Category Archives: Humour

A Halloween Tale: Jason and The Mirror

Posted on November 1, 2020 by susanonthesoapbox

For obvious reasons the usual batch of Halloween witches and vampires, pirates and princesses did not ring our doorbell this year. So to mark a different kind of Halloween Ms Soapbox would like to tell you a story.    It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberta Health Care, Celebrations, Economy, Energy & Natural Resources, Humour, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , , , | 32 Comments

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 25, 2019 by susanonthesoapbox

The politicians are on break (thank god) and so are we. The Soapbox family and Rudy the rescue dog would like to wish you and yours a peaceful and happy holiday.    And here’s the traditional photo of the mutt under … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Humour, Vacation | Tagged , | 45 Comments

Girls Just Want to Have Fun…at the Calgary Stampede

Posted on July 15, 2018 by susanonthesoapbox

“When the working day is done.  Oh girls, they wanna have fun.”—Cyndi Lauper After a rough few weeks Ms Soapbox and her family dug out their cowboy hats, found some denim shirts and went stampeding. Ms Soapbox decided to retrace … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrations, Culture, Humour, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

Attack Ad: Yes or No?

Posted on June 24, 2018 by susanonthesoapbox

Just for the record progressive voters really don’t care where Jason Kenney lived when he served in Harper’s government or whether he visited Alberta often enough or whether he’s using Alberta as a stepping stone in his quest for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , | 20 Comments

Paris!

Posted on June 17, 2018 by susanonthesoapbox

Ms Soapbox and her daughter have gone to Paris for a week.  Take good care of the province and the country until we get back.  🙂

Posted in Humour, Vacation | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

Flaubert’s Conservative Dictionary

Posted on March 11, 2018 by susanonthesoapbox

Watching Doug Ford become the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and Jason Kenney taking shots at Justin Trudeau and gender neutrality in his congratulatory speech, Ms Soapbox’s mind drifted to Flaubert’s Dictionary of Accepted Ideas. (Well, not initially, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Politics and Government | Tagged , , , | 40 Comments

Dividing Up the Family Home

Posted on May 29, 2016 by susanonthesoapbox

Ms Soapbox and her sister Elle are on Vancouver Island visiting the folks.  (Elle is not her real name but she values her privacy and bites and throws things if she doesn’t get her way–or at least she did when … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Uncategorized | Tagged | 26 Comments

It’s Time for the Soapy Awards!

Posted on April 3, 2016 by susanonthesoapbox

Ms Soapbox was trolling through Hansard searching for signs of intelligent life under the Dome when she discovered (sandwiched between the Wildrose Opposition’s accusation that the Premier appointed a Soviet-era communist to serve as her deputy chief of staff and … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Politics and Government, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Road Trip!!!

Posted on June 12, 2015 by susanonthesoapbox

There is so much we could talk about:  the G7 “support” for a fossil fuel free world by 2100, Mr Harper’s visit with the Pope, the Senate’s secret arbitration process, but today we’re going to talk about road trips. Ms … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Vacation | Tagged , , , | 16 Comments