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By Ken Hegan for The National Post I’m fixing my flaws by following self-help gurus, books, and spas in the world’s most gorgeous, inspiring locations. This week: a freezing cold Toronto dog park! My life just got really crappy, really fast. In short: I’m suddenly single and kinda numb from the heart up. On the…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post Feels like I’ve just been punched in the gut. After six years of marriage, my wife and I separated. It’s an amicable split, but still devastating. I barely smelled it coming. Now the woman I vowed to spend my life with has boxed her stockings and moved away.…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post Welcome to my self-help column. Each month I devote myself to following a new guru. I won’t stop until I’m perfect. So far I’ve shed my beer belly by devouring ‘The Action Sandwich’ an inspirational self-help book from the singer of Glass Tiger. And when the recession killed…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post So it’s officially a recession. Because I just got laid off. Not from this column, mind you…I have – or rather ‘had’ – a day job. Unfortunately, our budget got slashed which meant 5-7 job cuts. Everyone was stressed. Nobody slept well. One woman had a nightmare that…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post So I was busy tricking seniors out of their retirement funds yesterday, when I asked myself, “Is this all there is to life?” There I was, massaging the knots out of Bernie Johnson’s 82-year-old calf muscles while he gave me power of attorney when I answered myself by…
By Ken Hegan for Report on Business DAY 1 9:41 a.m. While suckers SLAVE for BOSSES in SOUL-CRUSHING OFFICES, I’ll be making bags of money in the COMFORT OF MY OWN HOME! Wearing my lucky PJs, I Google “How to become a millionaire.” Success! At Clicknmakemoney.com, there’s an empty beach and a promise: “You’re only…
Don’t tell the broker: Couples are having sex at real estate showings Anyone who’s shopped for a home knows what it’s like to lust after square footage and marble floors. But few would-be buyers take it as far as the practitioners of “house humping,” a curious real estate fetish that’s surfacing in markets up and…
By Ken Hegan ‘It was a spectacular concept: an ice hotel to rival all other ice hotels. It would put Sun Peaks Resort and Kamloops, BC on the map. It sounded too good to be true – and it was.’ I grew up in the hard-luck pulp mill town of Kamloops, BC, out by the…
In his first Rolling Stone feature, Ken Hegan investigates the shocking horrors of mascot abuse. ———– On July 9th an Italian sausage mascot was assaulted by Pittsburgh Pirates’ first baseman Randall Simon. The incident was witnessed by 22,490 fans at a baseball game between the Pirates and the hometown Milwaukee Brewers. During the 7th inning…
“RPS never lies,” says Master Pete Lovering, a local sales manager and the reigning World Rock Paper Scissors (RPS) Champion. In last year’s epic final, Master Pete won $1,200 by throwing a “rock heard round the world.” As he shuffles into Kool Haus, a cavernous Toronto concert hall, over 900 RPS fans and competitors squeeze…
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