Top 10 Most Misunderstood Christmas Song Lyrics

Ah, Christmas carols. Every year the same tunes bless us with their overwhelming presence, getting lodged firmly in our collective brains until sometime mid-July. And though many brave souls have attempted (successfully or not) to add to them over the years with more modern entries, most of the songs you’ll hear this season hark from the days of...

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Copywriters: Disappearing into Obscurity or More Relevant than Ever?

Image courtesy of Just2Shutter freedigitalphotos.net For better or worse the glamorous days of the cocktail swilling, designer suit wearing, fast talking Madison Avenue copywriters are behind us. Copywriters, in the classic sense, are a dying breed. The position of the traditional copywriter is being eclipsed by a newer,...

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Social Media’s Impact on Marketing

The use of social media has become ubiquitous in business strategy, incorporated in marketing plans from multinational corporations to mom & pop doughnut shops. It has gotten to the point that if your business doesn’t have a social media presence it seems suspect, a sign that you don’t have the resources or are simply behind the times. For...

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Your $50,000 Starbucks Habit. Make Your Own Coffee and Retire Early?

I was recently sent this article on Forbes.com that I read in a feverish frenzy. Retiring young seems completely unattainable for my generation. For recent grads - those nearing 30, the idea of retiring someday is itself a miracle that only a few of us will achieve. And that has a lot to do with our spend-happy culture and our need for everyday...

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Paper Books Still Alive and Well

Here's a great article explaining how the struggling publishing industry will survive to see another day. A great, comforting read for those of us who love books in their traditional form, and especially for those who dream of someday getting published.  http://www.salon.com/2013/03/21/books_arent_dead_ye...

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See the Colourful Streets of 1900s Paris

Check out this link to see some astounding real colour photographs taken in early 1900s Paris. http://curiouseggs.com/extremely-rare-color-photography-of-early-1900s-paris/ Apparently the images have not been altered, touched up or Photoshopped in any way. They are the original images taken using Autochrome Lumiere technology. A technique invented...

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Organized Reading: A classic, An alternative, A mind-expander, An industry book and A guilty pleasure

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in my post about killing the post-holiday blues, I’m more than a bit of a bookworm. But I’ve decided to put this book-devouring nature of mine to good use. To do this, I devised a simple plan to become more well-rounded in my book selections. My system is simple. I will alternate between reading :  ...

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What They're Really Saying on the Field

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Is there a future for public libraries?

How will they evolve as E-books eclipse the paper book? In the battle between traditional books and E-books, many would say traditional books are on the path to retreat. While Kindles and Kobos provide a simple, compact, technological alternative to the burden and clutter of weighty paper tomes, it may be hard to argue in favour of the traditional book....

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Killing the Post-Holiday Blues

Your pocketbook is empty and your Visa bill high, the shops and bars are ghost towns, you’ve packed on a few extra pounds and it’s freezing out. The cheerfulness of the holiday season is over and the rest of the bleak winter is before us. Here come the post-holiday blues. For as long as I can remember the weeks following New Year’s Day have been filled with a devastating holiday hangover. The weeks-long build-up of holiday cheer, shopping, eating, drinking, socializing, spending, reaches a crescendo...

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