Sitemap - 2022 - The Remarkable Fools Letter

what is a remarkable fool?

Finding scraps, making magic

once the horse has thrown you

The difference between could and should

On letting go of my credential and lessening cognitive load

Lotto Lullibies

Some assembly required

on the power of satisfaction

It hurts ether way

Staggering past the finish line

Petrochemical dreams

The show

Vaseline in Psychotherapy

Prime Time Van Life

Space Bubbles!

Confusion about fission

Head sheds

Working on set today

Fusion of fission?

on trying to be funny

Taking the temperature

When people recoil

On doing what you're doing

Why the long face?

Holiday gift ideas

Tis the season

On following yourself

On finding your voice

Litmus music

Recoiling leadership

Olympic originalists

Blog posts are like snow

Fourth times a charm?

Don't wear spandex on Mackintosh Run

I would play hockey without a helmet

When you want to keep up

Do it yourself dog grooming

In the thicket

What to do when you're stuck

Purposefully Annoyed

The final push

How to finish the snacks

Will your Tesla brake for mastodons?

Flatulent ideas

That's not sandblasting!

chosen stuckness

Sticky vs stuck

Up and out

On getting pulled into things

Riding bikes with my mom

What's the most dangerous thing at a wedding?

a bit about endings and

On beginnings

Getting closer to Cordelia

On Forms of Vitality

the weight of play

How to ruminate effectively

What to do when the universe messes with you?

the fool and the fly

it's almost my birthday and

grit and grime

Flows with the bros

Remarkable fools never get lost

The advantages of being a mime

Getting ready for cold times

I didn't write about the cat on the leash

Forty two days

Smoothies and lumpies

Soft and foggy

Eating sunbeams

The third consideration

Some songs don't belong at weddings

Investing in personal waste management

The answer to everything

chasing pigs

Bushwacking with Brent

On being and becoming

on colliding plates

Beware of moose

On being a human wood chipper

on the joys of fresh asphalt

Making my way like Ginger Rogers

A view from the top

I was up next

What colour is your hard hat?

On Bill Murray and the practice of acrophobia

on developing a new habit

Arriving just in time

Bob Dylan's best work

Is this really happening?

From board stretchers to buttfors

Molly the capable, was a clown school failure

Sheryl Crow told me so

Boring people are great

Plumbing part three

when in doubt?

Ragnarock end of life services

blissful disconnection

The limits of being prepared

Waiting for Fiona

When you buy plywood

On the importance of sensible footware

holding the stupid end of the tape

Watch out for turkey necks

competing with nine year olds

Stage fright at the horse show

bringing home Trevor

Hinge joints and pee traps

One more wave

The cure for impostor syndrome

yesterday, I was 'that guy'

on delightful violence

after dark with the animals

Did Lizzie Surf?

Listen to The Poo Fairy

Foolish success

Micro chip your voice

Emotional Labor Day

wooden spoons and comedy

Look. Identify. Grab. Punch right. Punch left

Bye mom, going skydiving

A simple yet impossible policy decision that could change our culture

starting with no

You can't get there from here

Dropping in on a wave is like dropping a turd in a bowl

Surfing Wonderbread

Burning with anticipation

Organic hairly and fairly harvested perspiration

be funny, get to the point

When blowing up is predictable

Leprecorns and Unicauns

Quick change artist returns after seventy years

Hustle and glide

Quest for food!

Let's do this live

Wanting what you have

tomorrow's a lost dog with bad recall

Beware the ides of August

You're grammer can be poor

Part 2: How to clean your closet

Part 1: how to clean your closet

try so hard not to get noticed

Preparing children for the future?

Getting old is new

But first I need!

Ordinary fools vs Remarkable Fools

Emerging from the shadows of de feat

Channel the spirt of your inner George Carlin

at war with the forest

You were made for me, you stole my heart, now, I'm selling you

When in doubt, defrost the fridge

Bob Barker and the doors of destiny

A continuation of a conversation with my osteopath

How many eggs do you need to bake a book?

Mountain biking and plumbing disasters

The Return of the Stink-eye

There are second chances we do not want

Unsung heroes of pex

Try new and improved less

Who let the butterfly drive the Ferrari?

Happiness is a three letter word

When your stomach is filled with coocoons

committment and credit

Universal Levity

MENTAL HEALTH TIP: Encourage others to laugh AT you

When you've given up on the tooth

If you were a book what would the blurbs say?

Judge books by their covers

Learning new things ruins everything

Rocket surgery

If you want to go fast go alone

What no bread?

I participated in an activity without my phone

Clown blogger loses idea

On echos of pain

Once there is coffee

Child psychologists want to kill us with marshmallows

What do teeth and plumbing have in common?

Make the last time the first

Firsts and lasts, the chickadee chicks

When decisions turn to swamp water

Misery loves company

inspirational dissatisfaction

A tired dog is a happy dog

Sand in the Vaseline

THAT'S NOT SAFE!

East End Man

Scheduled sends

Shirtless Daddy

What's more effective

Risk and abilities

The myth of fear of failure

Foolish relationships

Muscle memory

On inspiration

On sharpening knives

What's funny for you

Posthumous fools

For the Billionaire who has everything

The search is on!

Big Changes in the Life of a Fool

On devotion

Resentment, revenge

I hate the Tampa Bay Lightning

Storms a commin'

On becoming more like an owl

The secert to therapy

Are you going regimental?

I'm not tired,

The tooth can be difficult to face

On Evaluations

Smashing the moulds

Hills of dirt

Novelty, beauty, wonder and goodness

An invitation: On guest posts

On a life of service

Go for it

The Remarkable Fool's Three Answers

Stanislavski's three questions

A request for help

Cars, trucks and parking

How many activists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Re-colonize the world

A bit more undertow

What to do when you're caught in an undertow

What happens when they watch?

Who would you hire

skunked

On my favorite superhero

Clowns in the boardroom

Last call at Maple Leaf Gardens Part 3

Last Call at Maple Leaf Gardens Part 2

Last call at Maple Leaf Gardens

The dumpster of bliss

keeping the blinds drawn closed

Should you do work that's outside of your scope?

Nuns and their habits

From the cabin

Attacked by the furnature!

Trevor up the tree

Gify Lube?

Taste in music

One of those guys

Do I look like a priest to you?

Pride at the barn

At the bottom of the hill

What happens when you freeze?

Finding the way out

If you want to write, write.

Who's the crazy?

Eyes in the bushes

Taking up space

Late night at the bike shop

Headwind

The tailwind

On a circle, making circles

Movement in your workplace

Bif! Bam! Boom!

Ouch, m' arse hurts!

I like the way you move

The menu test

What are the steps?

how to move mountains

where's the sugar

My dog ate it

First in line

Good money in bear shit

How to help someone who is stuck?

Stay healthy, stay slippery.

the mustache is not to blame

A short riff on hope and my upper lip

It was a miscalculation

From the Prologue

Well, that was embarrassing.

The most ridiculous, least important meeting this week

Some outtakes from The Book of Wrong Answers

A father and son tradition

Home made bagels

something a humour writer must not do

A 'you-googlie' for a dead idea

Making Hockey Better

I had an idea, but lost it

Book blurbs!

The next days

The pent up elephant in the room

Pleasure and resistence

Lean in and let go

An antidote to the treadmill of self improvement

I don't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member

When you're terrible as a novice

Do you need permission?

An organized mess

Online meetings and self improvement

How to make online meetings better

How to make zoom meetings even more annoying

Save the date - Big Announcement!

Nothing to see here

Practical hedonism

Mustache guy!

A bit more on thought

Imagining your way to conquest: Little Vlad the Impotent

After keeping the blinds closed

Winter rides

Important correction on yesterday's post

A tip to help you ground yourself and others

Calgon, take me away

Now it's time for everyone's favourite game show

the role of the fool

Don't think about purple cows

What to do when nothing makes sense

What happens when you find a full toilet?

What to do when you feel anxious

seeking attention?

On the question of 'triggers'

Why kid lit is the best

How to get people to read a newsletter

What do you do with the critics?

How do artist help us?

In the last five minutes of class

How to be more inclusive?

How to survive moral outrage

How did Marty's missing six make him better?

How to change a culture

Is being productive another form of procrastination?

What to do when you're falling

How do you get unstuck?

Has your salt gone past its best before date?

How do you get help with writing?

On the occasion of a year of Foolsletters

The First Manifesto of the Remarkable Fools Society

Impulse puppies

Ruby's Silver Dollar

The Lake Charlotte Taxi Service

A story about my Nanny

on finding goodness

T-bars and innovation

on riding a unicycle

Tight wire walking

Alpine skiing and leadership

Some help for a Wednesday

Pollution and progress

On Surviving Garfield day

The boulder

It was a DC 9

How much longer?

The trouble with cockroaches

How therapy is a like a comic journey

Make room for the weirdos

How we talk about mental health

Setting goals and book writing

hockey practice plan

But I don't want to feel resentful

some approaches to getting out of a rut

On learning to drive slowly

Go ahead, make my bidet

driving, desire

Losses, gains

Schwaz out

The Magic Wand of Denial

an uncooperative oven

It's not there!

Ideas and grief.

The relative utility of sixteen year old shoes

taking apart the toaster

tripping over obvious solutions