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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (7 August 2024)

Y’all were so supportive and patient while I was apartment hunting and packing (and stressing so hard), that you deserve an update.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (31 July 2024)

In some ways, we live in a world of over-emotionality. We want to tell our coworkers and bosses about how we feel, and what they said that offended us…and that's probably for the best.

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Walter J. Lyng Walter J. Lyng

Mondays With Vance

I met Vance Michel at a wild time in my life. Fresh off a disastrous two-year run of comedy club management, I was teetering on the edge of permanent banishment from Montreal’s stand-up scene.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (24 July 2024)

My grandmother dropped this heavy wisdom on me when I was very young. Too young to affect my smile, too young to believe her. It wouldn't be until my pre-teens that I started to realize that cool kids don't smile.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (17 July 2024)

This week, Dear Readers, I am writing you a permission slip. I'm giving you permission to step away, to step up, to cancel plans, to make better plans. Of course, you don't need permission, but sometimes it feels like we do, doesn't it?

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

The World’s Smallest Comedy Is A Big Deal

Montreal loves festivals. Montreal loves comedy. In fact, it feels like we should have some sort of comedy festival, like a week long, featuring different comedians doing their unique thing. It feels like that would be super successful, the kind of thing you’d have to try really hard to fuck up.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (10 July 2024)

I started doing comedy a couple of months ago. Sure, I've been telling people I'm funny for years, and public speaking never phased me, but I'd never done anything to marry these two thoughts.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (3 July 2024)

Summer, my Dear Montrealers, is here. Sure, on some level you know that, but on another level, people still seem to be waiting. With an impressive heatwave under our belts early, plus rainy days and cool lightning, it's been a roller coaster thus far, and maybe that's had us distracted.

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Dawn McSweeney Dawn McSweeney

McSweeney’s List (26 June 2024)

When people say be prepared, they mean prepared for bad things. They say be prepared for disappointment, and stockpile necessities in order to be prepared for “every” eventuality. If you Google “preparation kit”, you find a billion different emergency kits, depending on what catastrophe you feel currently unprepared for.

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