by Erin MacNair | Feb 13, 2014 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
I complimented a woman at the gym on her hair. “Thank you!” She tittered. “It takes time, but so does my body. I have to come here EVERY DAY if I want to maintain. I mean, that’s all it is now, at our age.” Wait, was I her age? “It’s constant. The second you stop, the...
by Erin MacNair | Jan 19, 2014 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
Weary parents filed into the library, eschewing responsibilities of soccer night or book club in order to find out what exactly our kids would be hearing over the next few days. They were going to have the “sex talk”, not by us, but in a packaged and appropriately...
by Erin MacNair | Jan 4, 2014 | Public Service Announcements, Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT # 633: HANGOVERS WITH CHILDREN ARE MUCH, MUCH WORSE. Almost everyone has an initial run in with over-imbibing. We call it a “hangover” because it can end with your face hanging over the toilet. Pre-kids, I had a few hangovers, sure. They...
by Erin MacNair | Dec 24, 2013 | Truly Embarrassing Tales, Welcome
“Mom, Santa is real, right?” My daughter asked me imploringly, looking up with wide eyes. These things always happen at inopportune moments. Lying, that is. “Of course he is, “I smiled convincingly, putting bagels into the grocery cart and hoping I was pulling it off....
by Erin MacNair | Dec 5, 2013 | Random Bits, Welcome
I was perusing the gossip magazines while going through the grocery queue, the ones you only read when you’re stuck in line (and at the hairdressers). You feel really guilty about it too, because you know you’ve actually killed a few brain cells digesting the news of...
by Erin MacNair | Nov 21, 2013 | Random Bits, Welcome
“I need more humour in my life,” my girlfriend stated with a sigh. She expressed what we all, at times, feel: a good laugh is needed, but seems hard to come by. We decided to take decisive action; share silly internet links, go and watch live comedy, send random texts...
