Red Hot Franchises

For some people, when they think of the word ‘franchise’, they seem to think of a very familiar yellow M. But franchising means that you’re authorized to use a company’s name, trademarks, business philosophies and such for a fee and usually a percentage of the profits. But what most people don’t know is anyone, for […]

Shame on me?

Around the dinner table is where a lot of the lectures that I get occur. This is because, due to how the seating is arranged, I end up sitting between my parents and the table is right in front of me and, thus, I am effectively locked-in until I am finished eating my dinner (or […]

Celebrate Halloween!

The thing about Halloween is that there comes a time when you get too old to go door-to-door, trick or treating. It’s a sad time, actually, but eventually some people do grow out of it. If memory serves, I believe the last time that I went trick-or-treating was when I was in grade 11 or […]