Category: Entertainment
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Best of The Celeb Charity Songs
After hearing the latest celeb benefit song—Band Aid 30—I played the original 1984 version for my son. He wanted to know everything about it… who the singers were, who wrote it, why they wore those headphones, and was I sure that guy (Boy George) was actually a man? And so on… This lead to me…
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Wonderland Then and Now
When I moved to Ontario from B.C. in 1987, I left my best friend behind. In body that is, but not in spirit. We’re still best friends ALL these MANY (I can’t even do the math) years later. Every summer Tiff would fly out East and we’d always hit Wonderland. Let’s discuss my…
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Super Simple Summer Fun
As Canadians we spend a lot of time indoors. This past winter was especially brutal. Spring arrived just in the nick of time because the Thornburys were getting dangerously close to a “The Shining” situation. Rum—good. Red rum—bad. My kids have been itching to get outdoors and back to nature and that’s exactly what…
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She’s Da (photo) Bomb…
It took a few years before my daughter was invited to a birthday party, but once she attended her first, she couldn’t get enough. The balloons, the colourfully wrapped gifts, the kids happily playing and laughing, and of course the birthday cake. Avery is hopelessly smitten with parties. And for some reason she thinks every…
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Pop With A Side Of Mashed
Mashed potatoes, a spooky monster mash, Hawkeye from Mash, watching a baby’s face as they taste their first mashed banana….these are a few of my favourite (mashed) things. And mash-ups. The really good ones. When they do a mash-up on Glee my heart sings. I stumbled upon this magnificent musical mash-up while I was…