Yes, the new Canada’s food guide does away with the “dairy” category. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
I’m a huge dairy fan.
I drink two glasses of milk per day.
Our household consumes more mozzarella than the average pizza parlor. [Read more…]
How to choose a job that will make you happy
January 15, 2019 by 4 Comments
There’s more to happiness on the job than choosing what you do. Here are some even more important factors to consider.
We spend a third of our waking hours on the job. If our job sucks, it’s hard to be happy. If our job is great, we have a pretty good chance of being happy.
But what makes a great job. How do you choose one that will bring happiness? [Read more…]
Where digital nomads go to work remotely
December 3, 2018 by 2 Comments
In the emerging gig economy, more and more people are choosing to work anywhere they feel like. These are the digital nomads.
Thanks to the Internet, we have a world full of digital nomads. In the days of moat diggers and blacksmiths, it was important to live close to your work. Moats are not transportable, and if you tried transporting a customer’s horse, there was likely a hanging in your very near future. These days, a lot of work is geography independent.
Here are a few of the careers that will follow you no matter where your feet or a plane ticket will take you. These are generally freelance careers, where you work for a variety of companies and individuals: [Read more…]
The things shoes can teach us
September 19, 2018 by 2 Comments
The day I lost my shoes, and how I turned that into an opportunity.
Dorothy lost hers. I forgot mine. My wife broke hers. I speak of shoes, of course.
So why are we all smiling? We each have our reasons, and here they are… [Read more…]
What makes a great fitness logo?
June 13, 2018 by 5 Comments
A new fitness business has a story to tell. That story starts with the right logo.
If you are thinking of entering the fitness business, one of the first things you’ll need to come up with is a logo. A logo is the visual representation of your business. It is not your brand. Your brand is what people think of you and how they feel about you. But your logo is a visual representation of your brand. [Read more…]
Room combinations – more space for less money
May 24, 2018 by 1 Comment
You get more house for your money when you combine rooms. Here are a few ways to do that.
Home shows on TV encourage us to dream big and imagine that we can have it all. The modern home concept in North America is to have a room for everything. That is, a single room for each purpose.
In fact, we often see several rooms for a single purpose on these shows. This is especially true with bathrooms. There’s the main bathroom, the master suite bathroom, the ensuite bathroom and the other bathroom. How many bathrooms does one house need? [Read more…]
Unintended consequences of technology
December 19, 2017 by 8 Comments
Ooh, we love our technology. But sometimes there are unintended consequences, and here are some of them.
Every new technology has a purpose. Nobody invents things for no reason. But many technologies have unintended consequences. They change society in some way that nobody foresaw, not even the inventors.
The example I often use is air conditioning. What an amazing invention, saving people from withering in summer’s heat. The reason to invent air conditioning was to make us more comfortable. But what else did it end up doing? [Read more…]
Sorry, no customer service after 4:00 P.M.
November 1, 2017 by 2 Comments
My real, live experience with “customer service”. If you run a business, don’t do this.
A while ago, I wrote about 8 ingenious styles of customer service that every business should know about, mostly because their employees have been inflicting them on unsuspecting customers.
For instance, I warned about “in your face customer service” and “run for cover customer service”, two equally effective opposites…like pouring too much sugar on your Shreddies one morning for breakfast, and dumping too much cayenne pepper on them the next morning. [Read more…]
Frugal laundry tip – towels
August 5, 2017 by 2 Comments
Almost everything you do costs money. But there is almost always a way to save money. Here are ways to save money with your towels.
A while back, I wrote about how to save money, time and the environment by washing pajamas more rationally. You can read the article here.
Today, I am going to save you even more money on laundry through the magic of simple mathematics. I know, you thought that graduating high school meant never having to do math again, but I will walk you though it step by step. [Read more…]
