99.9% of people are cool!

I opened a restaurant, then I opened another one. I had never worked in the restaurant business or in a retail setting; I had never been exposed to customer service and the public at large prior to jumping into the deep end with a business built around exactly that. I

Entrepreneur’s Journey - the Black Box

When you start a job, they give you a black box, metaphorically. Manuals, policies, procedures, spreadsheets, and templates. The box defines your job, which is to turn the crank on the box and produce reports, or sales, or widgets, or code, or... whatever. On the second day at my new

A Legacy of Happiness

I’ve been reading this book about happiness. It was on my mind when I heard that my uncle had been killed.

Negotiating with a child in poverty

I would have given that kid five bucks just for being cool. Negotiating with a child in poverty isn’t always about the price.

No Pants Night

Watch it, or we'll cancel 'No Pants Night'.

Kids Suck

Introduction My sister was having a discussion with friends revolving around whether or not these friends should have kids or not. She thought she might be able to help them out by presenting an argument in favour. In order to be balanced she asked me to write an argument against.

Trick or Punch

Around nine on Halloween night ,a friend and I left my house and went to the park behind our building. Some kids were setting off fireworks and it seemed a good place for a stroll. Moments after entering the park we were approached by four young men in ski masks,