Dog Days
Author: PFHardie
I am a graphic designer, humour writer, musician and piano teacher. And that's only during the day. At night I fight crime and hang out with my wonderful family.
The Electric Chair
Due to the increased health risks associated with sitting, the electric chair will be banned as an instrument of capital punishment. Sitting is the new smoking, doctors say, and sitting in an electric chair is definitely […]
Happy as a Clam
When you think about seafood, and the various moods they might experience, do you peg clams as being particularly happy creatures? Happier than, say, your average krill? When we humans are really happy, thrilled, and […]
Comedienne?
Do we really need a different word for a female comedian. Is this to remind women that they are not quite like men? Is a female doctor a doctorienne? There sure are some great Painteriennes. SCENE: Comedy […]
Men’s Book Club
I’m super excited about men’s book club next week. Our book is I Ain’t Got Time To Bleed, by Jesse Ventura. Being a writer, I insist on grammatically correcting it to Do I Have Time […]
Extremely Bright Idea
Friday night I was discussing with a cohort those restaurants where you eat in the dark. It’s called blind dining. (see O.Noir in Toronto) That got me thinking. You know what […]
United We Fall
United Airlines forcibly ejected another passenger today. This situation was a little different because the plane was at 30,000 feet. Asked why they repeated the same mistake, given all the bad publicity, the CEO, Oscar […]
Hair Raising Nuclear Test
Kim Jong-un, in defiance of Trump’s military thumps, conducted yet another nuclear test. The test was designed to see how KJun’s carefully structured hair would withstand a nuclear blast of one megaton. This produces […]
The Dao of Flying
United Airlines is teaching their customers to live according to the ancient wisdom of the Dao. The Dao means “The Way”, in particular, the way out of your airplane seat, off the plane, and to […]
Turbulent Times
A United Airlines passenger was badly hurt from what looks like rocky turbulence on a flight yesterday. What makes this turbulence unique was that the plane was stationary. In civilian lingo, that means on the […]