In honour of someone very special which occurs one day a year…
- Help your mother put the dishes away after she washes them
- When getting a cake or ice cream pie, ensure that it has at least one flavour she likes Read the rest of this entry »
TOP 10 Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day
May 10, 2015
Clichés Upgraded – Part XXVIII
May 8, 2015
The season’s heating up with more enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
- You better rest up your limbs this afternoon, a one night stand is really tough on the legs
- If you try flashing on a school bus in winter it will amount to once in a blue moon Read the rest of this entry »
TOP 10 Ways to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking
May 6, 2015
As a long-time Toastmaster, here are some suggestions for addressing a common anxiety…
- Don’t go out in public
- Learn from dealing with pets: use an encouraging voice, repeat main themes, and have treats handy
- Develop multiple personalities, and practice speaking to them
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The First Taste of Success – the agent’s point of view:
“In representing writers, my function is to sell their screenplays, secure employment for them, and negotiate the terms of their deals. The time from when I get handed a script, to getting it made could sometimes be five, seven, ten years – and the large majority of scripts never get made. I probably sell ten to fifteen out of every fifty scripts. But then out of every twenty that I sell, maybe two get made. Because those are the stats, every time you’ve actually gone through that process…it’s a certain kind of high, you know. Read the rest of this entry »
The Artistic Plane Truth
May 2, 2015
Yesterday I had an opportunity to visit the National Art Gallery in Ottawa to see special exhibits of two favourite artists, Alex Colville and M.C. Escher. I didn’t realize until viewing the juxtaposition of their works that they shared a structural methodology. Read the rest of this entry »
Clichés Upgraded – Part XXVII
April 29, 2015
More technical glitches preventing postings – hopefully all O.K. now…
As spring battles to catch a foot hold, here’s some vitality from more enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
- The comments expressed on a soap box should stand on their own
- Packing it in your overnight bag is going to make for one tight squeeze on the bus Read the rest of this entry »
TOP 10 Ways to Recognize EARTH DAY
April 23, 2015
(due to technical difficulties, I was unable to post this yesterday)
It would seem every day implicitly should be Earth Day, but it ain’t necessarily so…
- Take a plant out to lunch
- Put together a time capsule, but store it in your attic instead of in the ground
- Don’t complain about the weather today (even if it’s justified!)
- Avoid the temptation to distribute ‘Earth Awareness’ kits which will largely end up in regular garbage Read the rest of this entry »
the watch of time 
Memorable Quotes # 22
“A person is defined solely by the extent of his influence over other people, by the sphere of his relationships; and morality is an utterly meaningless term unless defined as the good one does to others, the fulfilling of one’s function in the sociopolitical whole.”
excerpt from pg. 54-55 The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Leguin (1971)
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