Capacity is defined as “the ability to receive, hold, or absorb; the maximum amount that can be contained.” For the first four decades of my life, I was completely self-absorbed in that all of my resources were put toward the goal of keeping myself as emotionally stable as I possibly could. And this was a…
The greatest thing about people thinking you’re crazy is that you get to say crazy things without destroying your reputation. But “crazy” is only that which the mainstream masses cannot conceptualize, cannot believe is in their midst. In other words, it is something that does not fit into their version of a bedtime story. Lucky…
When my lawyer edited the best stories from my book I was devastated. But life has a way of balancing itself out, and true to form I get another go around when I speak at Canmore’s Night of Lies on November 26th, along with nine other presenters. Although I’ve never been to one, it comes…
Just before my presentation at Robinson’s Outdoors last week, I was interviewed for Shaw TV’s The Daily. Check it out.
I have long maintained that you can learn more about how the global economy works if you study organized crime than you can by reading mainstream media. It would be more accurate to say that the world is being run as a criminal enterprise than it would be to say that we live in a…
The hockey world is reeling from some major blows lately, including the deaths of three of their enforcers. Amid the myriad reports from within the league that claim to be “looking into the problem”, there is one article with a level of insight that stands out. In the September 8th edition of the Globe and…
Just when we think the experts have come up with every known way to relieve us of personal responsibility, we get the results of another study. The American Society of Addiction Medicine has come up with a new slant on addictive behaviour, one that reclassifies it as a primary illness i.e. it is biological and…
There is a lot of talk in the media right now about the war on drugs, a war that was originally declared by Nixon just over forty years ago. The authors of these articles claim that it has been a huge failure, but I couldn’t disagree more. Whether it has been a failure or a…
You never know who’s changing your kid’s diapers… Alison Osius reflects on our first meeting back in 1996 in this article for Rock and Ice. Enjoy.
I did my first TV interview for All That Glitters yesterday and wanted to share it with you! Here’s part one: (ps: Why they chose a still that makes me look like I’m about to burst into tears, I have no idea. I thought the interview was fun!) And part two!