When Activist Have To Much Time On Their Hands

Fun Fact about me: I'm from Hamilton ON. Hamilton is a working class town 45 minutes west of Toronto, and it has its share of problems. 

I never would have thought that one of the cities problems would be urinals in a bars washroom.

The Honest Lawyer is a bar located in Jackson Square, right in the heart of downtown Hamilton. In the men's washroom it featured novelty urinals that looked like this. 

That was until recently anyways. 

The Woman Abuse Working Group took offense and started a letter writing campaign lobbying for the restaurant to remove the urinals. They sent over 1000 letters and even involved Ontario NDP Leader  Andrea Horwath. 

Now I ask, is this cause really worthy of the Woman Abuse Working Groups time? No...of course not. And I certainly hope that a political party leader has better things to do with her time then concern herself with the decor in the men's washroom in the Honest Lawyer. 

What has been accomplished from their efforts? Is anyone safer? Can they even show that these lips provoked violence against women in anyway? I'm a woman, I don't find them offensive at all. Tacky, yes.

The simple solution, don't go into that bar if it offends you. 

Use the resources of your organization to create real change.  Your organization should make the news when you've helped women escape abusive situations not when you've harassed a restaurant owner into removing his tongue in cheek urinals. 

Everyone Wants To Be A Writer

All right. I will admit I’m a little late to this blogging thing.

That is not to say I haven’t attempted to start a blog before.

I have. I had zero followers. I wrote two posts, then I quit.

That trend ends here!

It’s time for some self-reflection in my life. It’s time to share my thoughts with the vast world of the Internet.

It’s time to start developing my personal brand.

My goal is to post an entry here every day for the next month. I would say year… but who am I kidding? Setting goals you can meet are essential for developing confidence. I know this because I am a goal oriented person. I have never set a realistic goal that I haven’t met.

Have you heard of Robert Kiyosaki? He’s the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!. A book that I’ve recently read and it has changed the way I think about life and money.

Robert says you shouldn’t work for money; money should work for you. So in your profession you work for money, but in your business money works for you.

In my case, my profession is Fundraiser.

My business? Well that’s less defined. I want my business to revolve around the entertainment industry (music and sports). I figure a good way to start making this my business is to write about it. Hell, I spend most of my days talking about entertainment anyway.

Now all that's left to do is sit back and enjoy the ride...