May 03, 2012
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Wasn't That A Party?

In the wake of our inaugural Travel Agent’s Day I’ve got a headache of New Year’s proportions dearest Pumpkins. Whew, wasn’t that a party? The festivities kicked off with repricing a client cruise for the 3rd time this month. God…

April 30, 2012
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Darling Is As Darling Does

Does it bother you that I call you dahrlings, dahrlings? Not that I care, I just might find your response interesting. I ask because a very strange case was recently brought before a British employment tribunal, where a male…

April 26, 2012
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There's A Battle Over Your Minds

Holy classroom, Pumpkins! I feel like a goose’s liver being fattened for fois gras (although my liver became a “barely hangin’ on-er” in the ‘60’s). Training is being packed down our gullets like saline into a Baywatch Barby’s bazookas. …

April 24, 2012
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National Dentist's Day Is Coming Soon!

Mark your calendars, Pumpkins, because May 2nd is the very first annual Travel Agent’s Day! I can’t wait. Chocolates and flowers will be going down like men at a cheerleading convention. Dedicating the first Wednesday of May to travel…

April 19, 2012
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I'm All Atwitter

I like to think I’m still one of the cool kids Pumpkins. My thumbs can tap out a pretty good text on my spiffy new smartphone and I know that iPads aren’t for heavy days. I did have to flee…

April 16, 2012
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Uh, What Was I Saying?

God save us, Pumpkins! Mexico, Colombia and other drug-addled countries want to legalize marijuana. They compare the war on drugs to prohibition and say violence will decline in tandem with criminal profits. Frankly, I’m appalled… it’s reefer madness… it’s one…

April 12, 2012
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I Believe In You – Wherever You Are!

I am turning over a new leaf, Pumpkins. Or perhaps a bud, on this spring day, 2012. From this moment forth, I shall be the picture of positivity. A portender of propitious tidings. A complaint shall not pass these lips…

April 10, 2012
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That Butch Is So… Butch

There are 2 things I have learned in life, Pumpkins. One, virgins should never attend prison rodeos. Two, when Butch Stewart sets his sights on something – get out of the way. The man knows how to mount a marketing…

April 05, 2012
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I Really Hate Pastels

Is there anyone but the Queen Mother who could pull off pastels – and not look like … well, like the Queen Mother? Coloured chalk. Other than that, I love Easter, Bunnykins. All that peeping and stirring and burgeoning…

April 03, 2012
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Get Your Ship Together

Cruise mishaps are spreading like a virulent virus, dahrlings. It’s an epidemic out there!! One cruise line gets it, then boom – they’re passing accidentitis around like a cold sore. Reminds me of that Bonbonic plague that ravaged Europe…