Personal Fulfillment & Solopreneur Productivity Coach | RomCom Novelist
I’m partway through reading Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, and I came across a couple paragraphs in particular that I wanted to share. In this section (Chapter Nine – “Zebras, unhappy marriages, and the Anna Karenina principle”; page 157), he discusses the first sentence of Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina: “Happy families are all alike; …
I’ve never kept track of the books that I read, but I thought it might be fun to start keeping a list of all of them. And it just might inspire me to start reading more books, too! Every month I’ll publish a blog post with a list of the books that I read that …
One of my current favourite television shows is Mad Men. From my point of view, as a rhetorician, what’s not to like about the show? It’s based around the concept of advertising, communication, and power struggle within relationships. I find the rhetoric of Mad Men to be fascinating. Something about the show that I really …
Something that I like to do, when I feel my motivation to eat healthy and lose weight waning, is to skip on over to YouTube and look up videos created by raw foodists. For some reason, raw foodists are one of the most cheerful, motivational, inspiring groups of people out there. I always feel better …
About 11 years ago, my family and I put together a time capsule, which we planned on opening on New Year’s Eve, 2009. However, due to the father dear and sistertraveller being out of the country, we had to postpone opening our time capsule until New Year’s Eve 2010. When we opened it, most of …
I’ve cross-country skied since around the time that I could walk. Every winter, my parents would pack my sister and I up and take us nearly every weekend to go skiing. It was fantastic. It’s been several years since I was last out on the trails, so it was with much excitement (and a little …
After reading Postman, I figured I should probably read Huxley. And what an excellent author he is! From Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (page 194): You’ve got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We’ve sacrificed the high art. We have the feelies and the scent organ instead. In Brave …
George Lakoff is an interesting character. As an expert in cognitive linguistics with strong political views, his work makes for a fascinating read. I’ve been reading his book Don’t think of an elephant! Know your values and frame the debate: the essential guide for progressives and he certainly makes his readers re-think the rhetorical strategies …
Neil Postman makes me swoon. His book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business may have been first published in 1985, but it is absolutely still relevant today. I share with you a paragraph from his last chapter, entitled “The Huxleyan Warning”, in which he discusses the dangers of television: …
Definition of “éclat”.
Guest posts really have their benefits. People who write guest posts on other blogs are able to get their writing out there and draw awareness to their cause. But there are many things to take into consideration if you want to approach a blogger to write a guest post for them on their blog. I’ve …
“Restitution” is the true story of a Jewish Czechoslovakian family immigrating to Canada during the Holocaust and their determination to reclaim four paintings. If you’re in the least bit interested in history, art, legacy, and the struggle to maintain the self within times of political strife, you will be able to take much away from reading this book.
Three Tips for New Bloggers, regarding workload, number of visitors, and monetizing your blog.
The definition of “pepo” and its origins.
As a freelancer, most of your work is likely going to be conducted from home. This means that you don’t have a boss looking over your shoulder or a clock on the wall that tells you how many hours you’re supposed to work for and when you’re allowed to take breaks. You have to be both your own boss and your own employee. Follow these tips to keep you on track and organized.