Category: Lifestyle
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A Book Review – The Power of Now
No, Eckhart Tolle’s book “The Power of Now” does not deal with procrastination. It deals with “the mind” and man’s propensity to allow the mind to dominate over the active present thereby restricting our ability to access a sense of “being”. Tolle describes the mind as the road block that prevents us from achieving a…
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Functional Food Neutralizes Free Radicals
Homeostasis is what your body seeks but it can not find balance in an acidic state. North Americans typically have a physiology out of balance primarily due to excess sugars and wonder why they’re fatigued making trips to doctors while taking drugs for the most benign of symptoms. Your diet is paramount. Polysaccharides and polypeptides…
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Customer Service is an Art
It’s an art that doesn’t pay that much hence the artists are often not of Rembrandt calibre. This past Friday, I thought hmmm, let’s stop into xyz hotel and get a glass of wine and maybe dinner after work. Great, the lounge menu at reception mentioned a special on the house red at $5.50 and…
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Ceroc in Calgary
It’s been very fun to learn ceroc in Calgary. Beginners are welcome to every class of this U.K form of modern jive every Monday up in the Thorncliffe community centre and at the Barn in Shawnessy on Tuesdays. Darren and Claire have a colorful history giving lessons back in England. Calgary is lucky to have…
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Our Longest Days
June 24, 2007 June is my favorite month because of the late sunset and the emergence of female mid riffs not to mention our longest days. I can loiter around the tennis court with acquaintances made while looking for hitting partners. It’s refreshing learning about the lives of new people. The paved trails have been…