Or: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same Covid has swept across the world, leaving millions dead and millions more in turmoil. Around 700 years ago, in the mid-1300s, the Plague, aka The Great Mortality, aka the Black Death, did exactly the same thing. Objectively, the Plague…

Ethical spending with the Mogo app / Visa card What is Mogo? Okay, before we get started, what is Mogo? And why have you probably never heard of it? Mogo is a Canadian prepaid rewards Visa card where you earn cashback in Bitcoin on every purchase and carbon offset every purchase. It has…

My experience says it is About a year and a half ago, I decided to get serious about freelancing with the hope of building it up into a serious side-line. I had been proofreading and editing on the side through my contacts at a couple of Universities, so I opened…

Explore one of the world’s most beautiful coastal roads from Vancouver, Canada — As we explore the world around us, we sometimes stumble upon a journey that is more beautiful, more enriching, and more breathtaking than our ultimate destination. Winding upwards from the beaches and inlets of the Greater Vancouver area, along clifftops overlooking the deep blue waters and forested islands of Howe…

And People Are Pissed. — During the Black Death in Medieval Europe, almost 700 years ago, the various countries and cities across the continent issued a series of public health directives aimed at stemming the tide of death and destruction the Plague had brought with it. The City State of Venice, for example, shut the…

Ingredients for starting your day off right I know I’m not the first person to tell you that a productive morning equals a productive day. …

Making childbirth “delightful beyond measure” — Earlier this week it was the 119th anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria. One hundred and nineteen years later she still commands interest and respect, and her influence continues to be felt in the most diverse aspects of modern life. We usually think of her, however, as a stern…

by Paddy Ashdown — In Nein! Paddy Ashdown brilliantly brings to life the fascinating histories of the men in the German high command who plotted to bring down Hitler and end the Nazi regime. There is, as Ashdown points out, a conception in the English-speaking world that very few Germans resisted Hitler, and that…

Netflix and Learn — As I’ve mentioned before, I’m attempting to learn a new language — German. I use apps, grammar books, podcasts, tutoring, and my personal favourite, German-language TV shows. Watching TV in your target language is genius because you get to listen to real speech in real time — not the slowed…