City Slicker Definition & Meaning
Life there doesn’t confuse me, but it’s no longer what I’m accustomed to. I’ve become a real city slicker.
Category Archives: Canada
Swings and Roundabouts
Vowel merges have led multiple people to mistake my tale about seeing the ferry with spotting a fairy or my ponderings about Frodo and Merry as Frodo and Mary.
Canadian Thanksgiving
No parades or football games or absurd shopping sales muddle the meaning.
Ten Albums
I’d time the queue so that the lyric “can’t figure out / how I’m gonna get through the next 10 minutes” played as we arrived at the pitch.
Finding Home
We could’ve seen the excessive nail-marks in the wall as holes, but we chose to see them as opportunities—convenient holders for tiki umbrellas during our tropical-themed party.
The Banana Tree and Me
It seemed like half our kitchen had been taken up by the banana tree, bringing a bit of the tropics into snowy Wisconsin.
“Come for tea, my people” and Other Mistaken Christmas Lyrics
An invitation to tea with the Lord sounds, well, heavenly.
I Think You Should Listen to This Album
Ramsay is creating a version of himself who can create a masterpiece, even if he is destroyed in the process.
My Bible
I can’t explain, even to myself, why I’ve taken such pains to keep one previous owner’s “Streaky Bay Parish Announcer” bulletin from December ’65 in its proper page.
The Amateur Canadian’s Guide to Life North of the Border
Even though I haven’t yet tried poutine and don’t really know where Manitoba is, I’ve observed enough fun quirks about Canada and Toronto to share.
