Five Years, Five Christmases: You Never Know Where You’ll Be…
As 2012 draws closer to its end, I find myself reflecting on the past. Not the distant past, but the recent past. In fact, with Christmas here today, I found myself reflecting on the last 5 Christmases...
View ArticleRoom for Innovation in Wind Energy Industry
I was driving down the 401 in Toronto and I noticed a wind turbine setback from the highway. As I looked at it, I remembered seeing it when I used to live in Toronto over 10 years ago. That’s a long...
View ArticleWhich US City Has the Worst Drivers: No Weather Variable?
A few days ago, there was an article on Slate that claimed to investigate which US city had the worst drivers. I thought the article was interesting as it’s probably something that everyone has an...
View ArticleThe Time I Saw Nelson Mandela and the Earth Quaked
When I was in elementary school, I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to see Nelson Mandela in person — at the Skydome. It was a very impactful experience for me and it’s one of my shiniest...
View ArticleHow Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk: What About Canada?
I’ve been clearing out some of the tweets that I’ve favourited over the last week or so and one of them was a fun dialect quiz from the New York Times Sunday Review. There are 25 questions that ask you...
View ArticleThe Most Commonly Spoken Languages in Canada, Besides English and French
A couple of years ago, I came across an map that I found fascinating. It showed the most commonly spoken languages in the US (after English and Spanish). Some were fairly intuitive (French in...
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