I been holding my job at DuroDesign (.com), preparing orders of sampls of bamboo flooring planks (4-12in. long pieces, at 1-12 an order, of each requested colour of stain, usually) or over 3 months, now. It's the first "real job" that I've had so far. The other part time day-jobs were telemarketing bullshit, and did nothing but mislead my ( Read more... )

Today I called in to this newstalk radio show called "The New 940 Montreal". The topic discussed was road-rage. I myself had experienced an incident of road-rage, when an oncoming black car tried to almost run me over in anger because I had to make him wait while I was crossing the street at an intersection, on a green light, mind you, and he had ( Read more... )

Of the students that I have that I teach piano privately, about 5 of them are kids, 4 of those 10 or under ( Read more... )

I went to the department store to get a hat and gloves for winter. The clerk helped me cut off the tag for the hat so it looks better. She slipped her tongue and said, "if you have sharper sisters-errr.. scissors at home you can cut it off better ( Read more... )

In my constant quest to update and innovate my ads for piano lessons, my latest "model" has become an ad consisting of a JPEG of a grand piano, with my qualifications and what I offer written on the left had side. To make it more visible and eye-catching, The background behind the lettering and the picture became black (toner ink) and the letters ( Read more... )

So I finally graduated from university, with an undergrad double-major in music (performance, Piano & Music Theory and Analysis). Maria, my fiancee was in the same ceremony, getting her Master's in Piano ( Read more... )

In response to the lengthy post that I have put up a few days ago, concerning my recent scrap with a lunatic elderly man, I got a variety of interesting responses - mostly in favor, but actually, 2 against, so far. Here is my reply to all those who disagreed with my choice of action. Enjoy ( Read more... )

As always, I was advertising on the lamp poles downtown for piano lessons. I was this time using extra-extra tape in putting them up, so that the crazy old guy who lives nearby and tears them down has a harder time in doing so ( Read more... )

I just can't believe how the world works, sometimes ( Read more... )

I know I always say I don't like to talk about politics, but in this one exceptional case, I thought I'd voice my political views, since I'm tired of hearing everyone always voice theirs. Since I usually do not agree with their point of view, I still decide to stay quiet nevertheless - to avoid useless, draining discussions ( Read more... )