What was true then is true now: focus and discipline will take you far. I showed up at the kitchen table almost every day of my young school life. It was “homework central” in our house (well, I made it so). And sometimes it was a group effort. My mother had a day job, but […]
Get reinventing
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
This is, perhaps, the best unspoken rule of reinvention I’ve seen lately: “Surround yourself with people making mistakes and surviving.” It’s by Penelope Trunk. She says, “The reason entrepreneurs hang out with each other is because it’s inspiring to watch people work on problem after problem.” So to all you indie entrepreneurs (writers, illustrators, visual […]
We interrupt our regular programming
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
Spotlight: vanishing accents
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
SPOTLIGHT is Society Pages’ newest column focusing on questionable occurrences I’ve been covering music, and especially music and the internet, a fair bit lately. Here’s a piece I published last year that tackles the mystery of singing and accents. Enjoy! In 1981, Sheena Easton was a 22-year old club kid with a glossy pout and a Lady Di shag […]
Temperature check
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
This saying made me laugh (out of recognition). Here’s where we are four months into 2013. Narcissistic? Perhaps. But it sums up the technological revolution we’re all feeding and advancing, mostly through our phones. Who’d have thought that the gatekeepers, for whom we used to do our breathless song and dance routines, would lose their […]
The workplace
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
Update on Emma-Lee
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
Hot off the press
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
Reverse decision
Originally published in April 2013 in Blog
This is a riot. And the mic was on. “Canadians love things that aren’t practical or useful, like pennies, the metric system and bilingualism. It’s just part of who we are.” — Jim Flaherty, finance minister (announcing that the Canadian government is reinstating the penny, effective immediately). Postscript: Yup, they got me hook, line and […]
