Thought du Jour by Brad Dale
The Great Bacon War of 2023
People have all sorts of relationships they navigate through daily. Some last a lifetime, while others come and go. No two are exactly the same, which can be good and bad, as we juggle the unique needs in each one. We expect something out of our connections with...
No, not OK Boomer!
I love to fly. That’s probably a good thing, as I am currently 941,870 miles on the way to my “Million Mile Status”. Ironically, I’m also fascinated with plane crashes. I can’t pass up watching an episode of a series that recreates them from investigation results, as...
Phishing for suckers
I used to enjoy fishing. There was something calming about the rhythm of casting, retrieving, casting again. A little rush of adrenaline when something took the bait. Taking care not to lose the fish I tricked into chasing something too good to be true. Once upon a...
Turning vegetation into vegetables
Sitting in a meeting room, trying not to sniffle, I wonder at the wisdom of my choices. Yes, we are living in a time where a slight cough or sneeze can make sphincters tighten around you. This is odd, because airborne illnesses are not really spread that way, though...
Today’s spark of inspiration
The brilliant British comedian and noted history mangler, Eddie Izzard, says that fire was discovered by a man named Jeff. Jeff Fire. While I question Eddie’s knowledge of history (but never her comedy instincts), I like to believe that Jeff was a distant ancestor of...
Memories (…something-something coloured memories)
I’m sitting at my laptop, trying to remember a work contact’s name so I can find the last email I received from him. First name? Last name? Nothing. Who else was copied on that email? I’m picturing the meeting room we met in month’s ago. Who else was in the room? I...
The people you meet …
When alone in the street... I get around. Work takes me to several provinces and various cities. Hotel rooms are my home away from home, but they soon feel like the home I had before the our current one. Each wall painted the same colour (“functional grey”, as...
Decisions, decisions…
Life is a series of decisions. The choices you make change over time and are always plentiful. Things we agonized over in our youth seem minor in hindsight. I worried about missing a grocery store shift to see Bruce Springsteen. I should have given more thought to...
Talkin’ Foolishness
My wife and I talk funny. I don’t mean in funny voices. It’s just that our conversations could often be interpreted by others as complete nonsense. We were watching TV recently and learned about French fashion designer Madeleine Vionnet, creator of the “bias-cut”...
From Ottawa, with love (and a full briefcase)
From YOW to YYZ, from YYZ to YQR, YQR and it’s back to YYZ, from YYZ to YOW. Oh where am I now? (With apologies to 10CC) It was all I could do to not hug everyone in the airport. Everyone. My favourite check-in person (told her I missed her), fellow passengers, lounge...