By: Lisa Brownman | 2009-04-13 | Humor receiving funny pranks and funny gifts. It is not as if buying a gag gift is easy, one must think about the read more
By: Lisa Brownman | 2010-01-10 | Humor your face, or may cause an ugly scene in a party. The idea behind giving the funny gifts is not to hurt read more
By: Paul Waddington | 2010-05-29 | Relationships "I went to see the psychiatrist the other day, he reckons I''m paranoid - he didn''t say so but I read more
By: Terri Lemmon | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking WHAT WE WON''T DO FOR OUR CHILDREN Anymore it seems like every lady you see is packing a small dog read more
By: Lloyd Gordon | 2008-12-18 | Home & Family Light hearted article about our special relationships with chocolate. Chocolate is popular for one reason, and one reason only. We love it! and sometimes our love for it can result in quite irrational behaviour. read more
By: Jem Gedwing | 2010-06-03 | Relationships Some people are naturally funny and some need a little ''tweaking''. It really is as simple as that read more
By: Lisa McGee | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking It was going to be one of those great mornings. Somehow the household gods had looked down upon me and smiled. We had ten minutes to get to school and everyone and everything was ready to go: 18 homemade super fudge, super large brownies ready to go? Check. read more
By: Alona | 2010-06-04 | Writing & Speaking Don''t get me wrong. I love animals. I absolutely love them. I love to pet them and play with them and admire them and then give them back. I really don''t like animals in my house, however. I just don''t like it. read more
By: Ann Henderson | 2010-06-01 | Writing & Speaking The U.S. economy is hurting. We have a Presidential election only days away and nerves are beginning to show on the faces of our people. Hundred-pound English Labs, however, don''t know or care about things of this nature. read more
By: Laureen Manera | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking Where do I begin with this one? My family has had so many weird pets over the years it''s hard to remember all of them. I guess I''ll start with one of the first: 1. Snowflake the Brainless Cat My mother found her as a tiny kitten sitting in the middle of the street. read more
By: Patrick Corcoran | 2010-06-01 | Writing & Speaking With the exception that there was no loss of life and it wasn''t Valentine''s Day, it was an incident that could easily have surpassed the Valentine''s Day Massacre. My wife likes birds as pets. That in itself is hard for me to understand. read more
By: Ted Truscott | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking Zoe is a Good Dog... Zoe is a good dog. Actually, she is a good ol'' dog. She takes being good very seriously. Zoe is our adopted-foster-grand-dog. Tishi is her sister, four years younger. They are border collies from Fort St. John in Northern British Columbia. read more
By: Matthew Dearden | 2010-05-30 | Writing & Speaking One of the more terrifying experiences of my life began one morning at about 7:15 when I was still lying in my bed in the basement of my house back home after an especially good night of sleep. The morning was just like any other except that I was awakened from my sleep by a blood curdling scream. read more
By: Gina Dahlstrom | 2010-06-03 | Parenting I married late, when I was 28. My In-laws seems overly anxious that I get pregnant soon after the wedding, but I resisted for two years. I knew full well what a handful children can be. I had no romantic or unrealistic notions, mainly because I am the oldest child of eight. read more
By: Carey Rutherford | 2010-06-03 | Parenting All I ever hear over and over again is "Be Prepared." I feel like I''m in Lion King, and Scar is dancing around with hyenas exulting in his planned destruction of the hierarchy, No wonder it sound like Shakespeare. read more
By: Renee Hill | 2010-06-03 | Parenting I was at home with my 2 of my 3 daughters who were aged 5 and 3 at the time and my husband was at work. read more
By: feathers | 2010-06-03 | Parenting THE MANGO TEA INCIDENT I''m a huge fan of the queen of fruit, so I was delighted when given a box a mango tea. I boiled up the kettle and made myself a pot. Sat on the verandah drinking it and watching my 4 year old son play one of his favourite games. read more