Home selling is hardly a hassle-free experience. Gone are the days when one could put out a sign and hope for the best. But amid all our efforts to get things where they need to be, one thing has stood out?and It’s not the paperwork or the market analyses or even the frantic calculations far… Read more »
Want some quick entertainment? Pull up any news story online and take a peek at the comments. The more controversial the story, the crazier the things that get posted. But It’s not all harmless fun; hiding behind a veil of anonymity, posters can get rude, abrasive, and downright offensive and threatening quite quickly. Even good-news… Read more »
Shocking news: sugary pop is unhealthy! Well, maybe not so shocking. What might come as more of a surprise, though, is a proposed law banning the sale of oversized cups of pop at New York City sporting events, restaurants, and the like. The move is part of an ongoing campaign against the obesity epidemic. But… Read more »
Failure. Losing. Taking second place. However you want to style it, not measuring up to the competition, whether real or imagined, is never a pleasant experience. Whether It’s a youth hockey game or the summer Olympics, the honour roll in elementary school or the coveted promotion at work, it hurts when you don’t make the… Read more »
On a recent trip we let the train zip us around downtown, and spent our time people watching instead of fighting traffic. The passengers on board ran the gamut: lawyers and nurses and office workers returning home at the end of the day. Students heading out for some fun. Couples going wherever couples go on… Read more »
It’s no longer news that everything that you post online stays there?and that it could affect your job prospects one day. So you’ve adjusted your privacy settings. You think before you upload photos or Tweet your random thoughts. You’re pretty sure you’d easily survive an employment vetting process. Enter a new and alarming trend: prospective… Read more »
Spring is on its way, which means change is on the horizon. From graduation plans to college applications to standardized tests to the US elections, everyone’s putting a ton of time and effort into the big decisions that will affect the course of their futures. In the meantime, the little actions, the day-to-day interactions, lie… Read more »
As most readers are aware, during 2012 we’re celebrating 20 years of publication. What better way to celebrate our accomplishments than by learning a little of the backstory behind some of our long-running favourites? Last week marked the 200th strip of our resident comic, ?Chronicles of Cruiscin Lan.? This week the artist, Wanda Waterman (who… Read more »
Are you ?addicted? to technology? According to a new study, you probably are?and it may not be your fault. After all, the study found, social media like Twitter is ?as addictive as cigarettes.? How can we fight that kind of power? we’re glued to our ?CrackBerrys.? Married to our iPhones. Obsessed with Angry Birds, Twitter,… Read more »
Human family. Global village. we’re all in this together, all intricately connected, right? But even as we throw around these buzzwords, we often fail to grasp their essence. A recent Irish Times article brought a whole new perspective to my afternoon. It’s a tale of just a few minutes on a tram. The players: several… Read more »