A few months ago, I discovered that one of our friends, John Lawrence Reynolds, had co-written a book with Frank O’Dea, Co-founder of the Second Cup, the largest Canadian-owned specialty coffee retailer. I’m not usually much of a reader, as my brain is wired more to see videos and pictures than to read “text”. But...
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Inspire
Inspired by … Frank O’Dea, Co-founder of Second Cup
Inspired by … Break Dancer Luca “Lazylegz” Patuelli
Luca “Lazylegz” Patuelli was profiled on So You Think You Can Dance Canada last night. Just found footage of Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Opening Ceremonies featuring Luca. WOW, this bboy is an inspiration. NO EXCUSES to what we can all overcome and accomplish in life. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d427').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
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My Life’s Mission? Turn “Pooh” into Fertilizer…
As a result of the ParticipACTION Television Launch during the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to connect and re-connect with so many passionate people. As much as my role is to help ParticipACTION inspire others to take up traditional and non-traditional physical activity and sports, I have been equally inspired by the...
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Get Inspired! Get Moving!
ParticipACTION is the national voice of physical activity and sport participation in Canada. The organization’s goal is to inspire Canadians to increase their level of activity and to inspire society to make it easier to become more physically active. I’m finally authorized to let everyone know that I have been selected by ParticipACTION to be...
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So You Think You Can Dance?
“So You Think You Can Dance” has provided a wonderful opportunity for dancers and choreographers to showcase their talents to a mass television audience. In North America, just the mere mention of “Benji”, “Nico”, “Mia”, “Blake”, “Jean-Marc”, “France”, “Mary”, “Melanie”, and “Tony” almost brings about the same type of first name recognition as “Cher”, “Michael”, or “Madonna”. Last Sunday, Beverley and I attended the filming of...
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Welcome to my official blog!
It’s hard to imagine that it has been almost 10 years since I first contemplated leaving the corporate world to become a “Ballroom Dance Instructor” with Beverley, the love of my life. It sounds crazy in hindsight. But those inner voices – or maybe it was just innocent blind faith – said that it was the right time to do it. Just as those voices are saying now that it’s the right time to start this blog....
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