Fridays are days to Get Blitzed!

Ok, so my blog the other day was apparently not provoking enough because nobody commented on Remembrance Day. That was something I felt pretty strongly about. I have a huge blog I'm working on for Monday or Tuesday about a major shake up in my life.

Fridays are a day where I like to offer up some advice. Many people have told me they appreciate my advice blogs, and that my advice helps them. Some have suggested that it's useless, and I don't know what I'm talking about. Apparently many people read my Friday blogs, and that's the point. Thank you for that.

Here's my advice this week. All three were legitimate blog reader questions, I actually had 5 posed to me and tried to pick the best ones. I appreciate all the questions, and the two I didn't answer in my blog I still sent a personal e-mail with an answer.

Question from Phil:

What are your thoughts on a second NHL team in Toronto? On OTR, Michael Landsberg asked Gary Bettman who side-stepped the question. Your thoughts? Would it fly?

Phil, it most definitely would fly. Toronto is the healthiest market for the NHL, and the Air Canada Centre is always full for hockey. Apparently a second team would play in a separate sports complex, and that would provide one heck of a rivalry with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. The sports media, the sports fan, and the NHL as a whole would benefit greatly from this moving forward, so only time will tell if the NHL braintrust will work quickly to make this happen.

Question by e-mail from Audrey:

How do you forgive and forget a mistake that hurt you emotionally?

No two people are the same, Audrey, so my advice is strictly my opinion and I don't even know the severity. In any person there is the good they brought to your relationship, and there is the mistakes that hurt your relationship. That relationship can be friendship, it can be dating, and it can be a family relationship.

I believe one good virtue is worthy of 5 or 10 mistakes. I spend my whole life looking at the best in the people I know. It obviously depends on the level of mistake. The best in people should always be remembered first, it should be embraced ahead of all else. And when that is the case, forgiveness is a whole lot easier.

You will never forget the pain, and maybe you shouldn't. But the strength of any good friendship, intimate relationship or family bond is a healthy ability to forgive.

Judging by the fact you have asked that question, it's clear to me that you want to forgive and that's another vital step.

Good luck, let me know.

Question 3

Elton asks:

What is the greatest City you've ever visited, lived in or worked in?

I don't consider this to be a question of advice, but still like it just the same Elton...

The Big Apple, New York was my favorite city, no doubt. I almost moved there for work a few short months ago, it's just so Italian. Hard place not to love. It's hard nosed and resilient. The nightlife is like no other, and the pizza is worth dieing for.

Canadian City is a toss up between Winnipeg, because people are actually so friendly there, and its got character and Regina. If you've ever gone to the Queen City for a CFL football game, you'll know why. It's very Green Bay.

I've been to so many amazing places abroad, but those are my North American choices.

There you have it. Hope it helps people! Send your feedback and questions to irenedellaveres@yahoo.ca or leave it in the comment section.