I’m anti-gush, which makes the saccarine overtones of Valentine’s Day hard for me to stomach.
But last Thursday, I got my hair chopped so I’d look slightly more like my avatar. I saw this sign outside my salon.
Just the Ewok Once-Over, Please
Last Thursday was also the day my humor column appeared in The Calgary Herald. It’s not sappy. Promise.
The Sharp End of Cupid’s Arrow
The column begins:
Cupid needs an update, a 21st-century makeover courtesy of an exhausted mother. Instead of a bow and arrow, I’d equip him with a semi-automatic weapon…
Click the red link above to read the rest.
I hope you can find something to laugh at today. Or someone. I’m okay if I’m that someone.
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In the anti-gush spirit of this day,
what’s your worst (or most hilarious) Valentine’s Day story?
Alternatively, would you go for a Wookie wax?
Leanne Shirtliffe is the mother of seven-year-old twins, Thing 1 and Thing 2. She lived in Asia for eight years, which turned out to be a build-your-own-family adventure. Leanne writes for Nickelodeon and pens a humour column for The Calgary Herald. She is represented by Jill Marr of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency in California. 
