So, today I have been selected for the “Freshly Pressed” section of the WordPress.com homepage. Thank you WordPress…you are my heros. This post I found by Zona Pellucida sums up how I feel about it. The right mention goes a long way. Good content matters. Thanks, guestposters… 🙂 Blogging is fun! Gobbling is also fun…
Ten Things I've Learned
Guestpost #39: Michael Mackay – Ten things I’ve learned from working in a cookie factory
Mike is one of my longest (i.e. he is tall AND we have known each other since high school) friends. We still hang out, play basketball, and go to soca fetes together from time to time (we are busy dudes, he and I). Mike is a really together guy, and that is how he is…
Ten things I’ve learned – now with over 10,000 views
Is that a big number? Or a small number? I guess it’s about context. But I now have over 10,000 views and growing for this thing since it started in November. It has nothing to do with me, and everything to do with all of the great people who have written great posts. So…thanks!
Ten things I’ve learned from working as a security guard at Casa Loma
Ghosts are real. Or rather, it is easy to believe in ghosts when you are walking around at night in a huge ghostly castle. I really like middle-aged West Indian women. I still remember Casa Loma’s Jamaican gardener explaining that she is still so active and young into her 60’s because she listens to her…
Guestpost #36: Ken Hall – Ten things I’ve learned from living as a short man with scoliosis
Ken is a comedic actor, improviser, writer and all round nice guy. Ken is one half of the fun loving, mad cap duo of 2-Man No-Show along with Isaac Kessler. He has performed sketch/improv in Edinburgh, San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Charleston, Boston, North Carolina, Montreal, Winnipeg and Toronto. Nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award…
Guestpost #35: James Trek-e Smith – Ten things I’ve learned from writing music
James is my former boss, a world-renowned producer and DJ, a good friend, and the handsomest man I have ever met. I don’t say this lightly; he is retarded handsome. I attribute any of my sense of style, physical fitness, and game with women in large part to Trek-e. He is also the owner of…
Ten things I've learned from New York City neighbourhoods
Note 1: I still have many guestposts to publish, which I will do over the next couple of weeks. There are still some amazing entries, and they keep coming in (and please, keep sending me stuff). I’ve been blown away by the thought, honesty, humour, and energy that was put into these entries, and by…
Guestpost #34: sexytypewriter – Ten things I've learned from dating idiots
Sexy Typewriter lives in my building! She is a freelance writer and national sex columnist. Sexy Typewriter is not her real name. You can visit her blog here. Conveniently enough, the blog is also called Sexy Typewriter. Videogames do not qualify as foreplay. If I like your sibling better than I like you, this probably…
Guestpost #33: Wayne Booth – Ten things I’ve learned from being an aspiring screenwriter
Wayne is a very cool dude who used to work in the music industry like me, but then realized, also like me, that working in the music industry can be kind of shitty. Now he has a job-job, but is also a creative force outside of work. Here is his blog: http://allthingsx2.blogspot.com/ Fictional Robert McKee…
Guestpost #32: Liz Jukovsky – Ten things I’ve learned from being an American ex-pat in Canada
Short Bio: Liz Jukovsky is an improviser, comedian, writer, and actor from Boston, Massachusetts. She studied Anthropology at the University of Toronto and has lived in Toronto for five years. You can find her profile and upcoming improv shows at http://www.impatient.ca/people/liz-jukovsky/ or check out her twitter @Eljukjuk. Note: Liz is a very talented improviser, despite being American…
Guestpost #31: Kate Ledgley – Ten things I’ve learned since having a newborn
Kate Ledgley is the Director of Operations at Second Harvest and a very quirky and passionate person. She is in charge of managing our entire direct food delivery program with a small but dedicated staff, and I cannot undersell what a momentous job that is. Kate also has a pretty cool family, so she must…
Guestpost #30: Lillian Jones – Ten things I've learned while working at a First Nations substance abuse – residential school trauma treatment centre
To call my friend Lillian inspirational feels trite. Lillian is a mentor, a person who I strive to be like. She radiates wisdom, positivity, humour, and intelligence. She has managed to raise two wonderful, independent daughters, and I am honoured to know her. She is a teacher, a mother, a friend, and somebody who strips…
Dix choses j’ai appris – Un Petit Update
So, March Guestpost Madness has gone incredibly well with some amazing posts so far, and some more amazing posts to come. In fact, I’ve received so many entries that even posting an entry a day, I will have posts well into April. So please keep them coming! Also, I’ve gussied up the blog a bit.…
Guestpost #29: Naomi Achus – Ten things I’ve learned from living alone in a 6 bedroom house
Naomi is one of my closest friends, a brilliant political genius, and somebody I have insanely hilarious conversations with. She lives in Edmonton, but she should live in Toronto with her equally incredible sister Ruth. Her and her sister are bombshells who make men fall in love with them wherever they go. I know I…
Guestpost #28: Ted Hallett – Ten things I’ve learned from working in restaurants for 15 years of my life
Ted Hallett is a very gifted actor, improviser, teacher, and all around terrific person. I credit his 101 class for reinvigorating my love of improv, and his emphatic teaching style for causing me to take it seriously. Here is his ITC bio: http://www.impatient.ca/people/ted-hallett/ For most actors, the restaurant industry is a common job to…
Guestpost #26: Gareth Manning – Ten things I’ve learned while living in Japan that give me post-disaster optimism
Gareth (or Gary, as I know him), is a friend who I have recently reconnected with. We were close friends in elementary school, but lost touch. Thanks to the miracle of Facebook, we are friends again, and a recent meeting over beers taught me a lot about myself. Gary is a teacher, a traveler, an…