Swedish For Snubbed
Rumours that London will get its own Ikea swirl around this city like sasquatch sightings up north. …
General
Finally, A CEO Takes The Lead
Gordon M. Nixon of RBC is cutting his own salary and investing his shrunken bonus (a mere 2.4 million!) back into RBC to show his faith in the future of the bank and the Canadian economy at large. It’s a start. …
Friggin Rodent
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day and I don’t have to give a rat’s patootie about it for the first time in many, many years. …
One Week Til the Bike Show
The World of Motorcycles Expo is in one week’s time. Many of us go to trade shows, home shows and so on but few of us know what it takes to bring one of those successful shows together. This is my second year peeking behind the curtain and I’m much more involved this time around. …
Snow Days
Snowfall warnings are out and the Toro sits at the ready to be called into action once most of it has fallen. …
Kiva Update
Just prior to Christmas I posted my intentions to donate money to Kiva, an international aid organization that distributes loans to budding entrepreneurs in the third world. I chose four people based on their business proposals and loaned each of them $25. toward their modest goal. …
I don’t know much about art…
I look with a bit of envy at painters who sell their stuff online.  …
A-Twitter
I was one of the first of my peer group to get on Facebook and now I use it regularly. But does that put me on top of what’s hot? Apparently not! Facebook is, like, so last year! …
This is a First
I forgot to blog today! …
I Take It All Back
I’d like to apologize to the woman mentioned in yesterday’s blog, who mindlessly ate a meal on the subway. She might possibly be the Queen of Class compared to what I saw in Union Station yesterday! …
Transit Grossness
I hadn’t been on the Toronto subway system for a few months. …
The tox in Botox
It had to be too good to be true. …
A World Gone Mad
A California college student is auctioning off her virginity to pay for her education in – of all things – Family and Marriage Therapy.  She already has a degree in Women’s Studies. You can’t make this stuff up. …
Minding Your Mouth
Are you as confused about health studies as I am? …
Handbags and Gladrags
Here’s something I don’t understand about the nouveau riche “ladies who lunch” in the upper echelon of society. You know, the women who are buffed to a high sheen from weekly manicures and facials and plan their schedules around committee meetings about fundraisers and the like? Why are they so often described as a “socialite and handbag designer” by reporters? Does the world need thousands of people to draw blueprints for purses? …
Q’est-ce Que C’est le Bike Show?
The World of Motorcycles Expo is less than one month away. People often hear or see me refer to “the bike show” and how I’m helping out with “the bike show” and that I’m looking forward to “the bike show”. Well, this is “the bike show” I’m referring to! Feb 6-8, Western Fairgrounds London. …
Spitting Image
Horkers, gobbers, dribblers and saliva shooters, listen up. I’ve had enough of you! …
My Udder Creative Friend
My Nashville pal Richard has taken his artistic creations out of the barnyard and into cyberspace and soon, into the flesh! …