Archive for the ‘Random Thoughts’ Category


Hilarious Test of Your Mental Ineptitude

This is classic. I just received this via email from a friend and I wasted the last fifteen minutes of my life (unsuccessfully) proving that I’m not a moron.  Take two seconds, try it and see if you can do any better.
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HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT?
You have to try this please, it [...]

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Dazed and Confused in Nottingham

This is pretty funny. I just hopped on a bus for the five minute journey from my flat to the city center to satisfy my weekly McDonald’s breakfast craving (I know, my bad). The bus was unusually busy and I had to squeeze by a number of people before finding a seat about three [...]

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Gut Feelings Count Even in Marketing

What a cool experiment I just went through. I’ve been in London for just over a week and aggressively looking for my dream job in Europe for about two weeks.
In Canada we use resumes while here in Europe they use CVs. I knew that but I couldn’t find a decent CV template or [...]

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The Importance of Disqualifying Prospects

I’ve just begun a job search and true to form I’m taking pretty much the complete opposite approach to landing a job as most people would. The result has produced some very interesting feedback already.
Here’s the scoop. When I was younger and I was trying to sell something I considered ANYONE that showed even [...]

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It Ain’t All Glory

I have to credit Boomer (aka Popeye) with the phrase “It ain’t all glory”. He has a knack of coming out with the one liners that are perfect for the situation. I don’t actually recall the context in which I heard him use this phrase the first time but it is sticking in [...]

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