Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
Here is a wonderful question to pose while swirling your cocktail on New Year’s evening. It is sure to prompt a lot of interesting conversations. In planning for a New Year’s Eve party, you are given a magical opportunity to invite a total of 3 people currently living and 3 people from the past. Aside from all your immediate…
Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever? It used to be that at a party one should never discuss religion, sex and politics. Does this still stand? Are there other subjects that need to be added to this list of avoidable conversations?…
Merry Christmas! Is it time to insist that “Christ” is put back into “Christmas”? Is Santa coming to your family this Christmas? You do believe in Santa, right!? Joy is found with simple awareness. What does your joy look like today? At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?…
To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? Has your greatest fear ever come true? Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? What’s something you know you do differently than most people? What’s your single greatest moment of personal failure? Looking…
If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do? When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing? Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? If…
As we enter year-end festivities, inevitably, we will find ourselves at cocktail parties or dinner settings where we will be reaching for a topic of discussion. To help us through this season, By George Journal will provide questions and observations that can serve as perfect conversation starters. In the next few days, we’ll call this conversational…
By George, how has it happened that everything in our world has become so black and white? We live in such an increasingly complex and interdependent world. Yet, isn’t it interesting that advocacy campaigns and successful politicians win by making the issues of day simple. It’s the simple truths, told simply, that are the most…
There is a rather large number of Americans that believe American Thanksgiving is all about the football games – “Praise the Lord and pass the gravy!” Of course, not everyone believes this. American humourist Erma Bombeck mused: “If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.” However, even…
Here is a list of family facts and personal history details of the soon-to-become 45th President of the United States Donald Trump The Snapshot: Donald John Trump, was born June 14, 1946. He will be 70 years old on election day. From the Internet, he is 6’2″ or 6’3′ and weighs between 195…
After a month of deliberation on the symbols held dearest by Canadians, By George has determined “the most beloved national symbol.” Through the last few days we have sought feedback from followers and had direct input from our own By George network and the remaining four top symbols have been ranked. So, here they are…
The By George month-long search for the greatest Canadiana symbol has come to a choice of four iconic symbols Canucks are all familiar with. You are encouraged to click into our By George Journal Facebook page to provide your opinion on the order of the following…. The Beaver The Canadian Flag Hockey Niagara Falls Click…
Through the month of June, By George will be conducting a Canadiana contest to select the most-Canadian of symbols. It will be a head-to-head choice of 64 different items that are celebrated and treasured by Canucks. On our By George Facebook page, we will be announcing the individual contests and allowing for our followers…
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17 because it is believed that is the day St. Patrick died. History has it that he died in 461 AD, at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, where he is also reputedly buried. Ironically, the patron saint of Ireland – St. Patrick – was not Irish. He was British, born…
March 15th marks a special day on the calendar: “The Ides of March” Here are ten True or False questions on this special day. Test yourself – and beware. Is it true or false… The “Ides of March” is short form for the Tides of March and the saying “Beware the Ides of March” refers…
Some sports fanatics will tell you this day is all about an aging football icon striving to end his career with a lasting exclamation mark. Pigskin purists will want to stack up the stats and argue a 15-1 Panthers should be able to handle the 12-4 Broncos; after all Cam Newton is marshaling a better…
Here is a list of 20 more irrelevant facts; again, sure to prompt both interesting discussions and prolonged silence. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. Rubber…
Here is a list of 20 irrelevant facts that are sure to prompt both interesting discussions and prolonged silence. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon….
Wrapping up our celebration of donairs, By George Journal is serving up some humourous memes. If you have not seen the creative advertising of King of Donair in Halifax, then you’re in for a treat! Their brilliance is found in their play on words, use of celebrities and their sayings, and tweaking of iconic photos….
It cannot be overstated: there is nothing as delectable as a donair – specifically, a Halifax donair. In some quarters it has become legendary; in others’ it is simply “too much.” Finally, this delicious gastronomical mainstay of the Nova Scotia Capital is getting its due recognition and respect. The birthplace of the donair, Halifax, has…
You always remember your first donair. Halifax in the late 80’s. Midnight. Sitting on Pizza Corner. A KOD large with extra sauce. Just-this-side-of-heaven. Over the decades, I would not want to guess the numbers of donairs I have had. However, I will venture to share the three most memorable donairs I have devoured. My brother-in-law…