What does 40 years look like?

According to biblical myth, the ancient Israelites wandered the dessert for 40 years in their trek from Egypt to the Promised Land. (Shameless plug: not this ‘Promised Land’.)But if you want to see what 40 contemporary years (1967 to 2007) look (and sound)...

Stuck in NYC

I was heading back to Toronto from a day of meetings in Manhattan when my plane was cancelled at the airport (all Air Canada flights to Toronto, actually). And I found myself stranded overnight in NYC.An adventure, to be sure, but not as exciting as I might have...

Post post haste

We live in a world with so much writing, it’s getting harder to come up with an original thought.Case in point (albeit a small one): Tonight’s title, ‘Post Haste’… was going to be about what happens when your blog entry is written so fast...

From counter…to culture

It takes a lot longer for an idea to go from the fringes to mainstream acceptance than many people might think.And because of that, once it’s reached widespread acceptance, the idea – any idea – can seem like old hat to anyone who embraced it early on.Take global...