I think it was one of the greatest artistic experiences I have ever had. I spent the majority of my life as an actor and a director in theater and film. Rehearsal has always been my favourite part. Although there is a wonderful satisfaction that comes with being in front of an audience and performing, I truly love the creative process and feel that once I am in front of an audience...well, at that point I am…

As I mentioned last week, I wanted to post some updated photos to chronicle the recording of Mileage 51's upcoming CD as well as provide some shots of the jam with my second band The Tundra. On Friday/Saturday Mileage 51 gathered at Roy's apartment aka studio to lay down some instrumentation and vocal call backs as we start to complete and refine songs bound for the CD. Roy has a great…

It has been far too long. Sadly with work, vacation, travel and other commitments my blogs have fallen by the wayside. Accordingly, I feel compelled to provide an update on what has become a recurrent theme...music.

Let's be clear, there are other things that go on in my life...it just seems that Kamazooie has become the vehicle for sharing my hobby. Mileage 51…

Ah...what an adventure that was! Finding a title had become a fun Sunday morning adventure. My wife and I would sit with our morning drinks and come up with so many ideas....then we would pass them through the boss: our daughter! She is an avid reader and she was the one that kept telling us if it was a good title or not. Mainly NOT! Oh, it was quite the stimulating adventure...and fun and hard. It is so difficult finding that title because once you have a title, it really represents the…

My dad, Bill Ritchie, was a great story teller who never seemed to be at a loss for a relevant story to drop into the conversation whether it was around a campfire or the dinner table. In the shot below, taken by my brother Al on one of our family moose hunting trips, it seems to be a funny story, likely of some misfortune that happened to him as he was often the brunt of his own humorous tales.…

This is such a touching video and this rescue dog mission is such good cause.

My heart goes out to her and her little friend.

Knowing that we have friends all over the world on Kamazooie... I could not help myself but to discuss the snow falling outside. After many weeks of bleary brown, grey and a white hazy dust on all the vehicles (salt dust from the roads)... we finally have a beautiful white coating of snow outside. In fact, this morning my two sons and I were digging out Anu's car, and clearing the driveway. It took almost two hours to clear it all. Fortunately, we are all in good shape...…

First of all, I'd like to thank Charles for his post about my debut novel and for inviting me to join this community. Charles has asked a few interesting questions which I'd like to share over time.

Now back to the question :)

Well, let me tell you a little story because it’s funny how often that question is asked: "What inspired you to…

For us its going to be a great day this coming Sunday. How can beer, nachos, chicken wings and the biggest game in football be a be a bad thing.

For a warm-up, I thought I would post the best Superbowl ads of all time.  There's a lot of great memories here including the 1984 launch of the Macintosh and Michael J. Fox getting not one but two Diet Pepsis for his new neighbors. …

As with other forms of businesses, starting a great photography company is really a very effective way of making an extra income. The reason being lots of people are prepared to give a bundle just to have quality photographs particularly for their events such as parties, corporate events and marriages. Thus, it's can be profitable to start a photography business and combine your hobby and part-time business interests.

 

Starting an excellent photography…

I must admit that I am becoming preoccupied with Artificial Intelligence as of late. I absolutely loved the recent movie "The Imitation Game" in which Alan Turing invents one of the first electro mechanical computers to help win World War II. A was also amazed by "Interstellar" in which several computer AIs were portrayed as fairly key characters.

But Artificial…

Greetings Kamazooies and Happy Friday!!!

I would like to repost with a vengeance today. After a recent personal setback, I found myself looking for inspiration today and I came across a great Forbes post on 10 Golden Rules for Living the Good Life.…

Greetings Members!!!

Here is a beautiful post from a blogger named Micah Baldwin on Medium which is another blogging site like Kamazooie for users to tell there stories and share their experiences. Its a post about his grandmother who lived a great life and loved telling stories about it to anyone who would listen.

https://medium.com/@micah/your-stories-are-safe-fd9bb18b057c

Micah…

Greetings and Happy 2015!!!

Three years ago, I started blogging on this site. I have written of some more serious topics and I have shared lighter and hopefully enjoyable stories and experiences. My New Year’s wish this year is somewhat of bridge between more serious topics of faith and…

Please learn from my mistake!

For the past few years, I have not given my insurance policies much thought. They are fine... and covering us without issue. We rarely have made any claims (rear ended one year - though), and our driving records have been clean. All told, I have really not had much reason to scrutinize our insurance…

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season!!!…

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Have a happy and peaceful family season :-)

Charles

Almost Christmas! Almost there! Almost have all my gifts picked out… but should there be one more I am considering?

For the past few years I have been the President of the Product Marketing & Management Association for Toronto (TPMA). Having been a business or product marketer for most of my career, I often looked back wishing I had had someone there to…