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We're all pretty lucky to be living in Canada and the USA. It's too easy to take life here for granted. I was reminded of this recently when I watched a good friend of ours at a swearing in ceremony to become a Canadian citizen.

After moving to Toronto from Buenos Aires, Argentina 4 years ago, Julio worked a series of odd jobs - whatever it took to pay the bills, to hone his language skills...
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A paparazzo trying to photograph Matthew McConaughey at the beach told police he was attacked by a mob of surfers who threw his ...

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We couldn't agree more with this post from Fabulously Broke...

It may be trivial but I hate it when women who are really pro-woman and feminists start spelling "woman" as "womyn", because they don't want the association with a man because they're their own "WOMYN" and not "WO-MAN", as a possessive of man. I see a couple of things wrong with this

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Another interesting piece from USAToday...

Ricki Lake is firing back at physicians groups that have singled her out for bringing attention to at-home childbirth.

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This is why our husbands and boyfriends may (on the very rarest of occasions) be right about silly women. From AskPatty...

A friend sent me this link today to tell me about a woman in Orem, Utah, whose car battery died, locking her inside her own car. Apparently, when police...

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"Fill 'er up!" Not bloody likely. It's more like I wonder how far I can get on $10 worth...

Not very far. (Not even at the O.P.I. counter!)

And yet, when I received a forwarded email today about boycotting gas stations on a certain day in the hopes of causing a price war, I rolled my eyes. Why? Because boycotts don't work.

You may not realize that most gas stations are franchises, meaning...
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Fashion industry giant YSL died this weekend. The sad news from USAToday...

Yves Saint Laurent, the iconic French designer who revolutionized fashion by putting women in pants without sacrificing their ...

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Sad news in Hollywood, from USAToday...

Sydney Pollack began his career as an actor, then frequently continued as one, even after winning producing and directing Oscars ...

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Another hilarious read from Fabulously Broke in the City (seriously, you should read this! especially if you use public transit)...

Seriously lady, when the entire train was near empty, what possessed you to decide to squeeze your lemon yellow ass in between the short space, JUST SO you could have the inside window seat on the RIGHT hand side of the train?

Didn’t you see that I was...
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Another new week, and we're into May! Even the Canadians will be feeling some spring by now which should put everyone in a good mood. I spent this weekend mucking out some much neglected flower beds and afterward a good deal of time lying on the couch aching and whining. I guess the 6-month workout hiatus may not have been such a fab idea after all.

Well, a new day and a fresh bag of coffee...
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