Aaron Lander is one of my closest (and probably my longest-lasting) friends, and not to be sappy, but I love the bastard. He doesn’t have a blog, but he should, posts like this are the reason why. Thank you Aaron. Everyone is going to die at some point, it is random and unfair and it…
Ten Things I've Learned
Guestpost #7: Jeff Jacobson – Top ten things I’ve learned from watching David Letterman
Jeff Jacobson is an agent at National Speakers’ Bureau, and has independently booked Al Gore and General Colin Powell, among a host of other speakers. He is based in Vancouver, is an awesome person, and writes a kick-ass music blog: http://www.thespicytuna.com/ When a guest isn’t entertaining, patronize them. Life is always easier to manage when…
Guestpost#6: Katya Andresen and Mark Rovner – Ten things I’ve learned that everyone wants
Katya Andresen is profoundly impatient for change. She is also the COO of Network for Good, a fundraising and marketing guru, and one of the most important voices in the non-profit blogosphere. Here is her excellent blog: http://www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/ Mark Rovner is the founder and CEO of Sea Change Strategies, a non-profit marketing and fundraising whiz…
Guestpost #5: Kirsten Gallagher – Ten things I’ve learned about men from eHarmony
Kirsten Gallagher is a very talented comedian (-ienne?), a member of WDWMKR at the ITC, and a personal trainer. She also writes a brilliant and hilarious blog that started here: http://atheistbiblelark.blogspot.com/ and is now here: http://atheistbiblestudy.wordpress.com/ A bit of background: I’m not ashamed to admit that I paid for a three-month trial membership on eHarmony, This…
Guestpost #4: Jeremy Jacobson – Ten things I've learned from becoming a parent
Jeremy Jacobson is a Vancouver-based improviser, father, marketing whiz, and a long-time friend. Here is his most recent improv group: http://www.tripleplayimprov.com/ I learned to love something so unconditionally that even before they were born I was completely devoted to them. I learned what it is like to be unconditionally and completely loved. I feel so…
Ten things I’ve learned from small shop fundraising – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Note: This month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival feature (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) is intriguing, and although this is not technically a nonprofit blog, I wanted to give it a shot. Oh, and I know it’s March Guestpost madness, so I’m breaking two rules, but isn’t that what makes life exciting? Also, this post…
Guestpost #3: Myles Valentin – Ten things I've learned from Watching La Liga (Spanish soccer)
Myles Valentin is the co-founder of the blog turned best-selling book Stuff White People Like. He uses the money from it to bet on Spanish soccer. He loves Lionel Messi and appreciates the handsomeness of Cristiano Ronaldo in a non-sexual way. While this is a word blog and not a pic blog, Myles would like…
Guestpost #2: Peter Dickinson – Ten things I’ve learned from collaborating on a multi-media performance
Peter Dickinson is a theorist, professor, writer, and artistic champion in Vancouver. He was one of my all-time favourite teachers. Here is his wonderful arts blog: http://performanceplacepolitics.blogspot.com Always work with folks way more talented than you. If you’re the writer and ANYONE connected with the show—but most especially the director or one of the performers—asks…
Guestpost #1: Jill Bernard – Ten things I’ve learned from opening a non-profit improv theater
Jill Bernard is a teacher, improviser, theater founder, and one-woman dynamo based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her one-woman improv musical Drum Machine is the best thing ever. Here is the theater (or theatre) that she recently founded: http://hugetheater.com/ People use a lot more toilet paper and paper towels than anyone could ever predict. The Minnesota Department…
Ten things I've learned from March Guest Post Madness
Note: I will begin posting guest entries starting next week, and I have already received many wonderful submissions. I can’t wait to share these. If you want to write a post for this month, but I haven’t asked you because I am an asshole and a forgetful person, please message me and I will let…
Ten things I’ve learned from going to weddings
From my friend Naomi: “everybody wants to talk about weddings, but nobody wants to talk about marriage.” Go to a wedding with your new girlfriend! It’s a great way to ruin the relationship! Open bar. I know it’s expensive, but man does it make the wedding more bearable for the guests. “OhmyGoddidn’tshelookbeautiful?shelookedsobeautifulandtheyareso inlove anddidyouseeherweddingdressandthatring?iwantmyweddingtobe justlikethat!!!“…
Ten things I've learned from the gym locker room
There are ‘naked guys‘ and there are ‘afraid to be naked guys‘. The former strut around clothesless, chatting away. The latter use a towel like a forcefield, desperately trying to put on underwear. Men who brag loudly about sexual exploits are, most of the time, lying. It’s not hard to tell. Why do some guys…
Ten things I’ve learned from selling kitchen supplies door-to-door
People do not like to be bugged at home. Cookies and tea and some real human hospitality are a miracle for a teenage lad in the freezing Toronto winter. If you steal change from a donut store to pay for a day-old bag of donuts, you are a bad human being. If you hire teenagers…
March Guest Post Madness!
So heads up…this March, I will be featuring some guest posts from some of my favourite people in the world! If you would like to be featured and for some reason I have yet to ask you to write a post (because I am a stupid person), please don’t hesitate to holla. These are…
Ten things I've learned from going to raves
When you are a teenager, being allowed to enter bars and nightclubs makes you feel all grown up. The defining moment for me, when I realized that raving might not be all it’s cracked up to be, was when I went to a party and saw a 12-year old girl sitting on the floor, tweaking…
Ten things I've learned from fighting in elementary school
The Karate Kid move, where you stand on one leg, and the other guy looks at the bent leg in the air, and then you kick with the leg you were standing on…that move sort of works. A grade 6 fighting a grade 4 is lame. A grade 6 fighting 3 grade 4’s is bad-ass!…