Archive for June 2009

More on cheating

I was shocked at the statistics that I found in the Globe and Mail’s article about cheating on your partner (see here) and now there is this article from Oprah’s site. It is about the growth in Emotional Cheating. No physical intimacy, just a friendship that probably crosses the line, and affects the relationship you [...]

Oxiclean pitchman Dead

Infomercial pitchman Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning, authorities told CNN. The 50-year-old, known for his shouting OxiClean ads, was pronounced dead at 7:45 a.m. I actually used to stop and watch his ad, and I ended up buying the product. Was it as good as they said it was? My [...]

Jackson dies; internet slows down

Wow! Some reports claim that once the death of Michael Jackson became known, portions of the Internet actually slowed down due to the sudden increase in emails, blog postings, etc.

Have you cheated on your partner?

That, basically, is today’s relationship question in the Globe and Mail. According to survey results, 40% of us have cheated!!! Wow, that is high. To take the survey, go to this page.

Losing Weight slowly and easily

About 2 years ago I was shocked one day when I stood on the doctor’s weigh scale and saw the number 189 pop up. Grandpa Richard, slim built Grandpa Richard, almost 190 pounds!!! (sidenote: I am very much a metric guy in a country that officially went metric decades ago, but 85.7 kg did not [...]

Father’s Day 2009

Visited with my daughter and her family on Father’s Day. She made an awesome feast for me to get stuffed on. The weather was awesome on the Sunday, although it rained all day Saturday. All the rain made the fields near their house muddy and after the traditional walk with the dogs at 6 am [...]

Legal and Organized Vampire Clubs

Have you seen the movie, “Love at First Bite”? I loved it. A vampire comedy. George Hamilton was the Count who had been kicked out of his Transylvanian Castle, and moved to New York. Susan Saint James (at the time I thought she was a hottie!) was the love interest. Arte Johnson was in it [...]