Back in the seat today after a whirlwind 10 days as part of the UK promotion of Juggling Dynamite just released there last month. Thank you to my Irish cousins for their warmth and hospitality as we made our way around the country with a lot of fun and a little Guinness all at the same time.

The old country is a world away from our young cities and towns in North America. It is nothing to have lunch in a pub that has been serving patrons for 500 or 600 years.
For me such visits always prompt a natural reflection on how the world has changed over the centuries and yet how, in many ways, humans are remarkably the same.

Of particular interest this visit was our first hand glimpse of the UK realty and credit markets and the country's economic prospects heading into slowdown 2008. The pound like our Canadian dollar has always been strongly core elated with the ebb and flow of global demand each business cycle, and like Canada, the UK economy has benefited heavily during this latest expansion 2002-2006. Now they too are starting to see that some of this cycle's gains will be fleeting.   more »