Jeffrey Ross
Good Grammar Breeds Good Manners
Today is National Grammar Day. In honour of this sancrosact holiday I have been pointing out people’s flawed grammar all day. And it occured to me while drinking my tea and being very maudlin of this great day — I think we can all agree a day like this should be a national holiday — [...]
Home
People take trips for all types of reasons. Most notably to get away and relax. Then there’s trips we’re forced to take, i.e. when we’re travelling to conferences and presentations. (I have still found those fun, like the dive bar I found in Halifax as soon as my presentations were done; also, in all places, [...]
Time Management
The bells of the St. James Church let me know I was a tad late for work. I hunched down on my bicycle and avoided the frantic cab drivers, uprooted street-car tracks to the left, the street-car ruts below my tires, and the lazy pedestrians walking out into the street, without looking to their left.
Bicycling [...]
Iron Wrought
Everyone has a favourite place to read. I notice people reading on the steps beneath the massive spire of the St. James Cathedral. The bell tower stand out above the mall to the south, and the adjacent park where tourists and business people enjoy the rest of summer. There’s a lot readers out there.
I have [...]
New Books
Digital is the way to go. We received some exciting news about our awesomely digitized back list. Dundurn is also getting ready to launch Canadian Book Review Annual online. There’s also this great event at McNally Robinson’s bookstore with our authors Deborah Kerbel, Shaun Smith, and Eric Walters.
Gen Why
I guess I’ll own it. I think I’m part of this group, though now one told me, and I started digging a little because these people, I mean, my people are the ones who are entering the workforce and have money to spend.
what usa today has to say:
in nutshell they don’t want to work hard [...]
Thursday
It’s Thursday, and today was the first nice day in a long time. So, our staff enjoyed a fun picnik in the park. It was a nice departure from the rain, which makes bicycling to work unfair and unfun, especially in Toront traffic. I might just wite a TIP sheet and a P&L for a [...]
