I’ve read a lot of great books in my life. I think one of the luckiest finds you can have is to stumble across a book that makes sense and is entertaining, to boot. Here is my list of some great books. The Mist. A novella. By Stephen King. Set in Bridgton, Maine in the […]

If you’re a leader-type, like I am, control is of paramount importance to you. Control over how your life is progressing, control over the women in your life, control over your finances. To be out of control is to be rudderless on a stormy sea, with winds lashing at your face. Control, seated far back […]

Television has assaulted the printed word for 80 years now, dealing a series of body blows that universal literacy education cannot halt. But books and newspapers are still hanging on. The problem with the visual media versus the print media is that it is easier to produce engaging visual media than it is to produce […]

If you want to make new money in this world, you have to be aggressive and creative. Jeff Bezos got rich from Amazon.com because he was early to the show and willing to buy out competitors as they arose. Walmart was slow and sluggish in responding and it paid the price. In the same industry, […]

Sometimes you have someone in your life who really wants to change, but just can’t bring themselves to go through the whole way. What do you do then? It depends on how much the person in question matters to you. Recognize, first, that change is a long-term process. If you’re not willing to invest the […]

Some people like the peace and quiet of the town or the countryside. I prefer the City, the larger the better. When you live in the City, things are always going on. If you don’t have a car, there’s good public transport. If you don’t have a girlfriend, there’s a new chick around every corner. […]

There are only two cities worth living in in Canada — Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver. And of the two, Toronto’s better. I’ve lived in both cities. There’s something definitely unique about the West Coast (Vancouver, perched on the Pacific). But unique in a bad way. It’s a left-wing paradise where the rain never stops […]

I like Bill Burr. He has a line about there being “an epidemic of gold-digging whores” which always gets a groan from the women in the audience. Bill strikes me as a bit of an anti-feminist, which wins props from me. I hate feminism. I think it’s a corrosive, entitled bonus ideology for a gender […]

There is a tendency among young guys to be burned by the first friends you make. To ensure that we’re not alone with our time, we gravitate toward losers and assholes with no motivating concern for ourselves, some of whom are interested in our money or our swimming pools or our cars or other material […]

There are some people who make a life mission of “having it all” — being a parent to children, having a good job, living the dream life in combination… and they, their heads screwed on straight, have been aiming for this sort of life since childhood. Since life is tricky, cumbersome, and many-sided, it’s not […]