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Category Archives: Wisdom

“Do You Believe In God?” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Good stuff…

Posted 15 October 2014 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Running through the graveyard/We laughed my friends and I/We swore we’d be together/Until the day we died/Until the day we died”

“Innocent When You Dream” – Tom Waits

Posted 06 October 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – How Would Steve Jobs Sell You A Pen?

“Sell me this pen.” An old business school cliche, recently brought to attention again in the movie, “The Wolf of Wall Street” gets a fictional Steve Jobs spin.

Posted 19 September 2014 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

The “Boring” Trait Google Looks For In All Its Leaders

Not sure if it’s a predictable answer but it makes a lot of sense when you think about it. 😉

Posted 17 September 2014 § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

A White Paper for Scotland (Guest Blog Post)

So I haven’t paid too much attention to the Scottish Independence referendum (I think my first real glimmer of awareness is when Ryan Meili picked “Better Together” as a campaign slogan a couple years ago and a team member pointed out we’d be working with the “No” side in the Scottish referendum in the world […]

Posted 16 September 2014 § Canada § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What’s The Most BS Sounding True Fact You Know?

I love these.

Posted 26 August 2014 § List § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Parenting Around The World

Very interesting…

Posted 15 August 2014 § Baby § FridayFunLink § Humour § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “If you aren’t real/Then all my prayers aren’t worth a cent/That would mean I can just make up/What my purpose in life is”

Atheistic rap songs?  Yes, please… “Ill Mind of Hopsin 7” – Hopsin

Posted 28 July 2014 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

It’s Not Just the Numbers; It’s The Story Behind The Numbers

I find increasingly that I have a few standard lines that I repeat to myself as little koans of wisdom.  One of these is “Don’t just look at the numbers; look to find the story behind the numbers.” This graphic, which is making the rounds on social media today, sums this idea up perfectly. A […]

Posted 15 July 2014 § Library § Meme § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

How To Trick Your Kids Into Reading All Summer Long

No minimum page counts.  No incentives.  No countdown clocks.  No video game ban threats.  Instead, according to this article, just put books in front of kids in the places they’re most likely to get bored and watch what happens. This article’s theory is especially interesting in light of the typical library summer reading program which does […]

Posted 09 July 2014 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: