March 27, 2014
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The Ins & The Outs Of It

As we in travel know well, dahrlings, there’s inbound. And there’s outbound. One involves coming while the other exits. Sort of different, no? And, frankly Pumpkins, most people aren’t apt to confuse their ins and outs. So why…

March 25, 2014
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Watch For The Spring Surge

Back when I still had hormones, dahrlings, I had spring surges. Ah yes, the pulsing desire to smell a flower and hear birds tweeting while bonking the gardener. I tell you what I have a pulsing urge for now,…

March 17, 2014
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Who Are You Calling Bossy Pants?

Beyoncé wants to ban bossy. But only for women. She’s putting her formidable whack behind the “Ban Bossy Pants” movement. I suppose I can see how someone who only appears in underwear wants others to join the pantless club. …

March 12, 2014
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Where Have All The URL's Gone?

Not since global warming has man faced such a catastrophe, dahrlings. The URL’s are almost all gone. Used up. And I’m not talking just the good ones like ‘Dial-a-drink.alc’. With cave-dwelling, gonadal 12 year olds parking every possible letter combo,…

March 07, 2014
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The Skinny On Canadian Skin

The CRTC is coming down hard on both Canadian porn channels, Pumpkins. The regulator is accusing them of not airing enough Canadian content. [You wonder about the dedicated examiners charged with uncovering this breach. Do they watch for a…

March 04, 2014
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Is There Life After Transat?

When Jean-Marc dumps you, dahrlings, it feels like your bottom’s fallen out. The last time, I was found on my stoop in a Fordian stupor after consuming 2 litres of diet coke, a case of anaemic Beaujolais Nouveau and a…

February 26, 2014
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Smoked, Cracked & Plated

I tell you, Pumpkins, Rob Ford is a hot tourism ticket. He is too sexy for his town. Too sexy for this town. As sexy as a clown. Apparently international visitors to the big smoke have hit an all-time high.…

February 21, 2014
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Girls Rock

Three gold medals for women’s teams in 2 days – Holy Hat Trick, Pumpkins! Canadian girls got rocks. And sticks. And sleds. Who’s Bob? Those puppies should be called Bertasleds. Good god, people – this just in! A gold and…

February 14, 2014
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I'm So Digi-blown By This (Not)

In the ‘get over yourself’ department – a group of über-digital dudes have made up a word dahrlings (who does that?). It’s ‘digilution’ – used in the context of the digilution of travel. I think it refers to the digital…

February 11, 2014
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Here's A Tourism Opportunity To Sink Your Teeth Into

  In the family fun department, Pumpkins, the Danes are onto a fab new tourism concept. It goes something like this: shoot a baby giraffe in between the eyes, then skin and butcher it into lion size chunks in front…