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Tim Horton's On How I Met Your Mother

In Uncategorized on 22 October 2009 tagged How I Met Your Mother, product placement, Tim Horton's with 1 comment

As product placement goes, this is actually pretty clever: most Americans will have no idea it’s a real thing (or assume it’s just a real Canadian thing) and most Canadians will just be excited to see their national hangout on American network television. On an unrelated note, I have two meetings scheduled in Tim Horton’s [...]

Rejection and Growth

In Uncategorized on 19 October 2009 with Comments Off

I recently went through a job interview and failed to get the job. I wasn’t surprised– it’s kind of arrogant to assume that you’re the only good choice– but I did want to know what I could have done differently in order to be considered the next time around. It’s one thing to be told [...]

"Like The Secret unleashed on the worldwide political stage."

In Uncategorized on 13 October 2009 with Comments Off

I didn’t really get into this whole Obama winning the Nobel prize thing one way or another, but I really enjoy this article about it in Maclean’s magazine. Here are some highlights: “And post-modern it is—the notion that positive thinking can be conflated with positive results, like The Secret unleashed on the worldwide political stage.” [...]

So I Guess Nothing Happened in September…

In Uncategorized on 6 October 2009 tagged Coldsnap, life in general, real estate with Comments Off

Which isn’t really true. It’s just that I’ve been very busy attempting to become a true member of society. A lot of time has been spent looking for a home to buy, and one comment I have on that is I really wish the local MLS listings would use Google Maps instead of Bing, especially [...]