories of Julys spent at overnight camp swimming in Lake Muskoka. I remember a time when just changing into...

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  • I am all for activism as a means of bringing about social change. I am still looking for the perfect opportunity to burn my bra. But it turns out, I...

    Ain’t That Some Shit

    I am all for activism as a means of bringing about social change. I am still looking for the perfect opportunity to burn my bra. But it turns out, I...

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  • Diego, our dog, started limping a little, so naturally I assumed he was suffering from advanced hip dysplasia or some other severe genetic abnormality brought on by something I did...

    One sick puppy

    Diego, our dog, started limping a little, so naturally I assumed he was suffering from advanced hip dysplasia or some other severe genetic abnormality brought on by something I did...

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  • My husband Stephen and I live in a dog friendly neighbourhood, which works out well because we have a dog. So friendly is it that a local coffee shop doesn’t...

    No animals were harmed in writing this post

    My husband Stephen and I live in a dog friendly neighbourhood, which works out well because we have a dog. So friendly is it that a local coffee shop doesn’t...

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  • While my tolerance for participation has been dwindling the older I get, my husband’s sister, Michelle, is incredibly participatory, often involved in many amazing activities and causes that I can’t...

    I’m terrible at Zumba

    While my tolerance for participation has been dwindling the older I get, my husband’s sister, Michelle, is incredibly participatory, often involved in many amazing activities and causes that I can’t...

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  • I’m not surprised by the recent rise in celebrity slurs, like those spewed by John Galliano and Charlie Sheen, because I have noticed an upswing of such unfortunate behaviour in...

    Shepherding out antisemitism

    I’m not surprised by the recent rise in celebrity slurs, like those spewed by John Galliano and Charlie Sheen, because I have noticed an upswing of such unfortunate behaviour in...

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  • My dog humped another dog at the park today. Vigorously, I might add. Having the one humping dog at the park out of fifteen others is always embarrassing but today...

    Humper, No Humping!

    My dog humped another dog at the park today. Vigorously, I might add. Having the one humping dog at the park out of fifteen others is always embarrassing but today...

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