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Finalist for a Mirror Award, and more (real) news to come

It’s really obnoxious when somebody slacks off with their blog, only to reappear with a post that’s about how they’re a finalist for an award. Totally rude, totally annoying, totally what I’m doing right now. But wait! I have some big news that I’ll be sharing here later this week. News that’s only a little [...]

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Take all the vacation you want

I recently added a Delicious feed in a sidebar to the right that features links to some of my latest writing. I would have simply added this story to that list, but the Globe And Mail chose not to put the story online. (Shocking!) So, here’s my recent Saturday feature about “unlimited vacation” policies in [...]

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Wanna see me get punched in the face?

I’ve been boxing for close to three years now. I’ve had three exhibition fights at my gym, the Blue Cat Boxing Club, and next Friday, November 20, I will have my first competitive match. It’s against a fighter from another club in the Montreal area. All I know is he weighs 190 pounds (I’m walking [...]

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Reasons for picking up Writer’s Digest and Reader’s Digest

I didn’t plan it this way, but I have work in the recent issues of both Writer’s Digest and Reader’s Digest (Canada). So October is all about the Digests, yo. The only hitch is that neither piece is online as of now. So you need to get the print editions. (Or buy the digital edition [...]

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