Archive for August 2009

I hope you dance

Every now and then I come across a song that I find inspirational or motivational. Several days ago someone reminded me of Lee Ann Womack’s “I hope you dance”. I heard it a number of years ago and had forgotten it. If you’ve never heard it, there is a version on You Tube right now. [...]

man vs. nature

The area that I live in has experienced some wicked thunderstorms today and I have heard that there were possible tornadoes in my daughter’s part of the region. As I watched the worst of this evening’s storm from my 11th floor apartment, I was reminded that despite all the fancy technology that mankind has invented, [...]

Cycling on sidewalks

A Toronto area resident has died as the result of a pedestrian/cyclist collision. The dead woman was the pedestrian. I sometimes ride on a sidewalk if I consider the adjoining street too dangerous. However, I ALWAYS give the pedestrians the right of way. If I am a pedestrian I NEVER give a cyclist the right [...]

pr for air canada

This has to be worth a lot of PR for Air Canada. They lost the luggage of 3 provincial premiers who shared the same flight to a conference of premiers. Read more at The Toronto Star.

men – want the gal? do the housework

A study’s results suggest that women gravitate toward men who they sense are more willing to help with day-to-day household chores. If that is so true, then why is Grandpa Richard single?

summer without mosquitoes

The way most of us achieve the results mentioned in the title is to use a repellent containing DEET. Now comes news that DEET is not safe for humans. As if this is surprising. We humans are great at using chemicals to solve problems and the chemicals are rarely good for us. Do you really [...]

Do you lie to your partner?

A new relationship survey in the Globe and Mail. Only 8 questions, plus 2 more to give stats on location and gender. Will just take you one minute. The results of this survey did not surprise me. Over 1/2 of us lie to our spouses, although the majority are little white lies, designed to either [...]