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Bloggers far too often try to focus on the big things. Big ideas. Big thoughts. I’ve often find myself justifying long periods of writer’s cramp by saying I’ve got nothing important to say. It was one such outburst that prompted my wonderful wife to say ‘it doesn’t have to be something profound, just write.’ In… Continue reading It’s the little things, ya know?

Maclean’s Kady O’Malley does a great job digging a little deeper on that whole ROI issue.

I was scrolling through Slate Magazine over my lunch hour today, as I am wont to do, and found an interesting entry in their Hot Document section. The Hot Document is a Smoking Gun type feature that brings readers an interesting document, often related to something in the news (a recent entry featured Canada’s fact sheet on… Continue reading If link therefore I post?

This is great. Why didn’t I know this existed earlier? John. Hodgman. If you haven’t read The Areas of My Expertise you are missing out on comedic gold. Like this.

“It’s a biggie,” said Rob Kuhn, a severe weather meteorologist with Environment Canada’s Ontario storm prediction centre. That’s my ’05 Jetta Wagon under there. For the record, less than 24 hours earlier I had been driving around town.

Remember, when parking one’s crane in downtown Ottawa, one must remember to the feed the meter.

I have been feeling more and more compelled to post here lately but I have been hesitant about posting before I had something really profound to say – a way to make up for the disrespect I’ve been showing all 42 points as of late. But I’ve been short on profundities lately, so instead, a… Continue reading So here’s the thing…

So, for those of you who may not have public relations or media training, allow me to present a quick crash course in how NOT to make your case. As most of you know, the debate over human responsibility for climate change has been raging for quite some time now in scientific, political and social… Continue reading Regret the error, indeed!

Two interesting items from today’s daily news cycle. First, one thats being fairly widely reported – a blogger known as Petit Anglaise won a wrongful dismissal suit in France. She’s an Englishwoman who was fired from her job in Paris after writing about her experiences on her blog. The coverage today starts the inevitable speculation… Continue reading You can take the media blogger out of the media blog…

To the love of my life, my soon-to-be wife, Happy Birthday.