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Old is When 2
Royce Shook · Please note that these statements are intended to be humorous and based on stereotypes I have heard as I got older. We need to understand that the people saying these things are not meaning to offend, but are trying to be funny. I only take offence if it is a younger person (unde ...
My Part In Killing Advertising.
Robert Cormack · All I did was write the first Canadian rock jingle.
THE HIGH COST OF RELIGION
Jim Murray · Sometimes I will see an image so powerful that it inspires me to write something about it. · I was raised in the Catholic religion. The whole nine yards, from alter boy to Columbian Squires to CYO dances every Friday, to confession every Thursday and mass every Sunday. And I was ...
The Day Off, Yeah, Right
Jim Murray · It’s a Thursday. I am beat from a rather grueling valuation day yesterday at Shaver where I’m doing my rehab and I’m only halfway through. We finish up there on Friday and won’t be able to go back for 6 months. · So we have both joined the gym at Brock, and will go there a couple ...
Hard Lessons I Learned from a High-Paying Job in Tech
Mubtasim Fuad · On the first day, I felt like a clown amongst Houdini magicians. · They were so damn good. They were polished as hell. And geez could they Powerpoint like nobody’s business. Compared to me, what they did was death-defying magic. · My friend recommended me for the job. They worked ...
Fridays
Jim Murray · We get around 52 of them every year. · And for most of that last 30 or so years, I have never had an office to go to that wasn’t a room in my house, and always used Fridays as a blogging, billing, screenplay and poetry writing day. · My wife and one grandson, Rowan, are outside t ...
Have You Ever Been a Protégé?
Sarah Cohen · The word protégé is a fancy French word that we use in English. It makes us sound posh whenever we use it and really extraordinary if the word is used to describe us. I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about what it means to be a protégé being mentored by someone — not tr ...
How I Became Dirty-Minded (And Got Over It).
Robert Cormack · “I’d rather have a cup of tea than sex.” Boy George · As a child I was guilty of many fixations. At the age of eight, I stared repeatedly at the thighs of a little girl sitting two desks back. This required me to turn at an awkward angle, much like you do when you’re backing up a ...
The Trucker and His Emu
Royce Shook · An Aussie trucker walks into an outback cafe with a full-grown emu behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders. The trucker says, 'A hamburger, chips and a coke,' and turns to the emu, 'What's yours?' · 'Sounds great, I'll have the same,' says the emu. · A short time lat ...
How I Came To Understand Coaching
Jim Murray · You see a lot of posts on social media from people who encourage you to do things like ‘live your best life’ and ‘speak truth to power’. They tell you that you are your own best friend and that everybody is special in their own unique way. · A lot of these people are coaches of o ...
Friday Rant: Nobody Who Matters To Me Gives A Fuck
Jim Murray · This is a rant. It’s not sugar-coated or politically correct. But the essence of it is simple…it’s me being pissed off and fed up with all the bullshit floating around out there and magnifying a tiny speck of it as I am wont to do every so often. So if this is something that ...
Here's the Thing About Loneliness—It Ain't Really Loneliness.
Robert Cormack · You're just scared by the thought of it. · “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men · When Charles Bukowski confessed he’d “never been lonely,” it’s hard to imagine him being any other way. Growing up, he was an outsider, ...
Gone. Us. Soon. Pfffft.
Jim Murray · This is a rant. It’s not sugar-coated or politically correct. But the essence of it is simple…it’s me being pissed off and fed up with all the bullshit floating around out there and magnifying a tiny speck of it as I am wont to do every Friday. · So if this is something that you ...
Moments — who says the universe doesn't have a sense of humour
Graham🐝 Edwards · I looked at my calendar for the week and was struck by two appointments I had on Wednesday and Thursday — I even mentioned it to a friend who just laughed. I’m still wrestling with whether it’s funny or just ironic; either way “someone” has a sense of humour. · On Wednesday I hav ...
A Note To My Pal Herb
Jim Murray · Hey Herb, · I woke up this morning with only a vague idea what this rant would be about. · But that didn’t bother me. In fact, it kinda made me feel good because usually when I wake up on a Friday morning I’m all full of piss and vinegar about the media and their fixation on a lo ...
This Is Mind Boggling...
Donald 🐝 Grandy PN · Every single day YouTube users now watch over 1 billion hours of video. That’s the equivalent of over 100,000 years of viewing time which is more than all of human history! · In fact, YouTube now reaches more people aged 18-49 than ANY broadcast or cable TV network in the world. ...
Poor, Misguided White Supremacists
Jim Murray · This is a rant. It’s not sugar-coated or politically correct. But the essence of it is simple…it’s me being pissed off and fed up with all the bullshit floating around out there and magnifying a tiny speck of it as I am wont to do every Friday. · So if this is something that you ...
The Three Levels of Stupid
Jim Murray · Well it's Friday and you know what that means here on the Quiet Side of The Lake.This is a class-two rant, in which I try and be a little more positive than usual. It’s part of my therapy. Hope you enjoy it and realize that while you may hear the odd harsh thing. it’s all just ...
Feeding the birds
Royce Shook · This is a wonderful story. You will be glad that you read it, and I hope you will share it. Thanks to my friend George who shared it with me. · It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean ...
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