I consider myself extremely fortunate to have had a chance to sit down and speak with one of the greatest light-heavyweights of all time, 2005 PRIDE Grand Prix winner Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. In life, things do not always go as planned; Shogun’s recent loss to Forrest Griffin and his persistent knee injury are proof of [...]

It was a good plan that met an end at the onset of the economic slump. The effects visible in reports everywhere; now it will just get harder and harder to make inroads.
It happens. It happened. Now what are you going to do about it?
The funny thing about life is expectations. People sometimes assume that if [...]

As a sideline, I have began to work on a blog for The Yoga Sanctuary, my local yoga studio. There will be information, updates, profiles and other news directly related to studio happenings. If you’re curious, check it out– and if you live in Toronto, give us a visit!
Namasté

There’s nothing quite as exciting as hearing family members give you well-intentioned, but utterly useless advice. Taking situations that happened to them, devoid of the specific context, and trying to apply them to your life without correcting for any temporal or spatial differences.
We’re all exactly the same, right? Same problems, same goals, same attributes, same personalities [...]

I’ll never forget this awful computer commercial where basketball player Steve Nash is telling us about the company. He rambles on, repeating a script with little interest or insight, and absolutely zero passion. It comes across like a marketing guru was burned out and produced a cut & paste from a marketing manual.
And that’s how [...]

I was dreamin’ of tomorrow so I sacrificed today
And it sure was a grand waste of time
–Billy Joel, “Got To Begin Again”
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I heard about an individual looking to go all the way and take a flying leap into a new milieu. Considering how safe and secure their current position is, it just stopped me cold [...]