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Wear a smile – A smile is one of the strongest communication tools. You don’t have to spend the entire time grinning like an idiot, but there is nothing quite as infectious as sharing a smile. Dale Carnegie said, “It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those [...]
The Salvation Army Launches Executive on a Mission
The Salvation Army in Canada has launched a pilot program that will give volunteers an opportunity to make extended-length, overseas mission trips to help people in need. There are many Canadians with the time and the means to provide expertise in parts of the world where people are less fortunate.
“We want to harness the talents and [...]
MO-ving on Up
This is the last day of Movember and the last time you’ll need to look at my wiskers—for this year, at least.
You can still make a donation by clicking on the image below.
Tags: prostate+cancer
MO-ving Right Along
It’s time for a picture after week two.
After being MO-cked by the team at Mo Feud, I thought I’d better get my face a little closer to the camera. Hopefully you can see a few of those hairs on my upper lip.
As always, for more information on Movember, or to make a donation, click [...]
Week One of My Mo for Movember
Here’s how things stand with my face whiskers after one week. When most of your hair is grey or white, it takes a while to show.
If you want to know what this is all about and to support my effort, click here.
I’m Growing a Mo for Prostate Cancer Research
Taking a leaf from Darren’s book, during Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’ll be growing a Mo (slang for Moustache). That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about men’s health and the fight against prostate cancer. Why…
Every year, around 22,300 Canadian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 4,300 [...]
Blog Action Day - October 15, 2007
I’ve signed up Ian’s Messy Desk to participate in the 1st annual Blog Action Day.
On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim [...]
Getting the Most Out of Twitter
I signed up for a Twitter account ten days ago. However, I haven’t quite figured out how to get the best use from it. These are a few posts that I have “starred” in Google Reader:
Eight Ways Twitter is Useful Professionally – Web Worker Daily has eight tips on putting Twitter to work turning loose connections into [...]
9 Reasons to Use MyBlogLog
I signed up with MyBlogLog about three months ago. At that time it was just one of those things floating out there for which I created an account. In the past couple of weeks I’ve begun to get a glimpse of the benefit to be gained from using this tool.
Luis Suarez (who seems to be [...]
The Funny Names of Saskatchewan Towns
I’m sure every region in North America has its share of communities with odd names. The Canadian province of Saskatchewan seems to have more than most. Here’s a local reading a list of a few of them. Having split a dozen years between Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Tisdale, I know where most of these towns [...]
