I love walking in downtown shopping areas during the days leading to Christmas. Everyone seems to be in a good mood (well, almost everyone), there are bright lights everywhere, colourful packaging with bold designs, cheerful music, delightful scents – in short, it’s like a brief period of amazing cheer and happiness. If only the entire… Read More The real meaning of Christmas?
What a fantastic story! It will most certainly put a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart. Article by Oliver Janney, published on CNN on December 25th 2008 A family facing foreclosure is anything but a unique story in these troubled economic times. But this is a happier story of one… Read More CNN: Blog ‘miracle’ saves Christmas for hard-luck family
I love Top Ten lists. They are so annoying to make, and, if you happen to work on them in a team, they are all the more nightmarish in that you have to fight sometimes quite passionately with your colleagues. Thankfully this list is mine alone. Perhaps next year, I will have some collaborators… Then… Read More Sahar’s Top Ten Christmas Movies
The gift that gives twice: charity donations! 2 hens and a rooster a hot gift? Charities enjoy upswing in downturn Many cash-crunched Canadians are tucking charity pledge cards in stockings this year, with some organizations reporting significant increases despite the economic downturn. Donations to Yuleanthropy, a charity which funds social programs in Kenya, have doubled… Read More Stuck without a gift? Here is something worth looking into…
I can feel the excited, giggly fan-girl within me when I type titles such as the one I graced this post with, coming out of the little room I have sequestered it in. It happens, every once in awhile, that something makes her come out with a vengeance – especially when I read something like… Read More The oddity of intelligence: Another Heather Mallick gem
Now I have to admit that lately, I have been reading about books a lot more than I have been reading books. This has led to the creation of a little booklet with a list of titles I must one day purchase and read. I have even come up with a little colour-code depending on… Read More Review: The Age of Anxiety
Congratulations! As you set off this morning to clean off your cars to get last minute shopping done or perhaps to go to work, remember: not only is it Christmas tomorrow, but the days are now getting longer! Yes, the Winter Solstice was three days ago, and ever since then, the days have been slowly… Read More Great news!
From the Digital Journal. By: Carol Forsloff. Someone is stuck in a car at risk for explosion or plunged into a river where the occupant is in danger. If you decide to play a Good Samaritan and rescue someone, you could be sued for doing it according to the decision of the California Supreme Court.… Read More Good Samaritan Can Be Sued. Bad Judgment?
If arts are a reflection of humanity’s collective soul, then there is something to be said of our obsession with crime shows and shows pitching humans against the forces of evil. It’s almost as if we refuse to accept that there is no such thing as evil, that we are responsible for everything that we… Read More Supernatural, or supernaturally in denial?
I found a brand new blog which I find absolutely hilarious (in a good way, of course). First of all, it feeds my obsession with Edward-Cullen-Obsession. Second of all, it’s good to know that I’m not the only one who hears music while reading books. And no, I don’t hear voices as well. Please visit… Read More Setting the Tune – Twilight related songs
