How Are We All Doing?

Yep, that’s the question. How are we all doing? For me, November is one of the tougher months to get through, so I figured I’d do a check-in. Drop something in the comments if you’re feeling it too. Honestly, I think November might be a harder month than the usual poster child for feeling down: February.

February gets all the blame for being grey, miserable, and never-ending, but November quietly sneaks in with its own brand of heaviness. The days get shorter in a way you can actually feel. One day you’re having dinner in daylight, and the next you’d swear midnight starts at 5:07 p.m. You step outside, and the air has that sharp edge that reminds you winter is auditioning. The first snow shows up uninvited, wet and clingy, just to remind you what’s coming.

Teens In Winter: The Annual Negotiation That Makes Zero Sense

Parenting teenagers in Canada during winter is like arguing with a person who fundamentally believes they are immune to the laws of thermodynamics. You can show them sideways snow, minus 20 wind chill, ice pellets hitting the window like BB gun fire…and they’ll still walk out the door in a hoodie like they’re genetically engineered for a climate-controlled mall. Every generation thinks they invented rebellion. Today’s teens seem convinced they’ve also invented not needing a core body temperature.

There is this cultural myth that you get better at parenting the older your kids get. I’m here to report that is absolute nonsense. Parenting teenagers is mostly bargaining, strategic surrender, and muttering to yourself in the backyard while pretending to take out recycling that isn’t even full.

This is the winter version.

BBQ Trends in 2026: Why It’s Time to Break the Loop (Big Green Egg Focused)

Let’s be honest, BBQ has been stuck in neutral for way too long. Same cuts. Same smoke arguments. Same flexing about who can cook the longest without sleeping. But 2026 is going to be different. The way we cook, shop, plan weekends, deal with the weather, and use tech is shifting. I’ve been firing up my Big Green Egg for years, and let me tell you: BBQ can start to feel repetative and “been there, done that”.

It is time that BBQ stops being a historical reenactment and starts evolving into something smarter, more global, and a lot more future-proof. The Big Green Egg isn’t just part of this shift…it’s one of the tools that makes this evolution possible. Hold for dramatic pause.

I Missed the Last Time the Toronto Blue Jays Won the World Series

We all know the story. It has been 32 long years since the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series. But Friday night (or Saturday), that could all come to an end. The Jays are one win away from completing one of the most improbable feats I can remember. They are this close to pulling off the last-to-first miracle, and all that stands between them is an LA Dodgers team that looks shell-shocked. But enough about that. What I want to share with you is my memories of the last time the Jays won it all and Joe Carter became a living legend in the process.

New TV Shows Premiering in November 2025

A new month, a new list of TV shows ready to clog up your watchlist. November brings everything from high-concept sci-fi and mystery thrillers to the return of one of my favourite shows of 2024. Yes, American Thanksgiving is looming, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time for TV watching. Here’s what I will be checking out in November.

When Teens Get Nostalgic for a Life That’s Only Just Begun

It caught me off guard. My oldest son, now sixteen and firmly in the “don’t make a big deal out of anything” phase, casually asked if we were going to do a family walk on Thanksgiving. It was something we used to do when the kids were little, mostly due to needing something to do when all the usual options were closed. You know the walk. A post-breakfast shuffle through a local neighbourhood, everyone bundled up, and ideally enjoying themselves.