Dear City of Calgary and Calgary Council Members, Greetings and good day! My name is Kathleen Sawisky and I am your new Integrity Commissioner. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Integrity Commissioner? We only voted to get one yesterday!” and “I don’t see your resume anywhere” and “Please stop calling us with complaints about your… Continue reading An Open Letter to the City of Calgary and its Council Members: “As your new Integrity Commissioner…”
Tag: Open Letter
An Open Letter to Stephen Colbert: “Thanks for the laughs”
Sometimes I like to write open letters to people or things that bring me joy in the pitiless world in which I inhabit. My new husband says I am dramatic and 'over react' but I just tell him to turn off the lights and leave me to wallow in my despair. This is one of… Continue reading An Open Letter to Stephen Colbert: “Thanks for the laughs”
An Open Letter to Gearbox Software: “The Pros of Hiring Me, Kathleen Sawisky”
Dear Gearbox Software, Okay, so my plan to be the next host of CBC’s Q doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. I can’t fault them for that, really. I have zero experience with the radio, except that one time that I was on CBC’s Eye Opener with David Gray where he interviewed me about Gamergate.… Continue reading An Open Letter to Gearbox Software: “The Pros of Hiring Me, Kathleen Sawisky”
An Open Letter to Target: How to ‘Get’ Canada
Dear Target, Wow. Wowza. Woomph. We did not see that coming. And… and how many layoffs? Damn. That’s, well… Just wow. Okay. So, here’s the thing, Target. I get that a billion dollars in losses is pretty substantial (also an oddly round number), but you’ve only been in Canada 22 months. All the experts are… Continue reading An Open Letter to Target: How to ‘Get’ Canada
An Open Letter to David’s Tea: “I Could Weep For Joy”
Sometimes I write open letters to people or things because I am bored or have something to say. This is one of those times. Dear David’s Tea, You and I have always gotten along, David’s Tea. This is a love-love relationship; I give you money, you give me copious amounts of delicious tea with which… Continue reading An Open Letter to David’s Tea: “I Could Weep For Joy”
The Honeymon Letters: Dear Paris, Please Stop Trying to Sell Me Phones
I’m in Paris on my honeymoon. I like Paris. I also like ferrets, and Barret from Final Fantasy VII. I also like rhymes. Dear Paris, I've found you at last. What a magnificent city. What an oddly surreal experience to walk into. I mean this in the most literal sense. When we stepped off the… Continue reading The Honeymon Letters: Dear Paris, Please Stop Trying to Sell Me Phones
The Honeymoon Letter Series: #1
I'm away on my honeymoon! Yay me and also my new husband! In true form, however, the comedy has already begun. You can read some of my other open letters here, here, aaaand here. Dear Guy Sitting in Seat 22D on the Flight to Chichago, Listen, I get it. We’re both stuck in this whirling metal… Continue reading The Honeymoon Letter Series: #1
An Open Letter to the Producers of CBC’s Q – “Hire me.”
As a soon-to-be graduated Communications student, I am constantly on the lookout for potential employment opportunities. Given last weeks quick dismissal of Jian Ghomeshi from the CBC, I thought it prudent to get my hat into the ring for his job as soon as possible. As always, I do it in the form of an… Continue reading An Open Letter to the Producers of CBC’s Q – “Hire me.”
An Open Letter to Peter Fassbender’s Smirk and the People That Taught Me
This is the second in a series of open letters to people who have influenced my life. Because of the current BCTF Strike, as well as the appalling response by the BC Liberal Government, I have decided to address this letter specifically to the education minister, Peter Fassbender's Smirk. Dear Peter Fassbender's Smirk, You and… Continue reading An Open Letter to Peter Fassbender’s Smirk and the People That Taught Me
An Open Letter to Hawksley Workman
When I turned 21 I decided I would make an attempt to write a letter to each person of note that had a substantial impact on my life through their contributions to the entertainment and media world.I did not accomplish this. I had the best intention, honest. I was going to write to Stephen Colbert… Continue reading An Open Letter to Hawksley Workman
The Code Series 