Mar 23, 2008
In a recent Inside PR podcast, I was taken to task for my statement (and I’m paraphrasing) that in Canada, tobacco companies are legal entities and, while most of us would say that smoking is bad for you, tobacco companies, like other Canadian corporations, are...
Mar 21, 2008
I think boingboing was the first blog I visited back when I didn’t know what a blog was. And I was instantly captivated by the delicious tidbits it presented; its odd and obscure collection of ephemera.Well, ReadWriteWeb had a ‘wonderful’ post last...
Mar 7, 2008
David Jones and Terry Fallis recently invited Julie Rusciolelli, Keith McArthur and me to join the weekly Inside PR podcast, as guests on a sort of social round table.The episode, (#101), was released on Tuesday.Who knows where it’s going to take us? Perhaps I...
Mar 2, 2008
It may look and feel like winter outside, but I say forget groundhogs. Tim Hortons’ annual ‘Rrroll Up the Rim to Win’ contest is my signal that springtime is nigh.And I’m happy to report the promo is back, complete with the promise of wonderful...
Mar 2, 2008
I was surprised to read about the Canadian doctor who recently fired a patient, under what seems like shaky grounds.Sure, there are probably good cases for a medical dismissal: such as when a patient is extremely rude and abusive. But being a little late for an...
Feb 29, 2008
Since it’s February 29 and I don’t much care for leap years, it’s the ideal time to propose a fix for the oft inconsistent Gregorian calendar.For starters, leap years ruin the simple symmetry of figuring out the day when your next year’s...
