The Week of Mayhem is back for round 2, so for this Mad Scientist Monday, I direct you to Sci/Why, a group blog written by an amazing team of Canadian children’s science writers. There’s a really diverse range of ... Read More
So I’ve been re-watching Friends on DVD, which is a thing I do every couple years. I went to high school and university in the 1990s, after all, and I still catch myself using Chandlerisms like “That is so ... Read More
I’m on the 18th day of a 19th day work week, and there is very little brain left for blogging. Therefore, cute animals! Enjoy. 🙂 Read More
In Fox Talk, I describe experiments done on wolves and dogs and domestic foxes, to test their ability to understand human pointing gestures. Comparisons showed that dogs and foxes are better at using human body language, even without prior ... Read More
There are a lot of contenders for world’s cutest mammal. My cats, to begin with, who not only know they are cute, but who will periodically do something cute, then glance over at me to see if I’ve noticed, ... Read More
Thanks so much to Crystal Garrett and the Global Morning News for inviting me to talk about foxes on the show! It was a lot of fun and over so quickly I didn’t have time to get nervous, which ... Read More
Science stuff will return for next week’s Mad Scientist Monday – today, in honour of Remembrance Day, I want to talk about my grandpa. This is him – Stan Carmichael, who served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry ... Read More
As if Sharknado weren’t bad enough, the actual, real life sharks are headed this way. A great white was caught in the Bay of Fundy in 2011, and a white tagged in Florida was just tracked to the coast ... Read More
INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup corn syrup dash of vanilla pinch of salt 3/4 tsp baking soda DIRECTIONS: Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar and corn syrup, stir well. ... Read More
Are you old enough to remember when Jurassic Park first came out? I’ll never forget seeing it for the first time. It was the summer after 10th grade, and Kelsey and Julie-Ann and I (three of the four Sisters ... Read More
If we’re lucky, we make a friend we can say anything to. A friend who’s seen us at our worst and inexplicably loves us still. A friend who knows where the bodies are buried, because she picked the spot ... Read More
You win digital candy if you can figure out: – what I’m dressed as – why I think it’s so hilarious, when in fact it’s mostly just sad Bonus points if you can answer the second one in a ... Read More
Domestic foxes would probably argue that in fact, they get free lunches all the time, but their cousins in the wild don’t have it so easy. Foxes in the wild not only have to find their own food, but ... Read More
Halloween is just a few days away, and I’ve got to admit, I’m a big-time party pooper this year. I won’t be decorating my house, even though I have access to a mannequin who has previously played witch, corpse, ... Read More
…you can ensure your preparedness for the zombie apocalype at this helpful store I saw in Orlando, Florida. Alternatively, you can bunk with my Dad, whose habit of purchasing cleaning supplies at Costco ensures he’ll have the cleanest toilets ... Read More
News. Sit-Coms. The Discovery Channel. The latest “reality” drama.  No matter what you’re tuning in to, you might want to turn it off. According to a 2011 study, television does more than rot your brain: it shortens your ... Read More
At least three people have sent me this video, and since it’s been a long week full of jet lag and putting out fires, I figured I would share: In case you’re wondering, the fox says whine, pant, cackle, ... Read More
For everyone who went looking for the ebook edition of Fox Talk and couldn’t find it – first, thank you! Second, I am really sorry. The ebook was scheduled for release on October 5, but at the last minute, ... Read More