The King of Trumps There was once a pretender named Trump, He was both sly AND as dumb as a stump. Most people believed he could NEVER succeed! But he’s POTUS now, so who is the chump? Sure he’s both liar and creep! Other magnates were NE’ER so cheap But he pulled wool over eyes …
The Agnostic’s Creed Eeny Meeny Miney Mo, Umpteen Deities in a row, Pick one, pray, and then you’ll know If He’s the one to smite your foe! Well, it took much less time than my first publishing attempt, but now Eeny Meeny is available for sale through a multitude of sales channels in either paperback …
I hope you won’t judge the quality of my writing by that of my photography. Unfortunately, my BB cellphone is showing its age and just is not up to the task of indoor shooting in low light. However, these shots, poor as they are will give you a taste of the Ottawa Authors and Artisans …
Many of my readers will already be aware that I have already published a cookbook, The Un-Cookbook: The Art of Cooking without Recipes, that is available in both hardback and softcover through booksellers and online as well as through the Kindle bookstore. N.B. Don’t forget that this makes a GREAT gift for Christmas or for …
I recently found out that I was going to be a grandfather for the first time. This was, and is still, a great piece of news. With our daughter, Christa at 30 years of age and our son, Ian, at 28, we were certainly ready for the news. Nevertheless, it marks the symbolic transition from middle-age …
In case you haven’t yet figured it out, I am not like most people. The vast majority of us tend to stick to what is familiar and comfortable. Most major brands count on this single fact for much of their success. The recent ‘I am a PC!’ campaign by Microsoft as a response for the …
“Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he …
“PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than …
It all began with a simple typo! Now, I will be the first to admit that I am not good at checking my work. The version of WordPress that I use does have a built-in spell-checker and I do avail myself of its services 90% of the time but in this instance it would not …
It never ceases to amaze me just how arrogant and ultimately self-destructive certain business people can be! On our sister blog, JustRW – Home of Canada’s Un-Chef, we recently wrote a review of a local restaurant. For us, it was merely one of many that we have posted in the last few months and held …
