Grandpa Richard Speaks

I seldom have mentioned other blogs, but I thought this was an excellent one. What can a business owner learn about business success from a foul-mouthed chef? Click here for the article.

Statistics claim that poor people have poor diets. Diets loaded with too many calories and not enough fibre and nutrients.
Grandpa Richard asks, “Why?”
This was highlighted to me by a news story today out of Los Angeles.
73% of South Los Angeles restaurants are fast food establishments, compared to 42% in West Los Angeles. West Los Angeles [...]

Quote - “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They are there [...]

I am not really sure how to introduce this video. I suppose that one obvious way is to say, “If you think your life sucks, watch this”. Here is the opening paragraph from the Gobe and Mail’s article.
“Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet [...]

A man was sitting alone in his office one night . . .
. . .when a genie popped up out of his ashtray and said, “And what will your third wish be?”
The man looked at the genie and said, “Huh? How can I be getting a third wish when I haven’t had a first or [...]

Well, I will be after some women read this!
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It’s Good to be a Man

You don’t give a hoot if anyone notices your new haircut.
People never stare at your chest when you’re talking to them.
New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You [...]

I know, I know. You are used to reading about my thoughts on major and controversial topics, etc. But I just had to share this other side of me with you!
Look what I found in my garden today? Isn’t it beautiful? I have about 10 little baby tomato plants (official name is Tiny Tim) in [...]

Have you noticed that in some offices there is a definite difference in efficiencies between the various admin staff that are at the same classification (and thus salary) level?
Do the managers with the less efficient staff notice?
Further. Have you noticed that the less efficient ones sometimes get the same promotions as the more efficient ones?
Why?

Grandpa Richard has almost always had a good appetite, and eats almost anything and everything. If there were leftovers from supper, then someone could just put them in the fridge and I would happily have them the next day.
My desire to not waste food got me into trouble from time to time.
For example. After watching [...]

Big public stink over the plan by Bell and Telus to charge for INCOMING text messages. Whether you read them or not. Globe and Mail had it as a front page story. Some comments from one columnist went like this. “But we are talking about one of the fastest growing addictions that our society [...]