From Montreal to London (Blog)

[Savage]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog:

From Montreal to London

[st33med]

Oh dear. There are plays with NUDITY!?!

For shame Steve! I thought you had class!

*takes plane to nearest unADULTeRATED play in London*

[st33med]

Also, cell phones and other payment devices besides debit or credit cards would be a valid thing to do here, but the banks are fighting REAL hard to keep them from coming to the USA.

[Zach M]

I don’t see the advantage if you pay off your credit card balance in full each month, so there’s no interest to pay.

Seriously? I guess you didn't get blindsided by a hidden fee when you got your first credit card.

I was charged with a $30 over-the-limit fee when I was fresh out of college and purchased something that pushed my balance over $200. I didn't see the need to so carefully track spending when it seemed a trivial programming task to make sure that cards were not charged over the purported "limit".

I thought by definition of limit the process would have been

if(balance > limit) decline purchase
else accept purchase

When it turned out to be:

accept purchase
if(balance > soCalledLimit) charge a fee

(Sorry I'm crabby today, but I've been bewildered for over 10 years why people trust banks enough to use credit cards . )

[st33med]

Zach, that's a normal overdraft fee mechanism. There is a bill that was passed that will make those overdraft fees illegal sometime in the future ( I forget what year or month ).

[nano]

Steve,
My girlfriend Mila and I are planning to come to Rachelle's Saturday 1:30pm show. It would be great to meet with you after even if just for a short greeting. Depending on your plans.

I have read your blog since 2006. I also got your book.
They have been very helpful to me.
I also started two SBI sites after seeing your testimonial.

At any rate it would be nice to get a chance to say thanks for all the great work in person.

We will be coming in from Hamilton which is about an an hour and a half away.
I think we will be camping someplace near London that weekend. We really haven't figured any of that out.

I hope to see you there.

Nathaniel.

p.s.
Two paragraphs before the More About London Heading
"Helping out behind the scenes is a different experience for me since I’m used to being the guy on stage. I think I get more nervous for Rachelle doing her shows that I ever did before doing a speech or a workshop."

I believe the that should be a than.

[Chris_1977]

London is great! You can see Billy Elliot, the musical there!

[Brenden Cameron]

And here I was planning to make a thread about Rachelle's show, looks like I was too slow.

I went to see Rachelle's second performance of "unADULTeRATED me" in London, the one that Steve mentioned had earned a standing ovation.
Admittedly, I didn't know what to expect going in (well, except for it involved a clown, cabaret, and a striptease ) so I had no expectations.

Let me just say that that ovation was well earned! Rachelle's performance was amazing. Her use of audience interaction and her ability to improvise so flawlessly really drew the whole audience in; neither cell phones, spills, nor sticky pages could stand in the way!

And the overarching message, having the courage to express your true self, was incredibly inspiring.

If you're anywhere near London or Toronto, and you're over the age of 18, you have no excuse to not see this show!


Steve, it was awesome meeting you (and a little surreal sitting right next to you while your girlfriend stripped...). You guys looked busy with the set tear down afterwards, so at the time I figured I'd best bugger off and leave you to it. Regretfully, I didn't think to stick around in the gallery. Ah well... I'm hoping to drag some Toronto friends to the show once it goes there, I'll be sure to stick around then!

[nano]

Nice to meet you Steve. Awesome show Rachelle!

Nan.