We just got back from the lake a while ago. We were going to head up on Friday night but some complications arose as Mark’s baby sitter took the kids to the zoo and they got back late. Wendy and I were dead tired and instead of driving up to the cabin, we decided to [...]
June, 2009:
Contextless Links
The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics Desperately Seeking Yeltsin :: For all our sentimental belief in the ultimate triumph of those on the "right side of history," nothing is inevitable. This second Iranian revolution is on the defensive, even in retreat. To recover, it needs mass, because every [...]
A musical genius and an abused child
Andrew Sullivan writes about Michael Jackson There are two things to say about him. He was a musical genius; and he was an abused child. By abuse, I do not mean sexual abuse; I mean he was used brutally and callously for money, and clearly imprisoned by a tyrannical father. He had no real childhood [...]
Only a preacher
Pastors no longer automatically hold positions of community influence. But they can — and should — earn a place in their communities by participating in them, says pastor and author Nelson Granade. If one only assumes the role of prophet, however, folks quickly will begin to avoid you. As in our congregations, we often earn [...]
The finances of a NFL team laid open
Yahoo! Sports has a great article on the finances of the Green Bay Packers. All NFL teams except the Packers are privately owned. With Green Bay being community owned, they lay open their books for their shareholders to see. The Packers took in $247.9 million in total revenue, a 3 percent increase over the previous [...]
Saskatchewan Cottage Price Closes in on $300,000
According to the Star Phoenix The average waterfront, three-bedroom cottage in Saskatchewan goes for about $300,000, Royal LePage said in its recreational property report Thursday. Measuring 1,000 square feet on a 100-foot lot, that average cottage in Manitoba ranges from $250,000 to $360,000 and $400,000 to $460,000 in Alberta, said the report. The national average [...]
Fundraiser
Yesterday I went to a fundraiser in the operating room lounge at City Hospital. Two of the doctors there are donating a heart defibrillator to the Centre and had a lunch fundraiser which consisted of authentic homemade Indian food for $10. The lounge was packed, the food was terrific and it was fun to stop [...]
