Maxed Out

"If the braintrust at Whistler Blackcomb/Vail Resorts plan to open for the coming season, they had probably do everything in their power to make nice with regional skiers... they same ones they’ve pissed off since buying WB, because therein lies salvation, if salvation lies anywhere." 

In the Age of COVID, all travel is local. New rules being promulgated for air travel seem destined to render it about as appealing as fourth-day turkey dinner leftovers.

"In a canoe a man changes, and the life he has lived seems strangely remote. Time is no longer of the moment, for he has become part of space and freedom.

“In a canoe a man changes, and the life he has lived seems strangely remote. Time is no longer of the moment, for he has become part of space and freedom.

I have a very low opinion of insurance and insurance providers. I have a slightly higher opinion of insurance salespeople since they are, well, salespeople, and making a sale is their principle motivation.

A couple of weeks ago , you may have noticed a full-page announcement of the End of an Era. The torch has passed. Life goes on. Change is the only constant.

" Come fly with me, we'll fly, we'll fly away " Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn Canadians aren't certain they want to go back to work. Not out of sloth or laziness; out of fear.

Like a spring blossom, the country is beginning to open up and let the sun shine in. By the time Pique 's out, we'll know what Saint Bonnie has in store for those of us on the Left Coast and we've already heard from most of the rest of the provinces.

In On Death and Dying , Elisabeth Kübler-Ross outlined five stages one might go through dealing with death. Knowing a good thing when she saw one, she inflated her model to seven stages of loss.

It's an overlooked truism we live through history. Most of us have difficulty contemplating our day-to-day experiences being historical. But clearly, our current day-to-day experiences will be historical.