Month: August 2009

august 31 2009

Meet Robert, my CAA guy who came and replaced my battery with a new one right out of his truck.  So that didn’t count as one of the four service calls you get for free with your membership.  

Learned that the alternator’s only function is to charge the battery, which isn’t as heavy as you think it would be, but did surprise me to be filled with liquid (why Robert? Battery acid, Keri).

He’s a 27-year mechanic who is not interested in being mine, because I asked.  And get this – one time he fixed a guy’s carburetor with a cereal box, and it worked for three years. 

august 31 2009

Both are Canadian authors, Malcolm Gladwell of Ontario, and Robin Sharma, a Nova Scotian.

august 30 2009

Both I recommend to you, both are change-your-perspective kinda reads and both, despite their weighty messages, are easy to consume.  

My favourite part in Outliers was the ’10 000 Hour Rule’, which I tweeted this about a little while ago, and The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari re-inforced my theory that, in the winners-circle-of-the-world, they’re all getting up at 5am.

It was beautiful and congratulations to the new Mr&Mrs!

august 29 2009

Each guest was asked to request a song which were listed on the back of our table place cards, top left is mine, click here to listen to it.  Also, I was in charge of the kids photo scavenger hunt, and there on the right is how I’d decorate my boat if I had one.  

And then I ran into this guy:

That’s Nik Sexton, ex-pro skater (click here, he comes in at 1:58) and he was with me at CBC at the same time on the same type of development deal.  There were three in total, the two of us and this other guy we never knew.
 
His show is called ‘The Motion Show’, comedy and sketches whose one character, ‘Donnie Dumphy‘ has become popular on YouTube, nice Nik.  Click here to meet and watch Donnie, a guy from Newfoundland who kills me and who’s girlfriend’s jacket also kills me.

august 29 2009