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Over the Christmas holidays, I was rereading The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. I read it when I was a

[By the way, I have a few paperback copies I am giving away for Xmas. If you're in Ottawa Canada

How old are the modern Ottawa Senators? To answer this question, I just ask my daughter Jessica (the youngest of

Main Street Makeovers He must have received his law degree in the snail-mail. The guy didn’t know the difference between

[Excerpt from Gadgets and Gizmos—how to tell if you own a real business or just an expensive hobby available from,

Years ago, I wrote, Why Cheering for the Maple Leafs is… Unnatural. Essentially, I argue that when your home team

[Here’s a book review I wrote in 2010 that is still relevant today (circa September 2020), so I’ve now added

Kind of a nice problem to have, n'est-ce pas? Well, this is the challenge that Apple is currently facing seeing

I’m sure there are many people who work from home and enjoy that experience. I am not one of them

Book review of Pitch Anything, an innovative method for presenting, persuading and winning the deal by Oren Klaff, https://youtu.be/0ihMwKc2Sow With

[This is an excerpt from Don't Back Down, the real story of the founding of the NHL's Ottawa Senators and

Here's an article I wrote some time ago. In it, I was trying to understand why someone might pay $171,000

When Ottawa Sun columnist Rick Gibbons asked me this morning for my take on the pending divorce between the Sens

A client of mine asks, "Hi Bruce, what are your thoughts on real estate and the economy over the next

Purrdy Paws Mobile Grooming Spa founder Jayme Montero started with nothing. A teen mom, she had a “crazy” idea—to start