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Duration and Degree

Duration and Degree

22/05/2016
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Behaviour, Relationships

Jimmy Stewart starred in a lovely, rather poignant 1950 movie in which Stewart’s character had an imaginary friend named Harvey. Wikipedia’s  description of the movie…

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Looking Upside Down

Looking Upside Down

15/05/2016
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Creativity

A favourite trick of proof readers is to read text from the bottom up to the top.  You are more likely to catch an error…

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The Creative Fundraiser

The Creative Fundraiser

08/05/2016
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Living Well, Relationships

I had the pleasure this past week of attending a fundraiser for WAYS, Western Ontario Youth Services.  It was a brilliant idea to copy the…

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Back to the Drawing Board

Back to the Drawing Board

01/05/2016
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Creativity

Every once in a while you need to go back to the proverbial drawing board — meaning, re-evaluate your best laid plans.  Sometimes a business…

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Always and Never

Always and Never

24/04/2016
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Behaviour, Family

Johnny Carson.  Apparently, he was quite a guy.  I can honestly say I rarely watched his show, but I did catch it once, circa 1976,…

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Contentment is for Cows.  What?

Contentment is for Cows.  What?

17/04/2016
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Living Well, Opinion

A French professor I once had was born and raised in France.  He was a charming and loquacious soul who liked to tell stories about…

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My Theory of EarWorms

My Theory of EarWorms

10/04/2016
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Behaviour, Life

A recent article circulating social media sites was in regard to a man who complained of having an ‘ear worm’ for years on end… ‘Earworms’;…

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Stuck in Traffic?  Choose Traffic.

Stuck in Traffic?  Choose Traffic.

03/04/2016
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Life, Living Well

It really does not matter what the source of your frustration is, being frustrated takes an incredible amount of energy.  Frustration rarely ever helps to…

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What Medium Would You Choose?

What Medium Would You Choose?

27/03/2016
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Life

Assuming you are not already endowed with brilliant natural artistic talent in music or the arts, what medium would you choose if you could? Fill…

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On Balance and Frankenstein

On Balance and Frankenstein

20/03/2016
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Life, Living Well

In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, the monster in the story is never actually given a name.  Frankenstein is the name of the scientist whose obsession…

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