Tag: People

  • Career Path Development

    I recently did a workshop to a number of young people on how to plan their career, here are the slides I used for the presentation.

  • Men’s attitudes towards marriage and domestic life

    As Valentine’s Day approaches, DailyXY.com, the online guide to urban life for Canadian guys, just released the results of a survey of 550 of its readers on their attitudes towards marriage and domestic life. The results showed that guys are prepared to embrace non-traditional roles in the household while holding on to some old-school attitudes…

  • A must read – the Future of our civilization

    A must read – the Future of our civilization

    Browsing the internet today, I read this interesting exchange of “Letters” between Paul Kingsnorth and George Monbiot.  The blog entry Is there any point in fighting to stave off industrial apocalypse? can be found on the Guardian website. In the blog entry the argument leads to the collapse of civilization will bring us a saner…

  • Five ways to transform your office from cluttered to clean

    Five ways to transform your office from cluttered to clean

    Spring is here, which means office workers across Canada are getting ready to roll up their sleeves and clear workplace clutter. Whilst some companies will choose to enlist the services of a commercial cleaning company (Click here to learn about Commercial Office Cleaning), others will give staff this task. Not only does the annual chore…

  • Humorous jokes about wives

    Here are some unfair, but humorous jokes about wives, that a family member sent me. David Bissonette – When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. Sacha Guitry – After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can’t face each other, but still…

  • Mp3-players make us egoistical and anti-social

    We need to let go of our headsets once in a while. If we do not, we will become anti-social and disappear into an egoistic world. Everywhere you go in the city, you see people with headsets going to their destination. With the latest hit song pumping into their ears, the time is spent without any…

  • Choose plant-based meals

    Okay, this might not be good news for a lot of you turkey-lovers out there, but sometimes the truth hurts: meat, poultry, and seafood production are, in general, bad for the planet. Let’s take beef. Vast amounts of grain must be fed to cattle to produce even a small amount of animal protein for human…

  • The Joy of Wives

    When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. Sacha Guitry  By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. Socrates Woman inspires us to great things and prevents us from achieving them.…

  • World without borders

    What does it mean to be Canadian when we come from everywhere? How do we forge a shared national purpose among people who have never shared anything before? The world is coming to Canada. More and more Canadians are global citizens, exploring the world or staying connected to our countries of origin more instantly, more…

  • The many uses of Vodka

    *14 things you can do with Vodka besides drink it. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The solvent dissolves adhesive. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew. To clean your eyeglasses, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the…