As a wannabe photographer, I have often turned to books in an attempt to better learn the required skills. One of my sources is Amazon.com, which has a great system of posting reviews from ordinary customers. I had to smile at and agree with one customer’s review of the book, “Posing Techniques for Digital Portraits”. [...]
You’re right. That heading is a blanket statement that is not true, but I wanted to catch your attention. Did you know that a Toronto Transit Commission worker who sits behind a glass (plexiglass?) window and collects and sells tokens and tickets for riding the subway makes about $55,000 a year? And that those City [...]
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Abraham Lincoln Ooops! I think that I spoke too soon. “If you think that something small cannot make a difference- try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room.” Unknown Ya know. This one never bothered me. [...]
An experienced police officer, who has seen too many train-car collisions, gave suggestions to motorists on how not to be “pushed” into the path of a train. Here is my version of what he said. When at a crossing while waiting for a train to pass … avoid being first in line if first in [...]
I first learned of David Suzuki in my 2nd year of university. Now, since I am now a grandfather, that was a long, long time ago He came to the University of Waterloo to give a speech and I was in the first 10 rows or so. The amphitheatre was packed, standing room only. I [...]
People do not lack strength; they lack will. Victor Hugo
The Wind and the Sun is a fable attributed to Aesop. The story concerns a competition between the Wind and the Sun to decide who was the stronger of the two. The challenge was set to make a passing traveler take his coat off. However hard the Wind blew at the traveler, the traveler only [...]
