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JONESIE: Sometimes I should just shut up
My neighbour’s a good guy. Usually I only see him over the fence. He works many nights and most weekends on his yard, often with his family tending fruit trees, scaling ladders, moving dirt and rock. I’m usually wearing painting shorts, Crocs and a wife-beater and I wave at them from Dandelion Alley secretly hating...
JONESIE: Why no one’s bringing back the fanny pack—for men
It’s not fair that I am still wearing this stupid jacket.
JONESIE: Time to move on from this old house
I suppose it’s a natural evolution but it sure doesn’t feel that way. As families grow, old bits slough off and we have to say good-bye with a For Sale sign. We are moving from our little house, our home for the last 15 years. And since that damn sign went up out front, I’ve...
JONESIE: The trouble with apologies
So yes, I was grumpy. Fine, I admit it. I’d already spent 15 hours of a badly-needed weekend behind the wheel. So there’s that. And my trip was to Calgary and back so needn't say more, right? But so what, big deal. “This isn’t a 'purple truck,'” my wife said. “And it’s not a truck,...
JONESIE: Sorting fragile secrets one email at a time
Sorry, Mrs. Lee, I’m not returning your email. Nice try, but you know darn well I didn’t place an order with your shipping company. I won’t be hiring programmers from India, either. No, I don’t need your SEO. I don’t care if he's a Nigerian prince, I am not giving you access to my bank...
JONESIE: Just because you can say it, doesn’t mean you should
I must be getting old because I think I’m feeling nostalgic for old rules in the news publishing business. Doesn’t sound like me. Old newspaper rules that make no sense today must fade out, change or die. Publish a submitted news release? For some, sure, why not? Space isn’t a problem and re-writing press releases...
JONESIE: Don’t let do-gooders hijack distracted drivers
Someone needs to stop the do-gooders. Please. Before it’s too late. They’re gathering their minivans together like locusts, feasting on good sense, forcing politicians to flee like wasteland farmers to Victoria to do something, anything. Because WON’T ANYBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN? If someone doesn’t rein them in, your days of 'distracted driving' and mine...