Jeff Beer

Since … oh, at least 2003.

Life Lessons Four: How To Be Successful

Posted on November 12, 2008 - Filed Under culture | Leave a Comment

The last of the regular back page column I did for Snowboard Canada in 2007/2008 under the banner of “Life Lessons.”

Life Lessons # 4: How To Be Successful
by Jeff Beer
So far in our journey down the road of Life Lessons, we’ve addressed three key principles to lead a happy, luxurious and relatively facial hair [...]

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Life Lessons: Guide to Personal Grooming

Posted on November 12, 2008 - Filed Under culture | Leave a Comment

And now, the third edition of the regular back page column I did for Snowboard Canada in 2007/2008 under the banner of “Life Lessons.” As you can see by the headline, I was attempting to perform a major public service.

Life Lesson # 3: How To Groom
by Jeff Beer
For more than a few reasons, the issue [...]

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Life Lessons: How To Be Cool

Posted on November 12, 2008 - Filed Under culture | Leave a Comment

Here’s the second installment of the regular back page column I did for Snowboard Canada in 2007/2008 under the banner of “Life Lessons.” Again, none of these had much at all to do with snowboarding, but what the hell, it’s the back page, folks…

Life Lessons # 2: How To Be Cool
By Jeff Beer
Coolness. Just what [...]

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Creativity: House Industries at Subliminal Projects

Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under Creativity | Leave a Comment

heyooh… for those who may be wandering the Western coast of the United States, be sure to schedule some time to stop by Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects to check out the Letters and Ligatures exhibit by the Delaware-based design wizards from House Industries.
I had a chance to talk to Andy and Rich from House [...]

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Life Lessons: How To Be Classy

Posted on November 8, 2008 - Filed Under culture | Leave a Comment

This was the first edition of a regular back page column I did for Snowboard Canada in 2007/2008 under the banner of “Life Lessons.” None of these had much at all to do with snowboarding, but what the hell.

Life Lessons # 1: How To Be Classy (And Still Slide Sideways)
by Jeff Beer
When the editors of [...]

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From the Archives: Skull, Crossbones revive a U.K. footwear legend

Posted on November 8, 2008 - Filed Under The National Post | Leave a Comment

This is an older bit I wrote for the National Post that was published on November 18, 2006.

Skull, Crossbones revive a U.K. footwear legend
By Jeff Beer
It would be difficult to imagine two men more suited to take an old English shoe and give it a bit of youthful American kick than brothers Derrick and [...]

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From the Archives: Not Your Dad’s Sports Page

Posted on November 8, 2008 - Filed Under Toronto Star | Leave a Comment

This is an older bit I wrote for the Toronto Star that was published on October 17, 2006.

Not Your Dad’s Sports Page
By Jeff Beer
Blame Ron Mexico. Not the real Ron Mexico, mind you. No, the real Mr. Mexico is an auto parts supplier in Brighton, Mich. The Ron Mexico we’re talking about is actually Atlanta [...]

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Coming Soon…

Posted on November 5, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Soon this interweb outpost will be stocked with all the random thoughts, links to new work and archived past work you can handle. But until then… there’s this.

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