Here’s the thing, a Kangaroo is Not a ThingA female kangaroo escaped from the Oshawa zoo on Friday morning. She spent the weekend on the lamb and was recaptured by the Durham police…Dec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
Why Cecil Still MattersI wrote this in 2015. So much has changed since then, but some things have stayed the same. I am reposting this because there has just been…Aug 14, 2021Aug 14, 2021
You Were PerfectEven as you were dying, you were perfect. The way you politely paced in the middle of the night to see if one of us might be sleeping…May 29, 20213May 29, 20213
Thank you for your patience, practicing veterinary medicine during a pandemicI recently read this tweet from a stand up comedian I follow:Mar 27, 2021Mar 27, 2021
Dear Human Hospitals — Veterinarians Have Found a Way to Say Goodbye to Dying Family Members.During COVID, veterinary hospitals have had to close to the public. The human public, that is. Curbside medicine, where the pet comes in…Jun 16, 20201Jun 16, 20201
Comedy for GoodSo a crazy thing happened recently. After a year of doing amateur stand up around Toronto, I actually made some money doing stand up! I am…Dec 14, 2019Dec 14, 2019
If only we could do something about bulldogsI was working at a booth at some sort of animal expo for my employer years ago. I was the only veterinarian there, so even though my…Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2019
Should we shine some light on the online trolls in veterinary medicine?Veterinarians are killing themselves. That is a fact. There are a lot of theories about why. It’s complicated. But one thing we know about…Oct 7, 20193Oct 7, 20193
Middle-Aged Lady ComedyIn my Second City comedy class I was old enough to be everyone’s mother. Except that I’m not a mother. I’m barren, which is one of my…Oct 6, 2019Oct 6, 2019
Media’s emotional blackmail is killing veterinariansEmotional blackmail is the new term being used to characterize the pressure that clients put on veterinarians to care for their pets, to…Mar 5, 201913Mar 5, 201913