December 2009 & January 2009 was a particularly bad snow year in the Greater Vancouver Area of British Columbia, Canada. As the snow was melting, I found quite a bit of loose change as I went about my business around town. If I recall correctly, I found between $12.00 – $18.00. I [...]
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Your Monday Smile: “Darth Vader Feels the Blues” by Billy Faithfull and Oli Beale
I hope this “touching” moment between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker provides you with a nice Monday smile to help get you through your work week
It’s amazing how a small change of perception (and some nice music and video editing skills) can take such a serious moment from Star Wars into one that’s [...]
Greater Vancouver Area’s Own Superhero with Metal Detecting Superpowers — Chris Turner of Finders – Lost Jewellery
While doing some research on metal detecting2, I came across Chris Turner’s website for his Finders service for lost jewelery. You could call Chris Turner Vancouver’s very own Superhero with Metal Detecting Superpowers:
Isn’t this great?! Chris has many videos like that above which you can view on the Turners Treasure Team [...]
The Chest Expander from LifeLine USA for Your Strength Workout
I recently added the chest expander from LifeLine USA to my fitness equipment arsenal and I’ve been very happy with the results. In the following YouTube video, Mike Gillette gives a quick demonstration of the chest expander from LifeLine USA and how he uses it to help gain (functional) strength:
Mike’s point about timed [...]
Movie Self-Reference: A Lesson From Spaceballs on Where the Real Money From Movies is Made
Self-reference is an effective comedic technique utilized several times throughout the movie Spaceballs “a 1987 science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks.”1 (Available on DVD from Amazon.com and Amazon.ca). One specific scene where the self-reference comedic tactic is used provides a useful lesson in marketing movies. This marketing tactic [...]
