When a bank that is directly across the hall from your office is the victim of an armed robbery while you are in said office, it’s good politics to let your wife know about it (and that you’re perfectly fine) first-hand and not to let her find out from the local news. Even if you…
Category: news and events
Guess where I’ll be July 21st?
The date has been set. Must book the two days following (one for reading, one for catching up on sleep) to finish the series! That is, if John doesn’t beat me to the copy we’ll buy! I truly wonder what J.K. Rowling will write next….
Maybe we got a good deal after all….
Saskatchewan (No I didn’t sneeze. It’s a province of Canada. Nice place, actually. Fascinating light.) has unveiled its new brand and marketing scheme. I thought the brand for Memorial University was pretty bland and uninspired. I was certain that aliens were landing when the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial logo came out. Saskatchewan takes the cake,…
Attention Newfoundland Artists!
The deadline for Art Procurement has been extended until January 22. Further details on the Provincial Art Procurement Program (2006) are available on The Rooms website. http://www.therooms.ca/artgallery/appnl_2006.asp Please note that for artwork to be considered, artists are required to submit images of the work in either 35 mm slide format, photographs or digital files on…
Because I love laughing at lawyers…..
Law firms are prone to merging and rearranging themselves into strings of surnames that often rival the names of the authors of scientific journal articles in length. Every so often, firms such as “Chaulker, Green and Rowe” transmogrify into “McInnes Cooper” or “Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales” will save on printing costs by dropping the last…
