Monthly Archives: November 2007

The Skinny on Skinny Jeans

I have to admit, when I heard that skinny jeans were in I laughed. Then I tried a pair on and I cried. This was 3 years ago when I was still living in Windsor and feeling terribly sorry for myself. And I was about 17 pounds heavier than I am now. Naturally, a couple [...]

A Tale, in Three Parts*

1. At school on Monday, one of the students showed me her new tattoo. It’s a skull with a mohawk on her forearm. At first I was doubtful, but I touched it and it’s real. Then she demonstrated how still she had to hold her arm, for, like, a half hour. Like this. The fella [...]

Some children do ‘ave ‘em

My mom came to visit yesterday. We don’t get to see each other nearly enough, and when we do it always seems rushed. To make a long story short, her car stinks. It was stinky on (Canadian) Thanksgiving, and we did a quick search for the source of the horrible smell and came up empty [...]