Beyond the Rhetoric

As you may have heard, I’m currently on the Nokia N97 mini tour as it travels from Vancouver to Calgary, stopping in Salmon Arm and Banff along the way. We’re making our way aboard a Nokia-branded RV that we have so eloquently christened as the Minotaur (get it? Minotaur? Mini tour?), sharing our journeys with [...]

By now, you’ve probably see the show Hoarders on television. At least you’ve heard of it. Many of us watch that show, shocked that these people can put themselves into that kind of state. We’re abhorred by their mess and simply cannot understand why they aren’t throwing some of their junk away. Meanwhile, we “archive” [...]

It’s turning out to be a very busy summer for me. Last night, I went to the Rihanna concert at GM Place in Vancouver. This kicks off her North American tour; it’s great that she picked Vancouver as her launching point. Dubbed the Last Girl on Earth Tour, Rihanna will be traveling across Canada and [...]

“Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.” We celebrated Canada Day just a few days ago and now, we get to celebrate the independence of the United States on the Fourth [...]

It doesn’t really matter how much you love your job and how engaged you manage to get in any given project. Eventually, there is a very good chance that you are going to hit a brick wall. It’ll feel like you’re running on a treadmill to nowhere. It’ll feel like you stopped moving forward. During [...]