Alex Carrick’s Blog

In the quest for mates, various species of Canadian males have their own unique and surprisingly successful “pick-up” or “come-on” lines they use in drinking establishments, shopping mall food courts and wherever else potential female companionship is to be found.   Here are a few of them. I know these are effective, because I’ve tried several […]

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Since the purpose of a blog may partly be to make arbitrary and outrageous (sometimes silly?) statements, let me say that most interests in life can be categorized to one of five “f’s” – food, fashion, finances, family and fun.   I used to worry about the fact that in my blog entries, I have […]

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The Carrick family just replaced its old van with a new one. We’re quite pleased with it. It’s pretty much the same make and model as what we had before, but with some extra features – more storage space and hide-away back seats, as two examples.   The new van is a 2008 model and […]

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Economists are not really known for being funny. Let me give you an example.   You know the old joke about a man who falls out of a plane and on the way down, he passes another man shooting upward. The first man says, “Do you know anything about parachutes?”

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Once again, last night, the tooth fairy missed coming to our house. Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence. Donna is concerned this paints a poor picture of us as parents.   At least Donna feels guilty. It hardly even registers with me. 

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If you live in Canada, then you have to know a thing or two about driving in snow. The first thing I know is that I don’t like it.   In fact, I hate snowstorms. When I have to drive anywhere in a snowstorm, I mentally map out the easiest route. That means the flattest […]

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What’s with the Canadian obsession for categorizing our artists according to numbers? There is the Group of Seven, Painters 11 and the Regina Five, for starters. We’re not the only nation to do this. The Americans had The Eight and I am sure that there are many other examples around the world. However, we may be unique in not being able to count.

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Who’s in charge of the proposed coalition in Canada’s Parliament?   I’ve written before about how political and entertainment celebrities have the potential to work at Wal-Mart as greeters once they retire. With the current recession and possible job losses, these career moves may have to be brought forward.  

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It’s fun to take a well-known phrase, one that is crying out for a punch line, and see what you can do with it.   It doesn’t have to be too literal or necessarily even make that much sense, as long as it brings a smile to your face.   Free associate and see where […]

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The following is an old joke that I have expanded, embellished and tried to make more visual. It helps if you stand up and run around the room, as described below, but I’ll leave that up to your discretion. Here goes. 

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