Systems can make us wealthy. Systems signal when a stock investment is below a 10% loss threshold so we can pull out the investment. Systems let the McDonald’s employees know they’ve exceeded the customer service standard. And systems correct a plane that’s off-track so that we arrive safely at our destination. Whenever I make a… Read more »
When I was young, the zoo was one of my favorite stops, but for some reason since becoming an adult, it has lost its allure. I was quite reluctant to visit the zoo this summer. However, convinced by my significant other, we visited the zoo for a quick morning brunch in Calgary. I was pleasantly… Read more »
Words Like Loaded Pistols, Rhetoric From Aristotle to Obama, by Sam Leith, might be one of the best books at highlighting the power of being able to communicate thoughts and feelings, experiences and ideas, and whatever else might cross one’s mind. And if there was one sentence that championed Leith’s thesis, it was, “Most great… Read more »
Imagine having a migraine that was so bad that it suddenly began to resemble the signs and symptoms of a stroke and you began to experience limited paralysis on one side of the body. It is a scary thought, but it is reality for some people who struggle with really bad migraines. This condition is… Read more »
Does body language matter? Until recently, I rarely noticed body language. I could only recognize a face in a crowd if I spoke to the person at least seven times. And to this day, many people smile and say hello to me, and they know me, and I enjoy them, but I can’t place who… Read more »
This is purely anecdotal, but I feel as if some mysterious, unseen force has destabilized what once was our relatively predictable relationship with the natural world. For example, I have been encountering a drastic increase in aggressive dogs in my neighbourhood. Just this morning, I witnessed two great Danes, tethered in their front yard, gnashing… Read more »
It all started, as these things often do, with a well-intentioned gift. Marcia received a secret-Santa gift from one of her co-workers. At first Marcia didn’t even know what it was, but another co-worker helped read the printing on the box. It was a paella pan. Marcia didn’t know what a paella pan was, but… Read more »
Is India’s Human Trafficking Problem Becoming Canada’s Problem? Remember when Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser held an emergency press conference and stated how some of the individuals caught up in the “bogus admissions scandal” had secured admission into Canada through our student visa program, but had no intention of studying and were actually involved in… Read more »
It’s been a busy week. Just today it was announced that the UCP experiment of moving all public health related lab work to private company Dynalife is being walked back. Although they apparently were able to provide decent service in north Alberta and the Edmonton region, their significant difficulties in adapting to the more densely… Read more »
