June 28, 2011
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Beware Of Old Ladies Packing Diapers

Crack airport security teams in the states have blown open a case of nappy wearing grannies. It all started when a suspect — a 95 year old woman, Caucasian, approximately 5′ 2″, weighing 105 pounds, wheelchair bound — attempted to…

June 23, 2011
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What's With The Cottage?

There’s a big stink in TO today because Mayor Ford won’t march in the Pride Parade. I was sort of looking forward to his fleshy fanny spreading a pair of chaps. (You know what they say about the loudest homophobes…)…

June 21, 2011
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Oh Behave!

I’ve endured a 10 year sentence of Open Jaw, Pumpkins. June 21st 2001, the two numb nuts over here thought they would change the world by pushing a button. “We’re Live! We’re Live!”… “How many hits now?” … ”What about…

June 16, 2011
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Too Much Poking Among Friends

Like all natural and unnatural flows of the universe, Pumpkins, even Facebook’s world domination is waning. Seems the over-socialized cyber organism may have passed its peak. Over-poked the mark, as it were. Over the last two months, six million users…

June 13, 2011
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The Dumbification Of Travel

It’s not enough to have a vacation anymore, Pumpkins. No, no. Our vacations now have to have names. Which basically means you come up with something – anything, really – and add ‘cation’ to it. So far there are…

June 08, 2011
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Deep Down, We're All Thelma & Louise

It’s been twenty years since women displayed Technicolor balls in big screen splendour. Twenty years of Thelma & Louise’s taking to the road on their own. Hiking, exploring, touring through all corners of the world. Hear me roar. I fear…

June 03, 2011
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Let's Not Confuse Facts With Fiction

Seems ACTA is disappointed in itself, Pumpkins. Well, join the club, dahrlings. The rest of us have been disappointed in ACTA since 1977. Having fully endorsed and supported a TICO fee increase, ACTA now claims to be “disappointed with…

May 31, 2011
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Holland Cuts Tourists' Grass

May was Dutch heritage month, in case you didn’t know it, Pumpkins. And it’s during this vital rapprochement of our two countries that the cheese heads decide to enact what amounts to a ‘ban the tourist’ edict. Come 2012,…

May 27, 2011
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Safety First

I am absolutely tickled about the latest security news, dahrlings. 800 Canadian airport security screeners have been given the boot. Which can only mean one thing: yes, Pumpkins, the worst must be over. If Toronto – the busiest airport…

May 24, 2011
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The Day PR Ate Travel

You may not have been swallowed up by the Rapture this weekend, Pumpkins, but the world as we know it did come to an end. A foul fungus is choking the life out of travel. It feeds off the innocent…