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About The Scrib

Welcome to The Scrib, where we believe that the art of humour through words is still very much alive.

Our primary focus is on providing entertaining stories for people who prefer scrolling over clicking and who enjoy the intimacy of personal stories told well.

Our secondary focus is on not taking ourselves too seriously if we fail in our primary focus. This keeps us from crying ourselves to sleep at night.

At The Scrib you will find an eclectic mix of tales from a diverse collection of writers from around the world. Our themes are as loose as our tastes so you never know exactly what you are going to find here. But we promise to always try to keep you laughing along the way.

The Scrib is entirely driven by our readers and we strive to address every comment or request that we receive. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us for any reason. We would love to hear from you.

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Scrib Staff

Joe Issid

Joe is the founder and Managing Editor of The Scrib. You can follow him on twitter @theScribDotCom or on his Google + Page +Joe Issid Email: joe [@] thescrib.com

Emilio Bernard

Emilio is an experienced graphic artist currently managing all social media outlets for The Scrib. Check out his protfolio here.

Scrib Contributors

Josh Triantafilou

Josh is a contributor to The Scrib. You can follow him on Twitter @JshTrnf

Diana Frances

Diana Frances is a Vancouver based comedy writer, producer and improviser. She can be heard nationally on CBC Radio every Thursday with her relationship column ‘Dating Diana.’ She has been nominated for 7 Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female Improviser and has written for ‘The Debaters’ (CBC Radio) ‘The Irrelevant Show (CBC Radio) ‘The Hour w/ George Strouboulopoulos (CBC TV) ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ (CBC TV) and ‘Comedy Inc.’ Diana is a really good parallel parker. You can learn more about her at dianafrances.ca.

Joe Englert

Joe Englert lives in Washington, D.C. where he once served as the 35th and 42nd President of the United States. He is an avid mahjong player and high wire performer.
He is a tavern owner frequently tempted to water down drinks and challenge young children in high stakes billiards games.

Ivan Ciano

A self-professed “Canadian Dream Boat”, Ivan is a man that looks for the finer things in life – wine, parties, discovering cities and comedy. Journalism is one of his main loves, and creating original content is something that he finds to be quite prudent. When it comes to social advocacy, he believes in the fight against social awkwardness. Residing in the musty outskirts of Toronto, Ivan is motivated to roll out of bed each morning by knowing that people are laughing in the purple rain.

Ronan Cray

When he isn’t eating horse meat in Kazakhstan or sipping civet in Macau, Mr. Cray is drinking his way through New York. His hobbies include fashion, architecture, and pouring social opprobrium into his upcoming horror novel, “Red Sand”, wherein the characters are promptly picked off by cannibals, carnivorous plants, and hangnails. Mr. Cray is available for dinner party conversation before 7, weeknights. You can read more at his personal blog.

Daniel Douglas

Daniel Douglas is an insolvent freelance writer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. You can read his parental anxieties and failures here or follow his attempts to race bait celebrities on Twitter at @deetothadee

Annie Thomas

Annie is a contributor to The Scrib. Based in Montreal, she spends her days loving her husband, two dogs, traveling and enjoying her urban oasis.

George Hadjis

George Hadjis is a freelance writer who recently wrapped production on a sitcom he wrote and created. “Where’s Leroy?” will be released in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more details.

Shane Burns

Shane Burns is a TV and NFL Blogger, and a Writer, working on his first comedic novel, ‘Humans?’. You can find him on Twitter @ShaneBurns, or his NFL feed, @BetweenNumbers.

Sean O’Connell

Sean is a contributor to The Scrib.

Troy Alan

Troy Alan is a contributor to The Scrib.

Kristin Peterson

You can follow Kristin on her blog at mytorontoeh.com.

Lacey Kleisinger

Lacey Kleisinger is a social introvert who experiments in writing comedy. Residing in British Columbia, she finds inspiration in the raindrops that make her shoes squeak. You can read more of her work and ravings at http://likethelingerie.wordpress.com

Mary Wild

Mary Wild is a writer and a book club dropout. She might not be so snarky if she had a beach house.

Sarah McMahon-Sperber

Sarah McMahon-Sperber is a contributor to The Scrib. Based in Montreal, she is currently polishing off a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Community, Public Affairs and Policy Studies (or Kumbaya 101). She’s previously published content for Sparksheet.com, Techvibes and is currently interning full-time at the CBC’s Montreal News Desk. When not looking up synonyms and pretending people care about her inner workings, Sarah plans grand adventures, pretends to play music, chats strangers up and cooks up a storm.

Jamil Karim

Jamil is a freelance writer from the Northern and treacherous region known as “Canada”. An avid fan of both Dr. Seuss and Dr. Dre, Jamil can be found either writing a new article, watching an episode of Game of Thrones, or endlessly tinkering with his Fantasy Football lineup. Find him on twitter @Jammer19 and provide feedback on any of his articles as he loves to hear how terrible he is

Dennis Williams

Dennis Williams, a Washington, D.C. native, assumes the alias “Kid Genius” and is a huge advocate for creative expression. Keep up with him as he turns this thing called life into words. Oh and please find him funny because his parents don’t. Follow him on twitter @kxdgxnius and direct all inquiries to realdenniswilliams@gmail.com.

Ezra Black

Ezra is a contributor to The Scrib.

Marielle Pawson

Marielle Pawson is a creative writer and novice playwright living in Toronto. She’s a regular contributor of reviews and entertainment features for PopcornPanel.com and is on the development team for a Canadian web series, Garage Band TV. She’ll make love to you but not like you want her to. Follow her on Twitter @mpaws.

Shehzad Popat

Shehzad is a writer and comedian who has currently relocated to New York City after having lived in beautiful Makurazaki, Japan.

Shanna Roberts-Salee

Shanna is 25 years old and suffers from wanting her cake and eating it too, except her cake is life. The knowledge that bad decisions often make the best stories has been a major factor in helping her navigate the treacherous waters of adulthood. Ask what defines her, and she’ll probably call you an idiot. She is currently seeking representation and publication for her novel Hell or High Water, a family tale of corruption and treachery in the suburbs. You can follow her on Twitter @shannarsalee, but not many people have the courage to peek into her mind.

James Burt

James Burt is a Canadian writer currently based out of Argentina. Although he enjoys traveling, reading, and running, he often wonders if he should have avoided going bald young and to at least attempt a mullet growth once, just as one more life activity.

A.D. Arena

A.D. is a contributor to The Scrib.

Rob Nardecchia

Rob Nardecchia is a man of complex simplicity, a man who has a taste for the finer things in life when they’re free and a man known to dance like no one’s watching. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @robnardecchia if you’re incredibly desperate for mediocre entertainment.

Joseph Hershkowitz

Joseph has seen many things that would drive most men mad, which is why he owns four cats. When not cleaning litter, he spends all his time in New York City reading, playing video games, watching MST3K and generally not taking in the sights.

Mat Growcott

Mat is a contributor to The Scrib.

David Hostetter

David is a writer and blogger from Toronto, Canada. He co-runs the official blog of the environmental non-profit group, the Green Society Campaign, located at: http://greensocietycampaign.wordpress.com/.

Zaheen Hussain

Zaheen is a freelance creative copywriter who plies his trade in the advertising industry. He’s eagerly waiting for the day Jurassic Park becomes a reality! You can find him meddling around with his website (www.zaheenhussain.com) or follow his hopeless attempts to use social media for the betterment of humanity instead of merely sharing cat videos (https://twitter.com/darkjedi203).

Richard McColl

Richard McColl is a British born Colombia-based journalist and author of the Michelin Green Guide to Colombia. He can usually be found writing at his desk in Bogota (www.richardmccoll.com) or manning his colonial hotel in the Garcia Marquian town of Mompos (www.lacasaamarillamompos.com). Follow him on twitter @CasaAmarilla or better yet, come and visit Colombia and seek him out.

Ric Rags

Fiction/Comedy Writer. www.youtube.com/ricragslive

Andrea Ashby

Andrea uses words & such to get by. Send questions and cookies to andashby@gmail.com.

Kristen Lange

Kristen is a native New Yorker who has somehow managed to turn a lifetime fascination with TV into a quasi-grownup life. She sometimes thinks she could be a vegetarian if she just didn’t love cheeseburgers so much. You can find her on Twitter at @Kristen_Lange.

John Stanco

John Stanco is an aspiring screenwriter from New York. His hobbies include writing, walks in the park with his wife, Aziza, and their dog’s, Valentino, Leo, Princess and Wolfe. He spends whatever free time he has playing poker in Atlantic City, dressed as a clown.

Ryan Douglass

Ryan is a contributor to The Scrib.

Mari Helen Bohen

Mari Helen Bohen is a Creative Director/writer in the ad business. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children. Juggling her job and her family requires her to be able to laugh at just about everything. Feel free to follow her on Twitter @mhbohen.

Joel Stice

Joel Stice has funny thoughts and then writes them down or shouts them at strangers, usually through a microphone. He might buy a record player this year.

Dewey Musante

Dewey is a struggling writer living in NYC and consistently on the brink of failure. His tortured artist persona really flounders without the art to back it up. You can follow him on twitter @Dewmasterflash.

Dixie Somers

Dixie is a part time blogger and full time mother of three wonderful girls. She enjoys writing about technology, home and family topics. Get the best technology has to offer with a Bell mobile phone.

E.B. Zachary

E.B. Zachary is a pathology resident in NYC who writes stuff when he’s not seeing dead people.

George Ilkich

Born (and still living) in the trendy Mile End area of Montreal, George Ilkich shares the neighborhood with successful artists, musicians, writers and socialites. His knack for writing convincing fake testimonials for numerous obscure online miracle products has solidified his foothold in the community.
George’s personal wealth took a terrible beating with the abolition of the Canadian one-cent copper coin, nearly cutting his net-worth in half. Despite this obstacle, he continues to maintain his zero-follower status on twitter @georgeilkich.

Salty Parker

Salty Parker sees the beauty in all women (obviously).

Vanessa Muoio

Vanessa Muoio is a Montreal-based freelance writer and makeup artist. You can follow her on twitter @loveboatcupcake.

Jason McGathey

Jason McGathey has published the novel One Hundred Virgins and numerous shorter pieces. You can follow him at jasonmcgathey.wordpress.com

Emir Hadžimuhamedović

Emir is James Dean, Jim Carrey, The Fonz, Johnny Depp, Slash, Ferris Bueller and Stiffler all in one person. Also a big fat liar. He’s a freelance writer, so feel free to contact him at emirhero [at] gmail [dot] com if you got some work for him to do (he can also write serious stuff).

Stacey Becker

You can visit Stacey’s web site at www.officestace.com and follow her on twitter @OfficeStace.

Meredith Bland

Meredith Bland is a freelance writer who blogs Pile of Babies: Take a Knee, I Have Nonsense to Spew. She also has a political humor blog at The Politicus and writes movie reviews for Reckless Video. You can follow her on Twitter at @pileofbabies, or check out her Facebook page.

Sarah Pardy

Sarah is a young writer from Newfoundland, Canada, who goes by the nickname Spard. She is a published author, as well as a blogger. When she’s not online tweeting, she’s probably watching reality television or out on a date, getting new material to write about in her blog. Known for keeping it real and speaking her mind, Sarah’s life is never a dull moment. She’s a part-time blogger, but a full-time lover. Follow her blog http://lovespard.tumblr.com/ and twitter @TheSpard

Karl Gerhardt

Karl Gerhardt hails from the US. He was born in Reno, and consequently, is a terrible gambler. Residing on both coasts, not at the same time, he met his Quebecoise wife in NY and has been living in Montreal ever since. He spends his free time with whom and doing what he loves the most — his family and writing screenplays. He also makes videos. Go check some of them out on YouTube: Moonday Productions.

Max Jones

Max Jones is a freelance writer keeping it real in Montréal’s Southwest quarter. If you simply can’t get enough of his shtick, please check out his personal blog at mtl2mtl.com, or follow him on twitter @maxwellbjones.

Brigid Cami

Brigid Cami is a university student currently residing in Montreal. Between finding the osculating circle for curve C and pretending to use AutoCAD, life couldn’t be fuller. She likes to think of herself as a freelance writer (between exam seasons).

Tasha Lovsin

Tasha Lovsin is a cat lover, writer and wannabe improviser. You can read more of her hilarious observations by visiting FuckYouCosmo.com, or by invading her privacy on her personal blog at http://lovs.in/.

Rachel Banton

Rachel is a master’s student who writes in her spare time to restore mental sanity and keep from throwing her laptop out the window. Other hobbies include reading fiction, admiring Gail Collins and rudely correcting others’ lexical and semantic blunders. You can read more about her at http://about.me/rachelbanton

Jennifer Dittmar

Jennifer Dittmar is a writer (or claims to be) of both fiction and nonfiction. If you’re dying to read more of her work, you can check out her articles on the Yahoo! Contributor Network, or her ebook at http://www.k912online.com.

Lauren Fitzmorris

Lauren is a contributor to The Scrib. She recently moved from Montreal to the burbs to raise a family. She dreams of giving new meaning to Happy Hour by opening a pub with a kiddie play area.

Stephanie Smith

Stephanie is a Brooklyn based freelance writer who enjoys baking and gallery hopping on the days she’s not being accused of theft. Find out more at her personal blog: http://thefactory47.com.

Wesley Adams

Wesley is a pretend writer and part time super hero from Montreal. He’ll get around to a blog once he can free up time from his various addictions and inappropriate compulsions.

Jenny Yuen

Jenny Yuen is a contributor to The Scrib based out of Toronto. If you think you might’ve seen her walking down the street, but are unsure – check her shirt. If it contains rib sauce stains on it, it’s likely her. You can also catch her Tuesdays afternoons on the Fearless Fred show on 102.1 the Edge.

Corey Lof

Residing in Toronto, Corey spends most of his time searching for the golden ticket that is going to get him out. You can follow Corey on Queen West, his headphones will be on and you’ll hear his voice crackling to the tune of Adele, Someone Like You. Don’t disturb him.

Sean Weber

Sean Weber is an educator and an artist from South Florida.

Justin Biehl

A high functioning man-child who has been known to read at a 5th grade level. Aside from everything else, Justin strongly believes in whatever he is interested in at the time and has only let women, beer, sports and sleep get in his way.

Paul Wallis

Paul is a professional writer from Sydney, Australia despite many requests. Check out his site or his site’s blog.

Kate Bubnich

Kate is a Major in Literature and Minors in endlessly looking things up on Google. She was born in Montreal but tells people she’s from Paris. At 24, her biggest regret in life is not running away to Europe; but there’s still time. To otherwise escape, Kate reads, writes and chain-watches series. Her mother would gasp at this byline. She aspires to work with words, writing anything people will let her.

Jesse Toufexis

Jesse Toufexis is a playwright, screenwriter, and author from Montreal, Quebec. He has a BA in Anthropology from Concordia University. He can be reached at jtouffe@gmail.com.

Nathan Clinansmith

Ornery contributor to The Scrib. Frustrated that stupid people are alive and doing well.

Ryan Smith

Journalist and critic.

Ilona Lesznik

Ilona Lesznik is a contributor to The Scrib. You can follow her on twitter and read more at her personal blog .

Beth Lassaline

Beth is an Ontario expat who currently resides in Prince Edward Island. When not sitting at her desk as a corporate writer Beth enjoys writing about things she actually finds interesting.