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Tag Archives: drinking
Simply mad about the booze
It seems not even sobriety will be saved from enjoying a made-for-Instagram moment, with new hashtaggable terms like “mindful drinking” and “sober curious.” No longer do you have to feel left out or uncool for being sober. You maybe don’t … Continue reading
Posted in It Could Happen...
Tagged Cocktails, drinking, fads, humor, millennials, mindful drinking, New York Times, parody, sober curious, sobriety, trends
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Three Minutes of Gardening and 30 Seconds of Heavy Drinking: Endless Winter Edition
Hello, and welcome to “Three Minutes of Gardening and 30 Seconds of Heavy Drinking.” I’m your host, Garland Faunt-Lubberly. As I gaze out the window of my humble cottage onto the fields filled with snow and the occasional corpse of … Continue reading
Posted in Reading? Ugh!
Tagged drinking, endless winter, gardening, Garland Faunt-Lubberly, humour, parody, spring
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Hell is sober people
Having consumed my entire life’s quota of alcohol during the first half of my adult life, I no longer drink at all. Recently, though, I had to attend a work-related reception and dinner in Montreal, and though I did not … Continue reading
Posted in It Could Happen...
Tagged alcohol, drinking, humor, poop emoji, sobriety, social functions, socializing sober
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Drinking Tips for Teens ’84
Another excursion into my teen journals. I was 18 when I wrote this, in the spring of 1984, and I think now that, at that age, I should have had it more together. But it was still high school, my … Continue reading
Posted in It Really Did Happen!
Tagged 1984, angst, drinking, driving in cars, memories, nostalgia, teen years, teenagers
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Rugby: not for the faint-hearted (parent)
In the 11 years I’ve been writing a newspaper column, I’ve received hate mail only two times. These being Townships readers, though, it was more like strong-dislike mail. Peevish mail, tops. The first was when I suggested that curling, like … Continue reading
Posted in Family - whadya gonna do?, It Really Did Happen!
Tagged children, drinking, family, hate mail, humor, parenthood, rugby, rules of rugby, women in sports
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A stiff one
Winter in Canada: an endless, bleak landscape of snow and cold, without hope or pity, the unrelenting harshness chipping away at your very humanity – unless you’re a visitor to our fair province, in which case, “Bienvenue! Joie d’hiver! Pull … Continue reading
Posted in Canada and/or Quebec, Holidays, Never Happened
Tagged alcohol, Canada, drink recipes, drinking, humor, Quebec, satire, warming up, winter
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Drinking Tips for Teens: Prom Edition
At high schools across the land, soon-to-be-graduates are thinking about their future. They’re thinking about their future after-parties on prom night and how they’re going to score some booze. Because the drinking age in Quebec is 18 and because most … Continue reading
Posted in Family - whadya gonna do?, It Could Happen...
Tagged alcohol, Canada, drinking, family, graduation, humor, humour, kids, parenting, prom, Quebec, satire, teens and drinking
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