Our Free-FM colleague Pasqualina brought in some peanut butter balls the other day. Â I thought I’d died and gone to protein heaven. Â So I asked for the recipe. It’s from the Oxygen Network. I use about 1/2 the honey it calls for (as does she) and I don’t add the chocolate chips at all and they’re delicious. Â The trouble is with trying to eat just one. Â …
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When you’re about to self-publish, as I am, you’re also about to self-promote, self-represent and self-distribute your work. So I’ve been reading up on ways to improve the chances of my little book getting seen – keep in mind this is something I already know a thing or two about.  So I’m only going after tips from the masters. …
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Yesterday I tweeted a question: does anyone know of a completely silent fan? Â Not a radio fan, an actual fan. Â My newsbooth is controlled by colleagues in another room who like it warm. Â I like it cool. I would prefer the thermostat set to “meat locker” but I realize that’s not fair to everyone else. Â The only suggestion I received was to spend $300 on a Dyson. Never again. Dyson once sucked me in. Â He’s the inventor of the Dyson vacuum, you know, the one he says “doesn’t lose suction”. Â Bullspit! Â Â …
Our radio station is in a nice part of the city. Â It’s in a beautiful building on Richmond Row, the mecca of London’s downtown shopping and dining spots. Â Just so you know that what I’m about to describe isn’t a shack in a derelict district of town. Â …
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I had to laugh at the Toronto Star’s online headline: Found a Mystery Porsche in Your Driveway? Â …
Everybody knows how the story of the Apple founder ends but not everybody is aware of way he worked and lived.  I just finished the book by Walter Isaacson, the authorized biography of Jobs that he wanted to chronicle his life, warts and all, so his children would get to know him better and learn what he was doing while spending so much time at work. …