Category: Life Musings
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Post Rapture Looting Event
Apparently the long awaited “Rapture” is coming soon…maybe even this weekend! And, I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to a “Post-Rapture-Looting” event. I suppose I really need to RSVP soon seeing as some are predicting this weekend will be The Rapture. I hope this Rapture thing does not interfere with people’s…
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Derek K Miller’s Memorial Service
Today was the day that we, the people who knew and loved Derek K Miller, stopped what we were doing and gathered inside the Arts Club Theatre on Granville Island and paid our respects to our dear friend. Unfortunately I must apologize to the rest of the people who gathered inside the theatre to pay…
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The Christian Science Monitor and My Blog
I am very proud to say that my three part story on the dead raccoon that appeared in our driveway was picked up by Donald Marron, a guest blogger who writes for the Christian Science Monitor. Donald Marron wrote a guest post for the Christian Science Monitor about the choices you have when a dead…
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A Late Night Hospital Visit
A heartfelt thank you to the amazing staff at Eagle Ridge Hospital. Yesterday night after the girls’ bedtime Blonde Bear woke up in a panic with wheezy-gasping breathing; there is probably nothing as frightening for a parent as a kid who cannot breathe. I loaded my little one into the car and headed to the hospital. Knowing…
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Time Capsules and Coat Pockets
Some community organizations bury a time capsule in their community with an assortment of objects inside, things like a newspaper, a current best seller book, a textbook, some cash money, some preserved food and so on. Things that will paint a picture of what life was like when the time capsule was initially buried. In some ways,…
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Thoughts and Observations of the Sony Bloggie
For Christmas 2010 I received a Sony Bloggie digital video recorder and I have been using it for recording video and taking still pictures with it since then. This blog entry provides my thoughts on the Sony Bloggie from a non-technical point of view. First, the Bloggie is a perfect size if you want to…
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Kevin O’Leary Up Close and In Person
As I said yesterday, I went to the Vancouver Convention Centre to see, or perhaps more importantly, to listen to Kevin O’Leary of The Dragon’s Den fame. Entertaining yes, informative yes disconcerting definitely yes. I have to be up front about things, Kevin O’Leary and I have profoundly different politics. He described himself as politically…
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Kevin O’Leary at the Vancouver Convention Centre
The good people from Ockham Consulting have invited me to an event at the Vancouver Convention Centre where we will see Kevin O’Leary, the opinionated, fire-breathing dragon on CBC’s Dragon’s Den. O’Leary will be interviewed by business analyst Michael Campbell in front of a live audience (of which I will be part). Apparently we can…
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Customer Service Failure and Successes
Customer service is a tricky business. You’ve heard the funny store about the rookie store clerk getting trained. The manager says, “Rule number one is, the customer is always right. Rule two, if the customer is wrong, refer to rule number one.” Well I do not necessarily agree with that philosophy but I do understand where…
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Our Family Vacation in Port Alberni and Tofino
I was planning on writing a blog post about our trip to Tofino and our stay at Middle Beach Lodge but everything has changed for now. Just outside of Port Alberni an oncoming car crossed the centre line and hit our rented van head-on. Everyone in our vehicle is now fine and healthy. The little…