by Minter Dial | Jun 9, 2009 | Sports
Below is a collection of random thoughts. Some are my own, others come from various emails in circulation. Scroll down and peruse. And if you feel so inclined, add to the fray! Have you ever considered why it is that we write Anno Domini (A.D.) in Latin for the...
by Minter Dial | Apr 29, 2009 | Education
Or how old is your brain? Here’s a little game that will drive you nuts, especially if you have a competitive streak in you. The site instructions are in Japanese, so before clicking on this link, read below! Touch ‘start’ Wait for 3, 2, 1. Memorize...
by Minter Dial | Apr 26, 2009 | Leadership, Politics
Macro and Micro Consequences of When A Recession Begins In a recession, timing plays an absolutely vital part at the macro level. Much of the debate about when the current recession will end is related to when it actually began. The “reality” of a...
by Minter Dial | Feb 19, 2009 | Marketing
A woman, named Lee Redmond, with longest nails in the world suffered a bad car accident over the weekend and lost all her nails. It is hard to imagine, but she had not cut her nails since 1979. The combined total length was nearly 9 metres, with the...
by Minter Dial | Jan 27, 2009 | Health, Mobile
After getting drummed into our heads that using mobile phones may be carcinogenic, I am increasingly encouraged by recent studies saying that using the text (SMS) function is good for you! For its immediacy, the acceptance of shorthand (and errors) as well as...