OK, tonight I'm going to set the inane commentary on the back burner and put the log back in this weblog. I was in Calgary for the Labour Day weekend. Keith was out there doing his travelling salesman thing and was good enough to set me up with a free hotel room. Leaving the city during a long weekend seems to be the thing to do here in Toronto - so I was off. Keith, Dwayne and I hit some select establishments in the Calgary area and made it up to Banff for some hiking and hoodoo watching. In our ongoing and lenghty discussions of popular culture Dwayne and I are unanimous in our praise for Beat the Geeks. The pop culture game show that cracks me so consistantly up. Dwayne was also adamant in his stance that Mariah Carey's cover of the old school Def Leppard song "Bringing on the Heartache" is a pathetic travesty. Good times. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the Labour Day Classic and the requisite tailgateing. Too bad, it sounds like it was a hell of a game.
The past three days I've been at Rotman's orientation for the new students at Camp Manitou, three hours north of Toronto. Kind of an MBA concentration camp. Actually, it was a fantastic experience. By tradition, it was organized by the second year MBAs, as a way for the first year class to get to know each other and pick the brains of some of the second years to get a better idea of what we're in for this year. The second years did a fantastic job setting it up. Amoung the activities were a trading game, a marketing game, a casino night, numberous cocktail hours and an 80s costume dance. The camp was beautiful, with basketball, volleyball, tennis and good lake swimming. Boozy bonfires went on until the wee hours.
I spent most of my free time on the basketball court reliving the glory days of West Van Highlander basketball. We had some intensely competitive games (everyone in this program seems to thrive on competition) but Nikki Doucet who happens to be the starting point guard on the Varsity Blues womens team took us all to school. Anyways, its a fantastic group and we're now all ready to dive in with the coursework.
PS: In an effort to serve you better, TAML now comes equiped with a commenting feature. Just click on the the comment link at the top of each post to leave a comment about that post, heckle me, or whatever. All the other readers will be able to view your post - lots of fun.
PPS: Thanks to everyone who sent out birthday shout-outs.
The past three days I've been at Rotman's orientation for the new students at Camp Manitou, three hours north of Toronto. Kind of an MBA concentration camp. Actually, it was a fantastic experience. By tradition, it was organized by the second year MBAs, as a way for the first year class to get to know each other and pick the brains of some of the second years to get a better idea of what we're in for this year. The second years did a fantastic job setting it up. Amoung the activities were a trading game, a marketing game, a casino night, numberous cocktail hours and an 80s costume dance. The camp was beautiful, with basketball, volleyball, tennis and good lake swimming. Boozy bonfires went on until the wee hours.
I spent most of my free time on the basketball court reliving the glory days of West Van Highlander basketball. We had some intensely competitive games (everyone in this program seems to thrive on competition) but Nikki Doucet who happens to be the starting point guard on the Varsity Blues womens team took us all to school. Anyways, its a fantastic group and we're now all ready to dive in with the coursework.
PS: In an effort to serve you better, TAML now comes equiped with a commenting feature. Just click on the the comment link at the top of each post to leave a comment about that post, heckle me, or whatever. All the other readers will be able to view your post - lots of fun.
PPS: Thanks to everyone who sent out birthday shout-outs.
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