Nathaniel Christopher - Blog

Back in October I finally proved my claim to United States citizenship and received my passport the following month. Some day I might like to move to the States. So, if I ever find an opportunity down there I don’t want any government paperwork regarding my citizenship to stand in the way.
But being a citizen [...]

I was at the Harewood Arms Pub Liquor store in Nanaimo the other day when I saw this, the biggest anti-shoplifting sign I’ve ever encountered:

This is a liquor store in the neighbourhood of my youth. Harewood is an area of south Nanaimo that used to be a separate municipality. It’s got a very strong sense [...]

Many of you know I’m stuck in bed… sick.
I wouldn’t mind being in bed all day if I wasn’t in so much pain. Argh.
Anyways, just a little while ago I had a pretty intense experience that I thought I’d share - An out of body experience.
It happened just a little while ago, and I haven’t [...]

So… I’ve been really sick this week. I think I have the dreaded flu. So, I’m staying home from work tomorrow as I don’t want to make my co-workers sick.
I left work at 11 today and collapsed in my bed for 10 hours. Frantically tossing, turning, sweating, freezing and aching. It was awful. By about [...]

I was doing some random web surfing today when I stumbed upon the site of Monte Stewart. He’s a freelance journalist based in Vancouver.
I noticed something very familiar on his website. My calculator.
If you look at the right side of his site you’ll notice an image of a calculator:

That calculator is definitely an old school [...]

Back in 2000 I graduated from high school… or so i thought.
I passed all my courses, had all the right credits, marched up on stage and received a vynal green folder with a class photo and a certificate of some kind. I assumed it was my diploma. I got the four corner hat with the [...]

Looking for tombstones - unearthing live relatives.

So, I went over to Nanaimo for New Year’s had a great time.
Portland left a really bad taste in my mouth, so I thought a pleasant trip to the Island would be good. And it was. When I think about it, I don’t have very many unpleasant trips to the Island. It’s my home.
This visit [...]

Well, I can’t say today was my favourite day.
I got some bad mail.
A couple of months ago I petitioned the courts where my father was born to unseal his adoption records. I’ve always been curious as to the identity of my grandparents. I know he was too, but was never able to open those records.
I [...]

Well, today I had a steak dinner. Two steaks in fact. Third day in a row of steaks - thanks to my new meat budget.
It was all good until it came time to evecuate the contents of my bowels. It all came out fine, but when I reached for the toilet paper - there was [...]