Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 10

Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 10

Pig Tales

Pig Tales by Iggy Oink – 10 – So here’s the thing about pigs – not only do some pigs have jobs – BUT pig heart valves are used to replace human heart valves. A pig doesn’t have to be Einstein to understand the significance of this – for a human to live a pig is gonna die. Yikes! And insulin and a couple of dozen other medicines and drugs come from pig products. Hey people – I don’t like that word “product” …

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 8, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 8, 2004 

Our Fledgling Marketing Group

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 8, 2004 – It’s hard to believe, but our little marketing group of Sima, Dorothy, Big and yours truly met today for the fourth time. I know why the sages, past and present, say there is strength in numbers – because it’s true. The business of transacting real estate can be very isolating, and some days it’s hard not to feel lonely.

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Kevin Richardson Reports On Yame And George

Kevin Richardson Reports On Yame  And George

Kevin Richardson Reports On Yame And George – The end of year is a very busy time and very demanding as everyone tries to fit everything in before end of first week of December, so please bear with me if I haven’t communicated as often as I would’ve liked.

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 7, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 7, 2004

Tonight – 33 Years Ago

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 7, 2004 – Thirty-three years ago tonight, I was sitting in my dorm room at Renison College, at the University of Waterloo. I was in my fourth year of university, soon to spring forth onto an unsuspecting world, clutching my newly minted four year Arts degree in History and English. I had decided against accepting the scholarship for my Masters that one of my professors wanted me to take – I wanted some living experience!

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Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 6, 2004

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 6, 2004

The Departure Of Captain Dweeb

Short Stories From 10 Years Ago – December 6, 2004 – I knew it was only a matter of time before Captain Dweeb left Ontario for parts known on our eastern seaboard. Captain Dweeb aka Twinkie is my good friend Glen of Scotiabank fame. He, of the Yonge and Eglinton branch, recently transferred to the great ivory tower down town, to sit near the other gods of banking – always casually dressed in robes of gold and bejewelled with diamond dollar signs.

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