Note: I am not a DJ, but I do produce a weekly comedy show in Toronto (pimping my show now: www.openingnighttheatre.com). Anyway, this past Saturday we decided to throw a dance party after the show, and to save money, I DJ’d for much of the night (with a proper DJ who happened to be in town…
Ten Things I've Learned
Guestpost #77: Helen Parker – Ten things I’ve learned since the Royal Wedding of Will and Kate
Note: I received this guestpost out of the blue. Apparently, this wedding was kind of a big deal over there in the UK. Note2: Helen supports Buy British including Jack Russell Clothing, Barbour and Mulberry. I am proud to be British. I like (and appreciate) other people’s weddings more now I am married myself. A wedding…
Ten things I’ve learned from slaps to the face
When you slap an ass, your chance of getting slapped in the face goes up exponentially. Don’t slap the face of a friend who was in a recent bike accident. They won’t find it funny. Somehow, pimps slapping women in the face has become a joke. I blame Katt Williams and Rudy Ray Moore, mostly.…
Ten things I’ve learned from lying in bed with someone
You have to be careful…you can lose a limb to pins and needles before you know it. Tummies are excellent drums. Between wrestling, sex, massages, and stretching, you can burn a lot of calories on a lazy Saturday morning without leaving your bed. Why do I always end up asking what time it is when…
Ten words I am resolving to use less in 2012
Note: I am changing the format of this blog. I will still use a list of ten, but I am going to give myself a bit more freedom for how that list is structured. Here is my first attempt. 🙂 Whatevs – I actually like the shortened version of this word, but it’s a very…
Top Ten Posts of 2011
Well, here are what I consider to be my ten best posts of 2011, in no particular order. Disagree? Feel free to comment. Happy New Year, y’all! Ten things I’ve learned from being childlike Ten things I’ve learned from being in a long-term relationship Ten things I’ve learned from Jack Layton Ten things I’ve learned…
Top Ten Guestposts from 2011
Hi all, Here are my Top Ten Guestposts from 2011 (in no particular order). Tomorrow, I will post my top ten Joshposts from 2011. Um…this was super-tough to narrow down, and really every person who wrote a guestpost is amazing and shared a unique perspective with me. I know I’ve missed some great ones, but…
The holidays are here
Well, it’s the holiday times, and for those who read this irregularly, I haven’t been posting much. I’m honestly finding the 10 things format pretty confining, so I think I might go a bit more freeform for a while, just to see how it goes. Well, it’s my blog, so I can do what I…
Friday HuffPost Edition – Ten things I’ve learned from Christopher Hitchens
Noted writer and essayist Christopher Hitchens just died after battling with throat cancer. Here are ten things I’ve learned from him: 1. Anybody who is willing to be waterboarded to test his own beliefs, and then able to change his beliefs afterwards, is to be respected. 2. Atheism is a real hot-button issue, so if you are going to…
Guestpost #76: Tom Tolladay – Ten things I’ve learned from working 9 to 5
Bio: Tom Tolladay is a recent university graduate now working for a well-known events company Chillisauce who specialise in Corporate Events and Stag & Hen Do’s and Activity Weekends. Note: I don’t know Tom, but he seems to be a big Dolly Parton fan. Thanks for the submission, Tom. Appreciate the weekend – make the most…
Ten things I’ve learned from Jonah Mowry
Note: three months ago, a young man named Jonah Mowry posted a video online. He used one of my favourite songs to underscore his emotional confession. Thankfully, this video has just recently gone viral. Life is tough. It’s tough when you’re a teen, it’s tough when you’re an adult. Sometimes accepting that and really feeling it is…
Thursday HuffPost Edition – Ten things I've learned from bullies
1. When I was in elementary school, I was pretty scrappy and I had big enough friends that I ended up pretty much on top of the social hierarchy by grade six. I teased certain girls in my class and I was a little jerk. My transition to being nearly friendless and painfully uncool in…
Ten things I've learned from bellies
You can’t belly-bump with a flat stomach. Ok, you can, but it’s just not the same. Some people like to say that they have a six pack in the fridge. That means that they have big bellies, but a really strong core underneath. It’s probably true; carrying around all that tummy requires a lot of…
Guestpost #75: Katie Harrington – Ten things I’ve learned from having a vagina
Bio: I’m a 23 year old Irish girl, I like reading, writing, spicy chicken, the feeling of sand between my toes and the warm fuzzy feeling of a hug. This is her blog: http://oracularspectacular.wordpress.com Note: In response to – Ten things I’ve learned from having a penis. If you’re going to ask your middle-aged, male Indian cleaner to…
Ten things I’ve learned from Jerry Sandusky
Teachers, gym teachers, and coaches have to be extremely cautious around their students. There was a time when teachers would run the gamut from physical affection to physical abuse. That time has passed. For the most part it’s for the best, but it seems a bit much when a teacher can’t even hug a kid,…
Remembrance Day HuffPost Edition – Ten things I’ve learned from veterans and war objectors
1. In the 1960s and 1970s, Canadian Quakers housed and supported a large number of conscientious objectors in Canada. It allowed people like my dad to live, and eventually settle, here when he came up from California during the Vietnam War. It later meant that I briefly had a place to stay in Vancouver when…