Archive for August, 2007

On anger

“Holding on to anger is like holding on to a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” ~Buddha I’ve done a ton of learning recently about anger, forgiveness, and letting go of the past. It’s been exhausting, this learning process: Once I let go, [...]

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I love living downtown.

…Except when it’s Pride weekend. It’s a hot day today, so I need to have my windows open. But, there’s this droning, boring, electronica beat that so LOUD coming from Robson Street (which I live right next to) which is disturbing my peace and quiet. I’m trying to read, and that music is downright distracting. [...]

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Y'know what?

I absolutely HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE it when, weeks in advance, I make plans with a friend, only to hear the night before that they made better plans and won’t be joining you. Sorry. That’s F’**’d. I don’t care how much better your plans are. If you make plans weeks in advance for [...]

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Friday Silliness…

“When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.” ~ Jack Handy Legally Blondes buy What are you looking forward to this weekend? The Devils Brigade movie Me? I’ve got two parties to go to, (I’m not talking about either of them, so [...]

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A new networking opportunity: Third Tuesday is coming to Vancouver!

For the past year, Third Tuesday/Third Monday have provided the social media community in Toronto License to Wed buy and Ottawa with a monthly opportunity to gather, hear from great speakers and talk about new developments in social media and social software. As we look forward to this autumn’s season, we’re hoping to start up [...]

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Hey! I'm on CBC Radio today!

Hey… don’t miss this funny story, (well, funny now at least) that I shared with Tod Maffin in an interview for his CBC Radio segment, being aired today! As an aside, I’m considering a legal suit to obtain the invoice that was never paid by this client. It’s still well within the legal timeline to [...]

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On best friends…

I was over at Kimli’s before work this morning, and she had a poignant post on how she missed having a best friend her life: I miss having and being a best friend. While I do have friends that I love and am grateful for, they are all spoken for and sometimes I feel like [...]

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It’s the MID-WEEK SOCIALIZING GAME!

Hey guys! It’s that time of the week, again… Time to socialize on the fly! (And, I’ll have one of those shots in the photo, please!) Here’s how it works: I’ll start with a question, and the first person answers my question, and then asks a different question for the next person in the same [...]

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