Farewell for now, Moderne Burger
I just found out that Moderne Burger has closed following a fire. “Good” doesn’t begin to describe the hamburgers at Moderne Burger. Or the fries. Or the shakes. Or the cherry cola. Or the astonishing, painstakingly-selected vintage fixtures —...Web Spam Squashing Summit: Godspeed, folks
The good folks at Technorati are hosting a summit on defeating “web spam”. If you’ve never heard of comment spam, link spam or trackback spam, then chances are you don’t operate a blog with commenting features.* If you are living with this...Maybe you should just shut up about that fly in your soup.
A quote worth thinking about, from a NY Times story on waiters resenting their customers (and venting online): “I can never understand why anyone would be even the slightest bit rude to someone who is about to touch your food.”Which Canadian Supreme Court Justice are you?
Apparently, I am the Honourable Madam Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dub?©. But it’s only a 68.0% match, so giving up my day job probably isn’t an option. Born: 1927, Ville de Québec, QuébecAppointed: 1987Retired: 2002Key word:...Weekend round-up
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
