We asked John to write a quick auto-bio for this page, and he fought us tooth and
nail. Finally, when we resorted to leeches and menthol shaving cream, he sputtered
these words into the tape recorder. E-mail to whoops@cyberus.ca
Listen to John's radio show, Tornado Warning, Tuesday nights, 10 - 11PM Eastern, on CHUO FM.
Is this really necessary? Okay, between shovelling snow and correcting people's
mispronunciation of my last name, life is quite busy up here in the great white North we
like to call Canada. We don't have time for any gun play but we make do. Besides dabbling in
painting--granted it's a blue moon experience--I try to juggle a glaciology career (spending a lot of time
in walk-in freezers), being a new parent (spending a lot of time taking things out of the little tyke's
mouth), spinning bad music on the local community station (spending a lot of time answering irate
request calls) and publishing a misunderstood music magazeen [sic] called THRUST QUARTERLY
(spending a lot of time trying to explain myself). Like all so called writers, I'm using this as therapy to
get over my high school experiences. So far so good, and don't you wish you went out with me,
Penny Crabshaw? Huh? Oh sorry. That's all.