Friday. Christmas Eve eve. 6:00 a.m. I’m en route my office. First stop, the local Tim Horton’s. I wheel into my short-cut – the loading dock driveway behind the little strip mall. There’s never any traffic along this 300 metre stretch, and it’s 1/3 the distance to the drive-through. Plus, if I hit the gas [...]
Archive of entries posted on December 2011
Not the Brightest Bulb on the Christmas Tree
Okay, I’ll admit it – I’m a sentimental guy. I carry around the cap badge I wore when I was an army cadet, 37 years ago. And every Christmas, the cork from champagne given to us on our honeymoon 25 years ago finds a place on the tree. And twice a week, I strap on [...]