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Life is a Million Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

March 14th, 2008 · Allegory or Fairy Tale, Children and Pets, Family Humor

Alex Carrick

The following may not be the equal of an Aesop’s fable or quite as entertaining as something written by Hans Christian Andersen or the Brothers Grimm, but it does convey a message of sorts.

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The Curious Meanings of Some Canadian Place Names

March 12th, 2008 · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Economic Humor, Funny Absurd, Funny Canada, Funny Language, Funny Outrageous, Funny Toronto, Jokes, Lifestyle, Political Humor, Public Speaking

Alex Carrick

When I started out in this business, back in the 1970s, I would often leave Toronto and travel to the “hinterland” to make economic presentations before somewhat skeptical audiences.

Many times, I was told the old joke, what’s the definition of an expert? An expert is some son-of-a-gun from Toronto with slides. I’ve cleaned up the language a bit.

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RSS Feeds – I Love Them

March 7th, 2008 · General Humor, Lifestyle

Alex Carrick

Do you know about RSS feeds and how to set them up? They are a means to be notified − through headlines on your usual home page − about any new stories that are posted to your favourite websites.

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Celine Dion, Jack Bauer and NAFTA

March 6th, 2008 · Canada Humor, Celebrities, Economic Humor, Entertainment, General Humor, Lifestyle

Alex Carrick

In the course of the current primary and caucus season in the United States, the Democratic contenders, both Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama, say they want to re-open NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) to deal with some perceived hardships faced by U.S. business.

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GREEN is an Acronym

March 3rd, 2008 · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Charming, Cute, Family Humor, Feel Good, Funny Environmental, Green Environment, Human Nature, Imagery, Jokes, Lifestyle, Oddball, Offbeat, Opinion Piece, Parable, Satire, Screwball, Slice of Life, Whimsy, Witty, Zany

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The “green movement” is everywhere these days. You find references to “green” in news stories, television ads and learned journals. It’s all about climate change and conserving scarce resources for the future.

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Geezer TV

February 26th, 2008 · Construction, Family Humor, General Humor, Lifestyle, Sports and Recreation

Alex Carrick

If you have any doubt about the dominant demographic feature of the population in the U.S. and Canada, just turn on your television set and flip through the channels. The population is aging. The baby boom generation is passing through middle age and beyond. Much of the programming is now aimed at the older generation. I call this “Old Geezer TV.” I can say this, because I’m an old geezer myself.

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Phrase of the Day: Green Collar Jobs

February 25th, 2008 · Construction, Construction Humor, Economics, Lifestyle

Alex Carrick

You’ve heard the terms blue collar jobs and white collar jobs. Now, somebody has coined the phrase “green collar jobs”. I wish I’d thought of it. This is in relation to employment on projects that have an energy-saving and/or public safety component. It also includes jobs servicing those projects or making parts for them.

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