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Epiphany
Word of the Day: Epiphany Have you had your epiphany yet? The leaders of the Western world have. Germany especially, has learned that you may get burned if you play with fire. Mix that with natural gas, and you might have a fireball of destruction on your hands. An epiphany is a sudden realization of…
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Main squeeze
Wednesday Email: Main squeeze Only yesterday, I read that over 30% of Japanese are lonely. Imagine that. I suppose they don’t have a main squeeze or a squeeze of any ranking, for that matter. Someone’s main squeeze is their main girlfriend, boyfriend, or lover. Of course, the implication is that a person, a man or…
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
Proverb: If you want a thing done well, do it yourself If you are a manager working in a large company, you are encouraged and taught how to delegate authority. However, if you are an entrepreneur, you know if you want a thing done well, do it yourself. Why is it that way? First, if…
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Deathbed confession
WotD: Deathbed confession We all have secrets and skeletons in our closets. Some of them we will take to the grave, but some of us will reveal all in a deathbed confession. A deathbed confession occurs when you confess or admit to a crime or something bad you have done just before you die. I’ve…
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On the side
Phrase: On the side If you’ve been to a restaurant in Canada, you may have heard someone order a salad with dressing on the side. They did that because they are watching their weight and prefer to add it to their own taste. That’s one usage of today’s phrase on the side. There are a…
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Bigwig
Word of the Day: Bigwig Have you ever taken some time to ponder the weirdness of humanity? Consider this. Most people want to be a bigwig, but at the same time, we have a distaste for those in authority and take great pleasure in watching them fail or fall from grace. No, I don’t mean…
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Offshore
Word of the Day: Offshore We’ve been on a hell of a ride since early 2020, haven’t we? I think we’ve not only realized the danger of offshoring essential items but become victims of it. In the name of globalization, the West has offshored the lion’s share of the production of important items. When something…
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Put your thumb on the scale
Idiom: Put your thumb on the scale Well, they did it again! There’s an upper house election coming up this summer, and the Japanese government once again tried to put their thumb on the scale. When you place your thumb on the scale, you try to influence the outcome of something, such as contract bidding,…
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Take to the grave
Idiom: Take to the grave Money is great, but you can’t take it with you. That’s why funerals are so expensive. A funeral is like a tip jar at an airport Starbucks. You dump all your spare change in it because you can’t use it where you’re going. That’s a little mortician humour for you.…
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For the birds
Phrase: For the birds Life is short. Very few people would argue with that. Tell me, then, why do we spend so much time on things for the birds? There are a tremendous variety of ways in which we could spend our time on this earth in enjoyable or beneficial ways. Yet, we choose or…
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