Cela aura pris quelques temps, mais Les aventures d’un GO désorganisé est désormais disponible chez les plus grands libraires en ligne. Pour les francophones, cela veut dire qu’il est maintenant possible de le commander sur un site en français! Voyez donc Amazon.fr et Amazon.ca (en plus de Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble et Borders pour les sites nord-americains en anglais, en plus de l’imprimeur Lulu.)

I found a very interesting approach to dealing with life’s unavoidable downs in Seth Godin’s Understanding Local max. Granted, his article addresses business and marketing issues but it remains quite on target when applied to more generic issues like luck and happiness. In other words, life.

He says: « The problem is that to get to [let’s call this one the top], you need to go through step [let’s call that one the bottom], which is a horrible and scary place to be. »

How very true. Until, maybe, one wakes up to the reality of waves.

Let it be known, I’m a Firefox advocate! Whether you agree or not, you must check out this hilarious site:

Kill Bill’s Browser - 13 good reasons to switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox. Love it!

If you are a regular visitor of the site, you will probably have noticed an increase in the advertisement throughout the various pages. Rest assured that I am not crossing over to the dark side of the force, but one is forced to admit that maintaining a web site costs money. I’m hoping that these non-obtrusive adds will help cover such a cost.

I always make sure to choose adds for products or services that I am using, endorse, or at the very least like and approve of. Most of them are actually pretty cool and worth checking out!

For instance, Snapfish is quite hard to beat as an online photo-printing and sharing center. Likewise, Trails.com is an awesome resource for all of you hikers and outdoors enthusiasts out there. And then there is the one and only National Geographic. The links on this web site all point to an entry page of some kind, but my favorite is their Adventure magazine, to which I subscribe and never regret it!

« A great piece of art is composed not just of what is in the final piece, but equally important, what is not. It is the discipline to discard what does not fit - to cut out what might have already cost days or even years of effort - that distinguishes the truly exceptional artist and marks the ideal piece of work, be it a symphony, a novel, a painting, a company or, most important of all, a life. »

[From a Jim Collins article]

Ordering from room service is never simple. They just wouldn’t understand that I wanted my bacon done over easy. Gosh! I was caught in the act of explaining what I think of North American cooking...

At the awesome Fitger’s Inn, Duluth, MN

Thanks Rebecca for the gift!