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March for the George Family means “Almonte.” We’re weeks away from our Family’s move, leaving St. Catharines and Niagara for Almonte, a great, small town about 40 minutes from Ottawa’s downtown. We’re all in a daze with the realization that the days and weeks leading up to our cross-Province trek will fly by. There…
Weekly, By George shares dozens of motivational posts and provocative thoughts on the pages of this journal, on our Facebook page and with our regular tweets of quotes and helpful links. We are very pleased to be communicating with our circle through these means – and we welcome others to join in with the on-line…
Social media specialist Cara Pring always amazes her readers with the reams of statistical and factual information she digs up on the use of the Internet. By George highly recommends her blog: “The Social Skinny.” So, here are lists of the most and least remarkable sm 2012 stats she has shared: Top 15 Positive…
Here are 25 of our most recent FAV tweets from the By George Journal Twitter stream: There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. – Christopher Morley There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Gandhi It’s not what happens to you, but how…
It has become annoying that our political leaders today take no notice of just how big and intrusive Government has become for Canadians. It is equally irritating that they do not recognize (and, in many instances, try to rationalize) just how much government costs its citizens. Government has become too big, too costly. FACT:…
The Old Man and the Sea is Ernest Hemingway’s last major work of fiction, first published in 1952. The book won a Pultizer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. On the surface, it is a tale of an aged fisherman and his struggle to land a giant marlin. At…
Happy Birthday Sir John A. Macdonald! Today, Canada’s first Prime Minister would be 198 years young. Favourite Photos of Sir John A. Favourite Quotes from the master politician To mark this day, By George Journal is encouraging you to a moment and think of John Macdonald. Canadians should not forget this man and his deeds…
Over the past few days, By George has re-posted our top-15-favourite wall posters of 2012 on our Facebook page. Readers will know that in past commentaries, we have argued the notion that FB wall posts are modern man’s hieroglyphics. When you skim through a FB timeline, it is akin to gazing over a wall in…
2013 is a wonderful new beginning for us at the By George Journal and CG&A COMMUNICATIONS. Our company enters its 20th year and we have many special on-line events through this year leading up to our 20-year milestone. The By George Journal will continue to bring its readers interesting articles and content they can…
Robert Brault is a free-lance writer who has contributed to many American magazines and newspapers. He also has an interesting blog and is a regular social media contributor. In 2012, Brault tweeted about 400 original thoughts on Twitter and recently he listed his top 50 tweets. Here are his top dozen 2012 tweets, in order…
Here are 5 more of our favourite writers’ quotes posted in the last couple of months, courtesy of the website Advice To Writers. “The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You…
One of our often-visited websites is Advice To Writers, a collection of insights on the craft of writing, collected by Jon Winokur. From our recent surfing, we have selected five of our favourite writers’ quotes posted in the past couple of months. “The most solid advice . . . for a writer is this, I…
From the scribes at CG&A COMMUNICATIONS have a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2013! To toast to your health and happiness in the New Year, here is our collection of cheers! NEW YEAR TOASTS Here’s to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to things that are yet to…
Hemingway’s 1940 epic war story, For Whom the Bell Tolls, provides glimpses into the author’s personal perspectives of the Spanish Civil War – and his bold, stark insights into war and politics, and killing, dying and the coming to terms with one’s mortality. It is a novel preoccupied with death and, at the same time,…
Our e-newsletter, The Latest, was delivered on Friday. Here’s a link to the news. To the many who contacted me on Friday and over the weekend, welcoming us back into the Ottawa area, thank you so much. We look forward to re-connecting with you early in the New Year. – Chris
Cyber Monday is a marketing term created by American companies to persuade people to shop online. It falls on the Monday after Black Friday, the Friday following the American Thanksgiving Weekend. The term made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org and in 2006 the on-line company launched the CyberMonday.com portal, a…
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I was recently asked what one song – one song – do I hold as “the best”? What a question! It would be a song for the ages. If there was only to be a single song ever played again, which one would it be? Difficult as this question is, I had an instant response: …