I need a new job!
My angst-ridden post yesterday really highlighted to me that my midlife crisis continues: I’m quite successful at what I do and am fairly well-known in my field (an IT specialization), but I think that I’m bored with what I’m doing. This entire contract negotiation process was so indicative of what I waste too much time [...]
Multi-tasking
My life has become increasingly multi-tasking, mostly due to me allowing it to be interrupt-driven, and not distinguishing between the urgent and the important. An example: since I am dedicated to my electric toothbrush and go for the full two-minute cycle, I keep a supply of magazines close to the sink so that I can [...]
Introversion or secret TV addiction?
I’ve stopped worrying about why Damir does some things, and just accepted the fact that he’s way more introverted than me, and comes from a much different culture. Today, for example, I have a (male) friend visiting from out of town, and we’re meeting for dinner. I said to Damir, “Hey, I’m going to meet [...]
TTC poetry
I was on the subway a few days ago and noticed one of the poetry posters that they regularly feaure. This immediately burned images on my brain, and I could smell dead leaves as if it were winter already. I quickly jotted it down in my Blackberry for later consumption, but missed the name of [...]
Vegging out in Toronto
I work at sticking to macrobiotic and mostly vegetarian fare ever since an overindulgent month vacationing in Europe last year had me reassess my eating habits. Luckily, it’s easy to eat vegetarian, even vegan, very well in Toronto, and it’s also easy to find vegetarian places where your carnivorous friends won’t even notice that there’s [...]
Macrobiotics and health
I had a great comment from Marston on my last post on macrobiotics. I completely agree that it’s tough to explain macrobiotics to people, although I find that talking about whole grains usually triggers something since that’s so high profile in food marketing these days. Usually I describe it as whole grains, no processed flours [...]
The joy of new customers
I spent 30 minutes on the phone this morning with a new customer — actually a new contact at an existing, happy customer — who seems to be the alpha-male sort that needs to make vendors and consultants cringe at his feet and kiss his ass before he will listen to them (and then probably [...]
The Rocky Horror Show, live
Friday night found me at something considerably lower-brow than the Cirque du Soleil’s presentation of Corteo that I attended the night before: a live stage production of the Rocky Horror Show (apparently, it’s only called the Rocky Horror Picture Show in the film version). It’s playing at Stage West, a dinner theatre in the suburbs [...]
Salad days
Hot and humid is the catchphrase for summer in Toronto, and with weather in the 30′s, my culinary thoughts turn to salads. I love pretty much any type of salad as long as it’s interesting — no boring iceberg lettuce with hothouse tomatoes, please. For example, lunch a few days ago was organic greens tossed [...]
Car-less again
I waved bye-bye to one of the really silly trappings of my early mid-life crisis last week: my Honda S2000 roadster. It was a ton of fun for the five years that I’ve had it, but ever since I moved back to Toronto from the U.S. three years ago, I’ve realized that I don’t need [...]
