Social Networking Cost Benefit Relationship
My generation is really in an interesting position to comment on the rise of the internet and the technologies available to date. Since the internet really started to become commercial and wide open in the early 1990’s we have seen some dramatic changes. We went from static to dynamic [...]
Dry Christmas
I forgot to mention this story, but I thought it was quite amusing if nothing else. I went to my sister’s place on Christmas Day and we arrived at her house in Calgary around 2pm. We were hoping to grab some alcohol on the way managed to not find a single liquor store open. That [...]
We Remember
The word “peacekeeper” is a big part of Canadian heritage, but it also tends to have Canadians forget what happened before “peacekeeping”. We had soldiers fight and lose their lives for our freedom throughout Canadian history. Let us not forget.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark [...]
Cancer Donation Request
Hi Friends,
On July 27-29, 2007 I’ll be participating in a very special event called The Weekend to End Breast Cancer.
I’ll walk 60 kilometres over the course of one weekend with thousands of other women and men. The net proceeds will support breast cancer research, treatment, and services through the Alberta Cancer Foundation.
I’ve agreed to raise [...]
Motivation Is Everything
Mark had a great post about motivation and had some great insights on working for yourself. I agree with him completely and even commented as follows:
You hit the nail right on the head. Successful people (not just monetary either) are people who are self-motivated. You will never be wealthy unless you are [...]
Next Of Kin
Just like writing a will, no one wants to have to visit their own mortality, but everyone must. It is really important that we write a will and have on paper what we want the world to know is our final wishes. It makes both property and personal issues go [...]
Staying True To Ourselves
The biggest fallacy that most people trap themselves in is to not accept that in a changing world, we can never remain the same person. The nurture versus nature argument makes this impossible as we will grow with new experiences. Good and bad, the world changes us and we cannot [...]
Quotes Of The Day
Ran through my “spam” emails today and actually found something worth reading. Normally, I hate spam forward messages and this doesn’t actually change very often, but there are exceptions!
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and [...]
Self Pity
D.H. Lawrence - “Self-Pity”
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself
Blogging Before Dec 2004
I was really going back over my personal journal and had a great laugh tonight! For me, blogging has always been fun and I really hope to do this for a long time. It seems like I’ve been blogging forever and looking back, blogging was really new when I started.
It is [...]
30 Years Old Today
I guess you might as well say it out loud.
I am 30 years old today. It has been a normal day so far except the fact that being in Nashville all last week has created more paperwork and phone calls than normal. I even had 200 email messages to deal [...]
30 Tomorrow…Yikes?
Everyone seems to really move into the ‘crazy’ department when they finally close in and pass the 30 year old mark. All of my friends did it. My family even has a tendancy to do it. Why am I so calm?
Fact is, in less than 24 hours (tomorrow [...]
Slow Learner, Fast Learner
Sometimes when you look at your life you realize there are things you are really adapted to and many more things that you are either naive or just slow at. When it comes to things related to my business ventures, I would like to think that I am a faster learner. Being a commodity trader [...]
Just About Died Yesterday
Without delay, I will fill you in on what my life has become lately as a VAC Truck driver!!a walking accident waiting to happen.
I had a leak on the check valve of the truck that caused enough H2S to come out to overload my monitor about 20 times.
I had a fucking service crew hand pull [...]
Fashion Guide
Laws on the Timetable of Style! - Even fashion has a timeline!!.
Indecent - 10 years before its time
Shameless - Five years before its time
Daring - One year before its time
Dowdy - One year after its time
Hideous - 10 years after its time
Ridiculous - 20 years after its time
Amusing - 30 years after its time
Charming [...]
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