Category Archives: Life

Naming Things: An Advertising Solution

Human beings have an obsession for naming things.  This is not surprising since it is the basis of all society, all language and all communications. We name ourselves first.  We grow up knowing our labels and very few of us change those labels.  This is us adding our own version of metatags with each choice… Read More »

Sports and Loss of Spontaneity

Ratings seriously are off for NFL games this year and there are lots of theories why.  The tumultuous US election is one reason being offered.  That was a wilder reality show than the average NFL game.  And people love the spontaneity of those reality shows. But could that be the only reason? One of the reasons… Read More »

Wearing the New Jersey

As Super Bowls, Stanley Cups and other championships roll around, it is interesting to see so many people wearing the jerseys or replicant jerseys of their favourite teams and players.  It is a new thing. Even putting names on the backs of jerseys is a relatively new thing and not all teams even add them.… Read More »

Country? What’s a Country?

We posted this blog in 2010 as a commentary on the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Not much has changed in the dozen years since and the question still remains. Much has been said this year about the “Chinese” athletes from North America, and the Canadian bobsledder who won gold for the U.S. and many others.The blog… Read More »

The Making of a Catastrophe

Most catastrophes come about through the concurrence of a number of errors, not just a single one.  Our brains like to believe in single causes; our brains have challenges dealing with complexities. When we hear that an Earthquake on the Iran/Iraq border killed thousands, we resolve to stay away from earthquakes or Iran.  But earthquakes… Read More »