It’s Jessie Time!
I love this time of year: the weather is getting warmer, all my skirts are out from their winter hibernation, and flip-flops are heavy in the shoe rotation. And the Jessie nominations are announced! For those of you not from […]
Never Bowl Alone
This came through my in-box last week, and I thought I’d share it. I might go, myself! Connect with your peers, get informed about community resources, take control of your well-being and go bowling. A free day-long workshop aimed at […]
Relay for Life
This is a business blog, not a personal one. I hope, though, that you will forgive me one personal post. I wouldn’t be using my blog as a platform unless it was incredibly important, and something I feel deeply about. […]
How the Olympics affected my business
I originally wrote this post last Sunday, February 28, in the morning. That afternoon, I watched Canada’s hockey team win the Gold medal at the Olympics in a nail-biting match against the Americans. Seconds after the game ended, I headed […]
Would you rather be Peet’s or Starbucks?
It’s no secret that I’m a coffee addict. I simply can’t start my day without a decent coffee: an Americano Misto is my drink of choice. And, like many adults, my tastes are refining as I get older–I can no […]
Is E-mail Evil?
Just before Christmas, I got this in an email from a friend of mine: I’ve decided, you see, that I’m spending too much of my precious time on this planet staring at screens of one sort or another so I’m […]
Will not working make me a better worker?
I’m very serious about my business. It’s important to me to do a good job so that my clients are happy with my work. I rely heavily on word of mouth and repeat business, so if someone is unhappy with […]
What are your goals for 2010?
Last year, I decided to to try something. I wrote a list of business, life, and financial goals for 2009, and posted it up over my desk. That’s about all I did with it. I didn’t break the goals down […]
An even stickier situation
Last month, I wrote a post on an interesting ethical dilemma that I found myself in. One of my clients, Down Stage Right Productions, was producing Evil Dead: The Musical in Vancouver. It was the first time EDTM had been […]