Ringing The Buzzard

They suggest you prepare
your "elevator speech".
Which is all fine and dandy
but I live on the third floor.
Now if I worked at the CN
tower, well that would be
a different storey.

Slip Of The Thong

I remember seeing the
Rheostatics play at the
Cabana Room in late 1986.
I believe one of the women
from The Fifth Column
was watching the show, too.
They had an album with the
great title, "To sir, with hate."
Another good band was
L'etranger.
Also saw The Fabulous
Thunderbirds at the Diamond
Club in 86. On the downside
smoking was still allowed in
clubs. On the upside, tickets
were still reasonably priced.
Nowadays you can't smoke
in clubs, but many acts
are expensive and frankly
a lot of music sucks big time.
Your friendly neighbourhood
curmudgeon is signing off.

A Whiter Shade Of Paleozoic

The skinny on obesity.
A bilingual (dutch/english)
greeting: "How now Mevrouw?"
Or this: "Slaap Liquor."

Everywhere An Ursine

A couple more recommended
authors:
Ernie Zelinski. His books
are guides on how to find
meaningful work and leisure.
He himself admits he's not
the world's greatest writer,
but he sure gets his point across.
Jay Conrad Levinson's "Guerrilla"
series are helpfull books for
entrepreneurs.
Which reminds me, if you're
reading this blog, why not
tell others about it.
Thank you.
Martin .

Offal Good

Hot enough for ya?
The average temp
for the past couple of
weeks seems to be 30c.
I remember walking
past the Squeeze Club
on Queen West one
really hot day and there
was a sandwich board out
front that read; "It's not
the Heat it's the Humility."

PUN(ctuation).

Decided to go for a walk
last night.
As I headed up the
street I noticed a guy
standing in front of
a parking permit machine.
He was fishing in his pocket
for change without much luck.
As I got close to him I pulled
a loony out of my pocket,
dropped it in his hand and
said, "This one's on me."
They say you should keep your
random acts of kindness to
yourself. That it takes away
from the "energy" of the act.
I only mention this example
to show how easy it is to do
and how it made me and the
guy both feel good.
Now it's your turn.