Category Archives: Life

The Good Ol’ Hockey Game

By Jesse, himself. | Published: December 9, 2008

Some moments are priceless.

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Spinnin’ wheel, got to go ’round…

By Jesse, himself. | Published: April 15, 2008

A few days ago, I was lamenting that I would soon have to give up my after-work pint as I was losing the battle of the bulge. My good friend Barry who like me is a smoker-who-doesn’t-smoke-anymore and was inspirational to quite a few of us in that regard, used his usual delicacy to throw [...]

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We survived it. Happy Spring Equinox.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: March 20, 2008

Today’s the day that night is as long as day. The spring equinox in the northern hemisphere is the day when you can balance an egg on its end and more importantly, begin to feel like the snow’s going to melt. It is going to melt, isn’t it?

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Jill Bolte Taylor – My stroke of insight.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: March 17, 2008

Peter Flaschner — who always seem to find the most inspiring and eclectic slices-of-life — turned me on to this extraordinary presentation. Anyone familiar with the Ted Talks site knows that this conference of Ideas Worth Spreading is a bag of wisdom-nuggets. Few are as powerful as this one. It’s 18 minutes long; it’s a [...]

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An online Christmas shopping-must.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: December 5, 2007

Tripped over this great tool today and thought it was a brilliant example of a great web-based application. TheFinalCost.com does just what the title says. Have you ever been buying something from an online store and wondered how much you were going to get dinged for the customs and duties by the customs brokerage? Try [...]

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