The proposal came unexpectedly, in a neat, no nonsense package which left me reeling with shock. All my life I wondered if I could do such a thing. Now I know. She first came in a couple of years ago – three years, two months and one week to be exact. I remember how her… Read More Short Story: Karma
I got this email a couple of times already and I am sure that some of you have, too, but it’s just such a good list that I had to put it up. I didn’t copy the whole thing; I just put my top 30 from a list of 74. I couldn’t whitle down any… Read More Top 30 things to do when bored at Wal-Mart
First of all, does the fact that P!nk writes her name with an exclamation mark means that there is a click in her name? And does that mean that her name is, in fact, “P-click-nk”? And if so, how in the world do you pronounce that? But odd spelling and questionable early hair color choice… Read More P!nk’s “So What”
A couple of years ago, a wonderful friend of mine called me boring. I still consider him a wonderful friend because he made me realize that yes, I was boring – or, more precisely, I was very mainstream. I liked music that was played on the radio, read books that were features on the Oprah… Read More Miniature art: celebrating day to day life
The Olympics have been over for a little two weeks (already?!?!?) but there is one thing that shocked me so much that I just had to blog about. For most sports, I only tend to follow the results in the morning paper. However, not when it comes to track and field. It might have something… Read More Luck doesn’t have a lot to do with it
In response to Steve Maich’s article in the May 5th issue of Maclean’s magazine titled “It’s official: money buys happiness”. Many of my close friends would be shocked if I told them I do believe that money and happiness are linked. It seems that they, like many others, have a hard time admitting to this… Read More Money & happiness: the search for the confounding factor
I was recently faced with quite an interesting ethical dilemma. My friend is a RA (research assistant) at a local, world-renown university. The professor she works for is brilliant and very sweet. While this means that his research is published quite often, it also means that many walk all over him (let’s call him The… Read More Perpetuating injustice (or trying to be nice)
While ideas for blog entries have been filling up my notepad, I haven’t had much luck when it comes to actually putting down these ideas on paper. This doesn’t seem to be a problem for Scott Feschuk, since he has come up with many great columns lately. I found one from a couple of months… Read More Maybe this should be the I love Scott Feschuk blog…
The night shift was beginning. I sipped at my coffee. Although I had had a full eight hours of sleep that day, I knew I would need it. The body’s overpowering need to sleep during the night hours could be countered with massive doses of caffeine and humor. I used both – extensively. My eyes… Read More RN Holmes
A fellow WordPress member posted an article about how an email saved the life of a Floria toddler. The story is quite amazing, and begs the question: should forwards be taken seriously or not?