Have you ever wondered what you would look like as another ethnicity? Or if you were a Manga cartoon? I’ve never wondered this… until I came across a fun Face Transformer App. This app allowed me to upload my photo, and transform me into a Caucasian, West-Asian, Afro-Caribbean, Apeman, Manga Cartoon Character, and more!
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4 Types of Dating
When a friend tells me that he or she is dating, I usually ask them to explain what exactly they mean by the word “dating.” When they give me a blank stare, I prompt them by asking: Is it casual dating? Serious dating? Courtship? Are you seeing each other? Friends with benefits? Hooking up? What’s the goal? Where is this relationship headed? “Dating” can mean so many different things.
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Vote for Your Favourite Book Title! (Plus an Excerpt from our Upcoming Book)
Our next book is set to be released in exactly 1 month! To celebrate this, we are releasing an excerpt from our book so you can get a taste of what it will be about. Plus, we would like your input on our book title.
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What “We” Really Means in Marriage
One night in the first year of our marriage, my wife and I were both lying in our bed, ready to sleep. I was all curled up in the fetal position, just about to drift into dreamland when Olive said, “I think the hall light is on. We should turn it off.”
Now one of the hard lessons I’ve learned about my marriage is that whenever my wife matches the word “we” with something that needs to be done, then “we” doesn’t actually mean “we,” it means “you.”
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Introducing our Book Launch Team!
Last week we make an open invitation on our blog for our readers to join our book launch team. Many people applied and we were able to form a great team. We’re excited to officially introduce you to our Book Launch Team!
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How Marriage is like Painting Together
[This is an excerpt from our book Fight With Me: How We Learned to be Married, which you can purchase on Amazon or get free on our blog]
The summer before our daughter was born, Olive and I had a chance to work on a painting together. It was the first time we had done this. We had visited Whiffen Spit near Victoria, BC and were delighted with its breathtaking view. Inspired by what we saw, we bought a large, 3 feet by 4 feet canvas and set to work.
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Happy Chinese New Year! [Video]
From all of us at timandolive.com (a.k.a. Tim and Olive… and Allie too), Happy Chinese New Year! Check out the video greeting we made.
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