Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
This obituary was printed in the London Times and it is absolutely dead brilliant. Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape….
In some cultures what I do would be considered normal. I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that are someone else’s fault. I no longer need to punish, deceive or compromise myself. Unless, of course, I want to stay employed. I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those…
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Leaps tall building in a single bound; is more powerful than a locomotive; is faster than a speeding bullet; walks on water; discusses policy with God. PRESIDENT: Leaps short buildings in a single bound; is more powerful than a switch engine; is just as fast as a speeding bullet; walks on…
Admittedly, we too got caught up in the 30-minute-Twitter-frenzy following Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s press conference late afternoon yesterday. Here are 10 of the more colourful tweets from the @ByGeorgeJournal feed. @splomgirl – I felt like my eyes were going to roll out of my head while scrolling through my twitterfeed of Rob Ford’s transcript….
Here are a few facts that can be used as great conversation-starters in the office, or at your next social function. Did you know…? In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand. Guinness Book of Records…
If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. Some people cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. You’re never too old to learn something stupid. A bus station…
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos…then you probably haven’t completely understood the seriousness of the situation. Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job…
These humourous zingers are to be said with attitude: Everyone’s entitled to be stupid but you are abusing the privilege. I can only please one person per day so today is not your day and tomorrow doesn’t look good either. Why do people with closed minds always open their mouths? The tongue weighs practically nothing….but few…
Sarcasm is just one more service we offer. This isn’t an office – it’s Hell with fluorescent lighting. Yes, he’s a PBS mind in an MTV world. Does your train of thought have a caboose? Not the brightest crayon/tool in the box now, are we? Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it? I’m trying to…
Here are 10 tell-tale signs that your public relations career is coming to an end – and that you should be turning your thoughts to retirement. You not only know what a type writer is, you can remember how to change the ribbon. You cherish the memory of not having a cell phone, and still being…
The Eagle and the Rabbit An eagle was sitting in a tree resting, doing nothing….. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, ‘Can I also sit like you and do nothing?’ The eagle answered: ‘Sure, why not.’ So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a…
A Washington DC airport ticket agent offers us a glimpse of some of the astoundingly ignorant public she is required to service. These exchanges would be hilarious – if they weren’t true. A Kansas Congressman’s staffer called wanting to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport…