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Freelance writer, most notably for CBC's 22 Minutes. Huge fan of road trips, bands with good harmonies and prosciutto-wrapped anything.

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined December 2009
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Pierre Poilievre is a regular guy.
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“How many novels are getting written during quarantine where the protagonist is grappling with writing a novel during quarantine?” wondered a guy as he tweeted between grapples.
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Holy crap @TrueNewEden is amazing! Congrats @evanyrosen and @KaylaLorette and everyone involved.
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Always a pleasure to chat with you, Mark! You are delightful in every way. So happy to be able to teach you a few things about comedy. – at Halifax, Nova Scotia
I truly Love @tessavirtue and @ScottMoir They are as kind as they are talented. So happy to be able to show them a few things about skating for @22_Minutes
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From the twisted minds of @StephenKing and 22 Minutes...
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Exclusive: Andrew Scheer discusses dual American-Canadian citizenship
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#HurricaneDorain is giving me the opportunity I needed to Marie Kondo my fridge. #NSStorm
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How long until sharing memes is considered as lame as sharing email forwards?
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It’s weird how language evolves. For example: the West Coast Canadian accent in Whistler sounds a lot like an Australian accent.
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A 3-legged dog just walked by my house and my dog barked like he wanted to kill it. This is how parents must feel when they learn their kid is a bully.
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Great time at The Carleton taking part in a panel for The Writers’ Federation of N.S. about life in the writers’ room of 22 Minutes! Photo by Trevor Murphy of Pigeon Row. instagram.com/p/BtTrWk0nZWd/…
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That headline does not end how you think it will ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/world-s…
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This headline gets better as it goes! teapaw.org/Newsweek/status/106814…
Arizona man carrying handgun in waistband shoots himself in the groin in Walmart meat department bit.ly/2E3Pu7d
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…but the laugh track will keep going until 2050. teapaw.org/i/moments/103233497929…
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Not a big comic book guy but I assume The Religious Liberty Task Force is part of the (Washington) DC universe?
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Rewatching Justified and I'm at the point where Michael Rapaport is from somewhere other than New York, and Will Sasso and Dave Foley are gangsters. Skip this season?