July 2005
For Sale: 2002 Subaru WRX
Posted by on Sunday, July 31, 2005 in - 1 comment
137,000 KMs • Good to very good condition • Winter & summer tires included. Winter tires have one season on them. Summer tires are brand new. • 227 HP, Turbo • All Wheel Drive • Power windows and locks • In-dash 6 CD changer. • Heated seats and mirrors • Lots of other goodness. See …
Creativity In Business
Posted by on Thursday, July 28, 2005 in - 1 comment
When you really sit down to think about it in this day and age you can’t have business without creativity. Business is all about coming up with new ideas, developing those ideas, then selling those ideas. Creativity is fueling today's top businesses.
Don't Be A Granny
Posted by on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 in - 7 comments
I learned to tie my shoes as a kid, just like everyone else. What I didn’t realize though is that for the past twenty six years I’ve been tying my shoes incorrectly! I’d usually have to retie my shoes a few times throughout the day as they were regularly becoming untied. • Only after picking up …
"Why I'm Gettting Married" - by Steven Garrity. Somehow he manages to sum up the real meaning of marriage in one simple blog post.
Posted by on Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Cairn Publishing
Posted by on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in - 4 comments
Matt Gunn, whom you'll remember from my Outward Bound story, has started Cairn Publishing. He's published one guidebook so far. It looks good. It's titled "scrambles in southwest british columbia". • What is scrambling you might ask? • “"Scrambling is the middle ground between hiking and …
Trust In Business
Posted by on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in - 2 comments
Business relationships are often complex, confusing, and ever shifting. But if you strip away all of the traditions, formalities, and fluff you find they’re actually built upon a few very solid, very human, elements. Trust is one of them. • When people in one business decide to work with people …
The Good In Business
Posted by on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in - leave a comment
Over the past few years there have been many critics of “business”. Documentaries have been made, books have been written, CEO’s have gone to jail, and capitalism has been generally deemed as evil. While I agree with some aspects of the above I can’t bring myself to believe that it’s ALL bad …
Live From The Formosa Tea House #4
Posted by on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 in - leave a comment
Peter, Steve, and I had a spontaneous recording session today at lunch. What emerged is the fourth session of “Live from the Formosa Tea House”. We’ve begun to shrink our technical setup size and time so I’m sure you’ll be hearing more from us in the future. • We are long winded and like talking …
Watch the crew inside the shuttle as it prepares to take off! Amazing.
Posted by on Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Your Mom Reads My Blog
Posted by on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in - leave a comment
While at lunch today I came up with a funny idea for a t-shirt. “Your mom reads my blog” (click here to buy it). Steve whipped it up and it's now at my new Café Press store. While we were designing the first shirt, I came up with a variation on the theme. “Your mom subscribes to my RSS feed …
Kids
Posted by on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in - 3 comments
Over the past ten days I’ve had the pleasure, and pain, of looking after two relative-in-laws. One a very talkative six year old girl and the other an intellectual eight year old boy. It took us all a little while to get used to each other. They’re used to living with mom and dad (who were off on …
travel.ceoblues.com
Posted by on Friday, July 1, 2005 in - 2 comments
While planning our recent trip to Peru Becky and I became very frustrated with the lack of real information on the web regarding hotels/hostals/attractions, etc. We decided that we would begin to piece together our travel experiences and share them with the world. travel.ceoblues.com is the result …