Thanks, Unruly Parents! No Easter Egg Hunt This Year.

Photo courtesy of CBC. To read the inspirational source article go to
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/03/would-you-jump-the-rope-at-an-easter-egg-hunt.html  

Have you heard of Colorado parents showing some bravado?
Last year, many used their legs to help their kids get eggs!
Jump the rope! Be quick and bold to beat some four-year-old!
Always winning is a thrill! Teach your child the cheating skill!
Always grab more than before, till there is nothing anymore!
Yes, one year you force your way.
Next year, though, you have to pay.

Burke Has Little Support in Toronto: Poll

Photo courtesy of Toronto Sun. To read the inspirational source article go to
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/26/burke-has-leafs-on-wrong-track  

What a shock! Another poll!
Still, the boss's head won't roll
Till you stop wasting your bucks
On his team that clearly sucks!
Make the owners feel some heat;
He'll be gone in a heartbeat.

Leafs Coach Ron Wilson Let Go

Photo courtesy of National Post. To read the inspirational source article go to
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/03/02/michael-traikos-ron-wilsons-shelf-life-runs-out-with-maple-leafs/   

Why is it that I don’t care

If Ron Wilson is not there?

Why is it that I don’t mind

Our Leafs falling behind?

Why is it I am not concerned

One more season can’t be turned?

Why I don’t care to find out

Why the ACC’s sold out?

All the those whys and no because;

Is my apathy the cause?

Paranoia on Sale for Ya!

Media hyped up the snow forecast panic in T.O. with photos like this on Feb. 23, 2012.
Next day... there was hardly any snow at all. Photo courtesy of KISS 92.5.
To read the inspirational source article go to
http://www.kiss925.com/2012/02/23/lots-of-snow-on-the-way-for-toronto/ 

What’s up with all this constant scare—

Why not to act;

What not to wear;

Where not to play;

How not to write;

When not to help;

Whom not to fight?

What’s up with all these threats
and panic?

Making us all stressed out and manic—

It’s gonna rain!

It’s gonna snow!

This gives you that!

That hurts you so!

We are drowning in advertising.

To be afraid is mesmerizing.

Fear is on sale—

Locally made;

Take a test drive,

Don’t be afraid!

P.S. To read more on the subject follow the link to access an excellent article The Petrified Woman by Lenore Skenazy.http://magazinescanada.zinio.com/page/?issue=416199525&pg=106&categoryId=cat1460019

On the Death of Whitney Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012)

Photo courtesy of the Toronto Star  http://photogallery.thestar.com/1129974   

Whitney Houston passed away.
Another talent cast away,
One more unnecessary death,
Another song is out of breath.


I'll never be fourteen again.
But I'll remember Whitney when
She laughed and called to dance with her...
Her life was wrecked. She's dead. What for?

The Greatest Love of All performance video from the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert at Wembley Stadium on June 11, 1988. Video courtesy of the Tribute to Mandela DVD, DVD Total Digital Magazine.

Five-Year Anniversary

Yours truly has just celebrated a five-year anniversary at his place of work. During the award ceremony I was asked to say a few words. Here is what came to mind....

What is five years,

Joking aside?

No longer a baby -

A child running wild.

But in dog years

That's thirty-five!

Good time to ponder

Why you're alive.

And when in doubt,

Clear your head,

Keep the ship steady -

Full steam ahead!

Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday

Photo courtesy of National Post.

To read the inspirational source article go to

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/07/charles-dickens-200th-birthday-celebrated-with-readings-google-doodle/

It was the best of times,

It was the worst of times —

Days of juicy, sweet apples,

Nights of sour limes.

It’s been 200 years

And the Clock still chimes.

Dickens could write of this age,

If he knew of our crimes.

Children still going hungry,

And still working as slaves,

Drinking from muddy rivers,

Living in dark, cold caves.

Dickens is buried in London -

It was the populous call.

People keep reading his novels,

But are they learning at all?