This evening, the federal government will vote on an NDP motion to demand that Canada not ratify an agreement called the Canada-China FIPA. The Green Party wants your help, today, to put this agreement on hold until we’ve had an actual public discussion about it. “On September 9th,” Elizabeth May told her mailing list, “Prime […]

If you’re like me, then you like to keep your phone handy, but not because you want to stay reachable. I use my phone to capture notes and ideas during the day (and to snap a quick photo of my kid whenever she’s doing something cute), so I don’t like to be without it. But […]

Weekends are great when you’re a parent with a day job, because you get to spend a lot more time with your kid than you do on weekdays. And they’re much more exhausting  than weekdays are, for pretty much the very same reason. I got up at with my kid at 7:00 AM this morning. […]

These days, whenever I head out to spin live, I take a digital recorder with me. Like the sessions I’ve been recording at home, these recordings give me a better sense of what’s working when I play live, and what could be better. The recording I’m listening to now, though, is a bit of a […]

Before my kid came along, I was the type of guy who laid in bed until the last possible minute on a work day. After fourteen months of parenting, I’ve discovered that an early morning is the secret to a good day – or the last line of defense, at least, against a total write-off. […]

What’s National Advance Care Planning Day, you ask? It’s a day for Canadians and their loved ones to think about the decisions we all need to make at the end of life. It’s a day to begin a difficult but important conversation about your wishes for end-of-life care, or to revisit whatever plans you may have already made. […]

There’s a lot more to getting things done and feeling accomplished than just keeping busy. Anyone can keep themselves busy, or be kept busy by someone else. But that’s not the same as getting things accomplished, and it doesn’t always leave you feeling like you used your time well. Last week was a very busy […]

In retrospect, I could have chosen a better subject line for yesterday’s post. All I’d planned to do was crack a few jokes about my family, the underestimated power of young women, and my general lack of traditional manliness. But before I knew it, friends on Facebook and Twitter were congratulating my wife and I […]

Did you hear about the farmer in Oregon whose two teenage daughters saved his life after a tractor pinned him to the ground? I’m doing the math on this one, and I think I’d better have another daughter, for my own good. Nothing against my existing daughter, you understand. She’s a great kid, and she’s […]

There’s a lot to like about Reasons My Son is Crying, the latest Tumblr to go viral. The idea is cute, the kid is cute, and parents everywhere can relate to it. But if you’re like me, sites like this just make you cringe. Why? Because it’s nothing but a series of embarrassing photos of […]