You love French fries, but they are often so badly prepared: soggy, oily, doughy… the list of fry-crimes is long. Because of this, you often hesitate when you order something like a burger – do risk the fries or go with the safe cover of the green salad. Today, however, though you get a tip …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Life-Love #33: Taking a moment to chat when you’re on the run.
We run in and out of hotels when we’re away on business. There’s an agenda, a schedule and many people to meet. You feel a certain urgency because you probably only get to see them once in a while. You sped your days running from room to room, waking up early, worried to be late …
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Life-Love 32: Watching the mists rise from the sea at night
There are nights that we find ourselves beside the sea. Even if we live inland, sometimes a business trip, a vacation or the simple roll of the dice of fate takes us away from the land and to the coast. We do what we need to do, but somehow we feel more energized, stronger, more …
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Life-Love 32: Reacting to frustration with understanding instead of anger
There are many things in the world that drive us crazy. Waiting in lines, being stuck in traffic jams, listening to someone that really annoys us – many of these things can turn up our blood pressure and turn our eyes into brazing embers of anger. We feel an upwelling of annoyance, which often translates …
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Life-Love 31: A friend who tells you the truth
We like to be liked. Often our friends will spare our feelings by keeping mum about a problematic romantic relationship, a questionable financial choice or a fashion crime. Sometimes, however, a friend will take you aside, shuffle in his or her seat and look down at the ground a little awkwardly. You ask your friend …
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Life-Love #30: Monday Night Football
Growing up, many of us, men and women had football as a part of our Autumn Sundays. Waking up late, going to Church, watching Sunday morning political talk shows and then a lazy afternoon of game after sunny game of football. The drone of the crowd, perhaps a beer or two, snacks and easy, light …
Life-Love #29: Pulling on a pair of jeans fresh out of the dryer
Ah, the chilly mornings of Autumn. I tend to keep my house cool at night, since I find it hard to sleep in a very warm room, so I often shiver a little as I pull off my covers a feel the tingly skin and goose bumps spread up my arms. I often feel the …
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Life-Love #28: Group-work late into the night
Working late alone can be a trial. The night grows longer, your lids grow heavier and droop. Your head nods from the fatigue and you catch yourself drifting off, just as your chin alights on your sternum or shoulder. Working late in a group is different. If you’re working to deadline on a project, and …
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Life-Love #27: A moment of synchronicity
There are moments in our lives when all of the parts seem to be moving together, in orchestra. You’re walking and you see that the rhythm of your steps matches the clicking of a woman’s heels which is on alternate beats to your heart. You put your foot onto the curb just as the light …
My talk at the McMaster Student Union “Vision 2010” Workshop
Today I had the pleasure of speaking to student leaders from across McMaster as a guest speaker in the Vision 2010 workshop organised by MSU President Mary Koziol and her executive. I spoke between Kate Whalen, Director for the Office of Sustainability and Brian McHattie, Hamilton City Councillor for Ward 1. I spoke about the …
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