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Don’t Get Too Good at Golf
- The Gazette, Montreal
With the golf season firmly upon us, a lot of you weekend hackers out there are probably cleaning (and possibly hammering the dents out of) your golf clubs and preparing for another serious round of "improving your game."
Well I have one word of advice for you: DON'T.
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A Comic’s Life No Laughing Matter
As a comedian comic, my annual income is listed just below "Peace Corps Volunteer" in the Statistics Canada ratings. So I guess you could say, I'm broke. But worse than being broke in general, is being broke in Toronto is a special kind of isolation.
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CANADA DRY – A Message to Ireland From Steve Patterson
Hello HOTPRESS! How are ya? My name is Steve Patterson and I'm a Canadian comic (now let's let the therapy begin).
- Hot Press
I'm the youngest of five sons and my next brother up is nine years older. He is also a boxer, which made for very painful "play fights" when I was young. I mention this because it pretty much answers the question "how do you deal with hecklers?" When you've been the recipient of years of hard, well-placed right hooks, some guy yelling ‘that's not funny' doesn't really faze you.
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Finances 101
- The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax
Now that you’ve snagged that student loan, your money woes are over, right? Not so fast, says a guy who’s been through the college student’s financial wringer.
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The Recession, According to my Mac Dictionary