I discovered Helen Donnelly through her Clown persona Foo. Deb and I went to see a Clown show called Morro and Jasp Get Baked. Foo was a guest performer for the show. Foo took my breath away. Literally. I was laughing so hard that I couldn’t breathe. Foo was an androgynous, white-faced clown who spoke…
It was the summer of 1981. I was eighteen years old. My dad had got me a job at a French restaurant called Au Cepage. Which was cool because I had been to France the year before and fell in love with French food. My job was a prep chef or cook’s assistant. I chopped…
Last month I thought my Marathon Weight was within reach… So much for wishful thinking. My average weight went up last month. It was 184lbs, up 1.4lbs. Which is not a tragedy in the scheme of things. My lowest weight was 181lbs and highest was 187.2lbs. As I’ve said before, Intermittent Fasting is a back…
I was thinking about the book Tiny Habits and using it to help me with a bad habit of mine. Night snacking. I don’t always snack at night. But I snack enough that I should try to curb it. My snack of choice is tortilla chips and salsa. BJ Fogg recommends that you look closely…
I have a problem. I’m a self-help junkie. I love reading self development books. The problem is that I read them but I don’t take action on what I learn. I’m not great with the follow through. Darren Hardy said, “Learn less, do more.” Most of the time, we know enough. We know enough to…
I was going through my notes from Seth Godin’s Marketing seminar and found a link to a blog post of his from 2009. It’s called “Guy #3”. The post has a link to a video from the Sasquatch music festival and shows a spontaneous dance mob forming. Seth’s point is that until Guy #3 joined…
When I was a kid and people asked me what I wanted to be when I was grown up, I would say: Famous. It was my stock answer and it usually got a laugh. I didn’t specify what I would be famous for. I figured it would have something to do with acting or writing.…
I went for a cemetery walk today in Grove Cemetery in Dundas. Stan Nowak gave a great tour telling us about some of the residents and the stories of their lives. It was also a great reminder that none of us gets out of here alive. I’m still reading The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman. The…
One the positive things to come out of the pandemic for me is that some friends and I have had a weekly Zoom meeting. The Corona Check-In. There are seven of us invited. Some show up more often than others. But everyone keeps coming. Most of us have been friends since high school or earlier.…
Throw back Thursdays. I like the idea of them. Remembering something from your personal history. A memory or a photo. It’s good to look back every now and then. I’m a firm believer in the adage “He who forgets the past is bound to repeat it.” The problem is when people get caught up in…
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