Points of Failure Toastmasters presentation Me, I will, Yessss....Who of you struggle to say “NO!”? After all we are social creatures who like to contribute. We see grabbing the initiative as a sign of leadership. Mr Contest Chair, Fellow Toastmasters and guests, on 13 February 2003 I j…

Like any young hot-blooded American, my competitive nature was conditioned from an early age. I played almost every sport, worked hard, and excelled to beat out my competitors. Despite my competitive nature, I have mixed feelings about competitive eating. With a society that largely suffers fro…

Yesterday I went on a bus to go to Redmond High school in Washington to compete in a robotics competition. The bus ride was long, note I'm from Canada. Okay anyway what bothers me is that I'm sitting on this bus surrounded by a bunch of guys, and all I can think about is you. There I was sitting loo…

When the news of the hacking scandal first broke I wrote that; If you watch the above video you will notice that the original wrong doers have all left. And one of the top executives, a woman by the name of Rebekah Brooks...has an interesting history with Murdoch... In March 2003 she courted contro…

The year 2011 was an interesting on in bodybuilding circles. To start things off, most notably, Phil Heath toppled Jay Cutler at the 2011 Mr. Olympia contest. Jay had won his share of titles, but now the torch seems to have been passed. Phil isn’t the prototypical bodybuilder, due to his s…