Terry Chenier

Business has experienced a bit of an up-tick, so

I bought a new boat. Designed by Wally-Hermes Yacht Group,

this creature is luxury unsurpassed!

In my wildest dreams maybe!

This is Thanksgiving in Canada, and today the house will be full.

Another turkey with all the trimmings, good friends and family.

Like most Canadians, I tend to bitch a little too much

about things mundane and trivial, but by and large, I have

it pretty good. My family is healthy and reasonably well balanced.

I earn in a week what the majority of people in third world countries

earn in a year. I drive a decent car, have adequate health care and am

free to travel where I wish. I have a government which isn't run by

raving lunatics. (Well for the most part anyways).

At the end of the day, I'll have eaten too much,

(more than most people in the third world will in a week).

I have a lot to be thankful for. By the luck of the draw,

I'm a Canadian. So thank you.

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A 20 year from British Columbia phoned home with

a harrowing tale of having been shot by Mexicans and

thrown into a pond full of crocodiles. The parents, frantic,

contacted local police in Vancouver who met the man on his

arrival home. Upon further scrutiny and questioning, the man

admitted he made the story up.

Apparently, after a night of partying,

this severely drunk individual was relieving himself in the pond

when he fell in in a drunken stupor. The baby crocs inflicted

several small bites and he made up the cover story.

Police didn't lay charges, but they made the full

story public as the Mexican tourist industry

didn't need yet another story of yet

another holiday gone bad.

This is a true story from THE BLOGGING GUY.

Sometimes, when I'm out having lunch, say a burger and fries,

(I know. it's not healthy), but that's not the point of this post.

Anyway, I order the food and they bring me the condiments.

And I know the catsup, (or ketchup), depending on what side the 49th parallel you are in,

is not Heinz. It pours too fast and it's not as thick and... it

doesn't taste the same.

Really? I got to thinking about

this. It's about marketing and Heinz has done a sterling job of it.

I remember watching a program on this. They had the guy from Heinz on TV explaining

how to "start" the flow of catsup or ketchup from a new bottle. Works too! Surprise, surprise!

It was a further demonstration on how thick their product was. Made sense.

I bought it in any event.

Point is, Heinz has marketing down to a science.

So...where are you in your little marketing world?

Is your product consistant? Does it pass the test of time?

Or is it just a "one-off" for the immediate sale?

Ocassionally, as in

most relationships, Canada and the United States don't see eye to eye

on everything. Currently we are grappling with a few issues;

among them, border security, protectionism,

trade and joint operations over-seas.

David Jacobson, prominent lawyer and fund-raiser

for the Obama campaign has been appointed

as Ambassador to Canada.

This is signifigant as he knows everyone in the West Wing

and more importantly, he has the ear of the President.

And he's smart.

This appointment should go a long way to re-establishing

a more cohesive relationship between our two countries.