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[ 2 Nov 2009 | No Comment ]
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If there’s one thing Vancouver does right, it’s make a good eggs benny.  I was having eggs benny with my good friend and famous architect Jonathon Stembridge-Rickenbacker at one of our favorite cafes, a friendly place in Little India.  Actually, I think the staff were all Filipino, so we might have been a bit north in Little Philippines.  Although, that’s probably too far north so it was probably more like Little Poland.  Suffice to say, Vancouver’s ethnic geographies do not model world geographies.  Back in Texas we had a saying: …

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[ 6 Jan 2009 | One Comment ]
The River of Confidence (and the Dam of Stupidity)
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Folks, the other day a guy came into my apartment/office.  I’ll call him Ed, or better yet, a fake name like Freddle.  I better add a last name so that would be something like McMannohaggonbaum.  And if you wanted to pry and we needed a middle name, we could just use Dolly-Parton.  So, just so we don’t get lost, the other day I was paid a visit by Freddle Dolly-Parton McMannohaggonbaum.

Anyway, Fred said to me, “Dr. Matt, how do I become a more confident person?”
I thought to myself, “Well, maybe …