Monthly Archives: April 2010

(insert random “Witness” movie pop-culture reference here)

Something I don’t tell people too often, due to my deep shame and embarrassment, is that my family is Amish. Well, they might as well be. My mom and sister are both booksmart, are also just generally intelligent and on … Continue reading

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The Consequences Of Alcohol, Lesson 1:

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He’s been fixed, really.

We hiked Rumble down to the dog park this weekend as part of his ongoing workout schedule.  He’s supposed to be getting excercise, but as you can see, Rum had other ideas on how to burn calories: It’s an awkward … Continue reading

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Size matters, but in a totally different way here.

Jeff & I will be travelling to Ontario this summer, and we’re not going to be able to take our laptops.  On top of that, I’m starting to write more and do other computer-related stuff on the go.  So, what … Continue reading

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A weird place for art…

I went to pick up Jeff this afternoon, and on our way home we cut through the giant parking lot on West Georgia and Cambie.  There were only a few cars given the time of day, which was the only … Continue reading

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Wouldn’t he feel a draft?

I was leaving the Nestor’s Market at Abbott & West Pender this evening when I was confronted with this: You’d think this guy was an average junkie/crazy of the DTES, but when I passed by (in a rush) I saw … Continue reading

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The Grim Reaper sounds more like Kelsey Grammer than Norm Macdonald…

It’s my birthday today. …Yaaaaay. I’ve posted before that my family doesn’t have the deepest of gene pools to swim around in.  Apart from my maternal grandfather Jim and my great-aunt and great-uncle Ness & Dud, my clan’s average life-span … Continue reading

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Osoyoos is Syilx’tsn for “you will be unhappy here”.

(Syilx’tsn is the language for the Okanagan Natives in that area. Good luck on ever getting me to pronounce that.) I know it’s Wednesday and I’m woefully late with this post; it’s been really hard to write this without sounding … Continue reading

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