The insertion of safety speed posts is inevitably going to cause navigation problems when placed by a popular parking area or curb. This is one of several recently placed on our street which are asking for trouble.
Safe speed sign of trouble
September 21, 2015
TOP 10 Alternative Election Signs
September 19, 2015
Canada’s federal election is one month from today, with outdoor signs less meaningful given the fluid immediacy of social media – leaving opportunity for a different kind of messaging…
- If you don’t vote for us, we’ll tell your neighbours how old you are
- Vote for Ivan, only his temper is terrible Read the rest of this entry »
Clichés Upgraded – Part XLI
September 17, 2015
It’s the last official week of summer, so here’s to enjoying it with more enriched clichés (with the originals in italics):
- I know they like to personify their gun collection, but having a shotgun wedding is too much
- After the intimidating speaker moved the listeners to silence the crowd relaxed with the sound of the lunch bell
- As an animal imitator he goes the whole hog from being healthy as a horse to acting sick as a dog
- I know letter writing skills aren’t what they once were but it shouldn’t be hard to keep the right order of signed, sealed, and delivered Read the rest of this entry »
TOP 10 Nebulous Birthday Presents
September 15, 2015
Because as we get older it’s harder and harder to know what to want or to give…
- A $25 gift certificate toward the purchase of a car
- The Quicklook Dictionary of Multisyllabic Word Synonyms
- A blow torch which only works while you blow on it Read the rest of this entry »
TOP 10 Ways to Use Humour in Speeches
September 13, 2015
The use of humour is one of the most effective tools a speaker can use to humanize or change the flavour of a message – within reason…
- Arrange for squishy pads to be spread all over the floor so audience members will feel funny when they enter the room
- Use anecdotes from daily life, cut and shaved to leave the ‘slipping on a banana peel’ parts
- Toss out puzzle pieces of cut up paper money and watch as audience members try to piece them together before realizing they’re counterfeit Read the rest of this entry »
Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Twenty
September 9, 2015
The Rules – the new reality:
(a) “A corporate style of conducting business has been imposed upon the movie industry, which used to leave room for the disruptions of talent. It is stunning to see how cleverly everything has been assigned a number value, and any idea
is immediately dissected into numbers representing the stars, the subject matter, the possible disposition of it in various media, countries, ancillaries…it totally neglects whether it’s going to be done well or not.” Read the rest of this entry »
TOP 10 Labour Day Activities
September 7, 2015
The range of what people might be doing on Labour Day varies considerably…
- Dust off the gym card and join the legions of sporadic exercisers
- Rest up and psych up for pending labour intensive schoolwork assistance with children
- Discover new couch potato positions for watching sports Read the rest of this entry »
Clichés Upgraded – Part XL
September 5, 2015
It’s the transitional Labour Day weekend, so here’s celebrating with more enriched clichés (with the originals in italics):
- For a problem lasting as long as the seven year itch you have to cope with trying lots of medication
- Shoot the breeze if you’re such a hot-to-trot firearms expert
- Shoot yourself in the foot of the impressive gorge for a picturesque backdrop Read the rest of this entry »
the watch of time 
Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Twenty-One
The Rules – circling the writers:
(a) “Once you’re hired for a job, there’s a very high anxiety level, which just stays in the background – it’s sort of like a white noise of ‘What’s gonna happen to me on this adventure? Am I gonna make it down the river? When are the giant falls with the writer-eating crocodiles in ‘em gonna come? Are they gonna come way down the river? Are they gonna come right away, which they do sometimes?’ You know, you turn in your first draft, and good-bye. Or maybe you’re gonna sail way down the river and get it close to production, and then something bad is gonna happen. Or, in a rare case, you’re gonna make it all the way through.” Read the rest of this entry »
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