One battered old-faithful dictionary on my shelves, published circa 1975, defines a geek as “a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken. ” You may be deeply relieved to know that I’ve upgraded to a squeaky-new Canadian Oxford, although I can’t claim it’s [...]
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Most of the family men I know are perfectly cool with changing diapers, cool with taking a baby around town and doing the Daddy routine, just as much as the mothers are into active parenting. Yay, dads!
Just one snag — the guys aren’t too keen on toting a cutesy diaper bag done up [...]
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This photo was taken in my yard on Sunday afternoon.
That’s my hand.
And those are a few of my “girls” — did you know all worker honeybees are female?.
This is for someone signing himself “Gary” who emailed me this morning. Gary wanted to tell me that “Chicks are not good with bugs” and therefore [...]
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Lonely singles all over the world can learn a lot about successful wooing from the witty types who place their personal ads with the London Review of Books.
This morning, CBC radio played an interview with Dave Rose, LBR advertising director and the editor of They Call Me Naughty Lola. The book is a collection of [...]
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If you think you’re lonely, try being an unmarried dairy farmer! It’s rough to find a date for Valentine’s Day with the scent of cow manure as your cologne.
But the members of one organic dairy co-op in Wales aren’t taking their single state lying down.
The Welsh milk producers have plastered their faces across thousands of [...]
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