Sean McCormick

Not A Pharmacare In The World

by Sean McCormick
Those of you who were salivating over the prospect of a national pharmacare program (I’m guessing that would be the people who don’t have decent coverage through an employer), are out of luck — at least for the time being: Prime Minister Paul Martin cold-shouldered the idea of a national pharmacare plan Thursday, suggesting the ... Read More

Weight Watchers Is Cheaper

by Sean McCormick
The $13.91 I pay each week for my Weight Watchers (WW) membership seems cheap by comparison to what some Canadians are putting themselves through: Obese Canadians are heading to the U.S. for weight reduction surgery, frustrated with having to wait as long as six years for the procedure in Canada. Desperate men and women from ... Read More

Currie-ing Favour

by Sean McCormick
B.C. blogger extraordinaire Jay Currie is experiencing a bit of a crunch right now. As a freelance writer myself, I know what it feels like to do some work for a client and then have the payment come in altogether too late. So I’d like to help out. For the next thirty days I will ... Read More

ParticipAction Is Evil

by Sean McCormick
If I had to name the two things I hated most in elementary school they would be PhyEd class in general and the ParticipAction program in particular. Being born with a congenital heart defect forced me to sit out the more aerobic activities (lest my heart go into fibrillation) and I was miserable about it, ... Read More

More Wives Than You Can Shake A Stick At

by Sean McCormick
Little known fact: I used to be a Mormon. Really. I was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints back in 1999. I didn’t leave as a result of the excommunication, rather, I had to force the issue (by subscribing the Stake President to the vilest XXX publication I could find) ... Read More

An Artful Shakedown

by Sean McCormick
For those of you who aren’t in the know, Ray and I are both avid photographers. Not only that, but we also sell prints of our work. (Hint! Hint!). Alas, neither of us has made enough money from our print sales that we can each afford our own Marla Maples. (Yet.) This simply will not ... Read More

Doing My Bit Pt. 3

by Sean McCormick
I’ve had a few e-mails asking how the health kick is going, so I figured it was probably time for another update. As of this morning, my weight is down to 239.2 lbs, for a total loss of 20.2 lbs in six weeks. Losing four more pounds will put me at my “marriage” weight. If ... Read More

Darwin Award Contenders

by Sean McCormick
While I don’t think getting yourself killed by fleeing the police in a high-speed chase is notable enough to garner a Darwin Award these days, the fact that these two Edmonton youths managed to kill themselves before (one hopes) reproducing their faulty genes should technically qualify them for the award: The Edmonton police force will ... Read More

Shock To The System

by Sean McCormick
I bought a new bathroom scale last week. The purchase was necessary as my old scale was off by so much (25 lbs) that it was starting to give results that invoked the specter of this past June’s election polls. So I stopped in at a local fitness store and asked to be shown the ... Read More

Ralphie’s Hangover Helper

by Sean McCormick
I’ve got the worst hangover ever! I’m crawling to the bathroom again It hurts so bad that I’m never gonna drink again And by my seventh shot I was invincible I would’ve never thought I’d be this miserable (WOOOOOH OOHHH OHHH) — The Worst Hangover, by The Offspring Got one of those nasty I think ... Read More