I think by now it should go without saying that I am a big fan of all things social media. Aside from the fact that the general field of social media is at the core of what I do professionally (I’m the director of social media and communications at Quinte Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and read more
Why I won’t be running the Walt Disney World Wine & Dine half marathon this year (even though I really, REALLY want to)
March 12, 2013 – 7:30 am
Sigh. Today is a sad day. Granted, it’s only sad for the most superficial of reasons, but still… Today is the day that registration for the Walt Disney World Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend opens up. When I came home from running the Tinkerbell Half Marathon in January, I had every intention of signing read more
Unexpected inspiration from International Women’s Day 2013: A reflection
March 11, 2013 – 9:42 am
Last Friday was International Women’s Day: a day dedicated to celebrating women and their achievements both today and throughout history, the world over. I originally thought that I wanted to write something for the day but I couldn’t think of a story to tell that was any more impactful than the stories that were already read more
Better late than never: My review of PodCamp Toronto 2013
March 7, 2013 – 10:25 am
Well, at this point PodCamp Toronto has come and gone. I mean, seriously – it was almost a week and a half ago. It wasn’t my intention to wait this long to recap my experience and the more time that passed the more I wondered if it was even worth writing about anymore. Which isn’t read more
Of PodCamp and iPads
February 21, 2013 – 7:09 pm
I’m going to go ahead and say that one of the main reasons that I haven’t use my iPad as often as I’d like is because I HATE the virtual keyboard. It’s fine for tweeting or writing a quick e-mail but beyond that it’s a huge pain in the posterior. I mean, have you ever read more
Things like this make me sad
February 20, 2013 – 7:30 am
Around the beginning of last summer, I made a decision. It was a decision that was partially inspired by the author and all around awesome guy, John Green and his advocacy on the matter. It was also somewhat driven by a certain degree of location-based guilt. The Decision was to make all of my book purchases from read more
It’s that time again: Help me raise $500 for charity and force me to run a half marathon! HOORAY!
February 12, 2013 – 7:30 am
The thing about saying that you’re going to do something is that it’s all talk until you commit in some kind official capacity. When it comes to running a race, the point of commitment for me is always registration. You toss your name into the ring and hand over the fee (which usually isn’t chump read more
Reviewing my Fitness Goals and the #Distance13 After Party
February 6, 2013 – 1:27 pm
Throughout the month of January I took part in an interesting online fitness challenge called Go the Distance 2013. Blog- and Facebook-based, the challenge was organized by Morgan (Life After Bagels), Krysten (Misadventures of a Darwinian Fail), Jess (Truly Into Fitness), and Robyn (Robyn Baldwin.com)– an amazing bunch of health and fitness bloggers and all read more
HURRY HARD: Finding fun in unexpected places
February 5, 2013 – 7:30 am
When I was in the fifth grade I lived in a tiny prairie village an hour outside of Medicine Hat, Alberta. It had a population of maybe 100 and took about 10 minutes to walk from one end to the other. Our school was home to 75 students, most of which obviously came from elsewhere read more
Paying your vet bills and other adventures in adulthood
January 30, 2013 – 12:25 pm
If you live anywhere in Southern Ontario, then there’s a pretty good chance that you too experienced the freezing rain extravaganza that was our weather yesterday. It started off pretty innocuously but by mid-afternoon and onward it was a straight-up gross-fest. I had spent my day avoiding the roads as much as possible (my single read more
