The coke freestyle machine is the single worst user experience on earth. Sticky, unsanitary, hectic, inefficient, pointless. Shocked that this travesty not only exists—but that it’s celebrated.
My desert-island, go-to snack has been discontinued. I’ve loved these magnificent creations since I was two years old; they have been a constant for my entire life.
@DareFoodsCanada I implore you: do not go gentle into that good night. I’ll buy your entire stock.
In the April issue of @reviewcanada, I had the pleasure of going for a walk in the woods with Henry David Thoreau (via the latest from Helen Humphreys). @HarperCollinsCa
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When I was fourteen and learning to play guitar, my folks found @GreenDay lyrics in the printer and anxiously confronted me to ask if I needed to see a psychiatrist. This is the most 90s-hysteria moment I can imagine. #parentaladvisory
In my latest piece for @reviewcanada, I extoll the virtues of the Good Ol' Grateful Dead and Ray Robertson’s "All the Years Combine," out now from @biblioasis.
If you've never been paid to listen to Jerry and the boys: I highly recommend it.
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It's been three wonderful years, but my time at the @reviewcanada has come to an end. I'll forever be grateful to my wonderful colleagues and industry friends—thank you!
Twenty years ago, 55 million people lost power on the eastern seaboard. I was on a 36-day canoe trip in the Ontario wilderness, and didn't notice. That's some real magic, people.
There's only so much room in a printed magazine. So next Tuesday, July 25, the Literary Review of Canada will launch "Bookworm"—where we'll offer even more books coverage that you can't find anywhere else. Sign up at https://t.co/3uhUdtRSB7!
"The rough-and-tumble days of yesteryear left their marks."
From the July/August issue: @strizic reviews "My Paddle’s Keen and Bright: Summer Camp Stories" by Rika Ruebsaat, published by New Star Books.
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Anyone who has spent any amount of time with me knows I need almost no excuse to expound on the merits of canoeing, camping, and the Ontario wilderness—so the chance to review this book for the @reviewcanada was most welcome!
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"There is a strange romance tied to shipwrecks."
From the archives: Tom Jokinen on "The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald," edited by Michael Schumacher, published by @UMinnPress.
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