by Sue Horner | Jul 13, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Woke up this mornin’ (da DA da da) Sun shiny and bright (da DA da da) Finished writin’ my articles (da DA da da) They were lookin’ tight (da DA da da) But wait just a minute (da DA da da) What’s that I see (da DA da da) A note from Legal,...
by Sue Horner | Jul 13, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
A thunderstorm blew through Oakville on the weekend, and it brought me back to summers spent at my grandparents’ cottage in the Laurentian mountains in Quebec. The cottage was built in the early 1900s, on a hillside with glimpses of the lake just visible in...
by Sue Horner | Jul 10, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Everyone can write, can’t they? But it takes real skill to come up with truly awful writing, like that celebrated by the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. This is almost as much fun as the Oddest Book Title of the Year contest. But instead of just finding...
by Sue Horner | Jul 6, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
In the movie, “He’s Just Not That Into You” (seen on the plane on the way home from San Francisco), Drew Barrymore’s character laments the sorry state of communication with the opposite sex: “I had this guy leave me a voicemail at work,...
by Sue Horner | Jul 2, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
My car insurer claims it is working on “greening” its operations, and not a moment too soon. I’m drowning in paper. True, I laid a number of changes on the company over the past two months. I bought a new car that had to be added to my existing...
by Sue Horner | Jul 1, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
In honour of Canada Day and our 142nd birthday today: A catchy and clever rap; we know that you wanna be Canadian! Canadians share our 100 favourite Canadian things. Hmm, a lot of food listed (back bacon, poutine, maple syrup, butter tarts…). I love that Google...
by Sue Horner | Jun 28, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
My short career in car sales has ended, and thank goodness for that. As my Honda CR-V’s 10th birthday approached, I planned to buy a new car. I did my research, checking specs and prices online, and narrowed my choice to a couple of cars that offered good...
by Sue Horner | Jun 24, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Have you noticed lately that the bloggers you follow are posting a little less frequently? For me, there’s a direct correlation between deadlines looming and a slowdown in both reading and posting to blogs. I’m disciplined about working when I have to be,...
by Sue Horner | Jun 21, 2009 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
The 2009 IABC World Conference in San Francisco was a whirlwind of learning opportunities and social events. (Great promotional clip for it here.) Here are some of the highlights: Brian Dunn, COO and soon to be CEO of Best Buy: Down-to-earth, personable, enthusiastic,...
by Sue Horner | Jun 17, 2009 | Writing samples
(Article published in Escarpment Views magazine.) Debby McLachlan has strict instructions: no big purchases, because her tiny condo is already jam-packed. So we’ve arrived at the Aberfoyle Antique Market about mid-morning, coffee in hand, “just to...
