Part of the BHS mentorship program is having a student come to the radio station and hang out with me for 3 days a week. For a few weeks we've had the pleasure of getting to know Brandon Roy.  Brandon is 15 years old and is a grade 9 student at BHS. He has helped us voice some commercials... so listen carefully you might hear him. He also is getting an idea of the inner workings of MAX.

Brandon is an avid skateboarder and basketball player. He is interested in Science, Astrology and Geography. But did you know he's now a musician?  We had a chance to record Brandon in the MAX studios, and this song could be a hit.  Check it out!

These adorable girls, aged 1 and 3, belt it out while singing along with Gotye's hit song when it comes on the car radio. Their dad is there to film the whole thing from the front seat. Very adorable.

These are some etiquette tips in case you ever travel to Germany:
- Say hello to people in the doctor's waiting room.
- Sit down to pee at a guest's house.
- Make eye contact while clinking glasses.
- Pass along the theatre row frontwise, not backwards, so you're facing the people that you're annoying.
- Introduce yourself at your new job. Don't wait for them to come up to you.
- When speaking to a German on the phone, don't hang up without greeting everyone they live with, and are related to. Such as, "Say hi to Aunt Fritzi and all the kids for me!"
- Bring your own birthday cake to work.
- Don't go out with wet hair.
- It's OK to leave without saying goodbye.

I was honoured to do a book reading at Edgewood Court on Saturday. A big thank you to Beth Stymiest, Jessi Stever, Audrey Gammon and the many interact student volunteers who helped out. We had an amazing time with the kids. After the reading the kids made some wind chimes out of plastic utensils and then pizza was served! 

Why are Facebook and Twitter so popular? Because, new research shows, talking about yourself triggers the same sensation of pleasure in the brain as food or money. About 40 percent of everyday speech is devoted to telling others about what we feel or think. Harvard University neuroscientists conducted laboratory tests to see what parts of the brain were most excited when people talked about themselves as opposed to other people. They offered the subjects money if they chose to answer questions about other people, such as President Barack Obama, rather than about themselves. Despite the financial incentive, people often preferred to talk about themselves and willingly gave up between 17 percent and 25 percent of their potential earnings so they could reveal personal information. They also found that talking about yourself heightened activity in brain regions belonging to the mesolimbic dopamine system, which is associated with the sense of reward ...