Real estate ad showcases VERY messy (hoarder?) apartment!

The third season of the TV show Hoarders premiered this week but I think the real show might be here in Vancouver where real estate trumps reality television in what the fuck. My friend Tamara Paulin ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 17 August 2010 / 19 Comments

Anatomy of a sealed adoption file

I recently received the complete contents of my father’s sealed adoption file following a court order of Judge Eugene Reese of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama. This is what I received....

Nathaniel Christopher / 16 August 2010

Eliminating long census ‘short-sighted,’ queers say

Recent changes to the census have sparked concern among members of the gay community. Last month, the Harper Conservatives announced they would scrap the mandatory long-form questionnaire portion of t...

Nathaniel Christopher / 29 July 2010

BC Human Rights Tribunal in jeopardy?

Recent changes to the BC Human Rights Tribunal have sparked concern with some members of the gay and legal communities about the future of the quasi-judicial body tasked with upholding human rights in...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 19 July 2010 / 10 Comments

NEWS: Housemate won’t name wireless connection after the cat!

Today Housemate bought a new wireless router to replace the old piece of junk which has some issues with connection speed. When he set up the wireless account for our apartment I enthusiastical...

Foster Care and Adoption

Nathaniel Christopher / 9 July 2010 / 1 Comment

Alabama court unseals my father’s birth records!

At long last! The final legal barrier between me and the truth of my heritage was obliterated yesterday. Judge Eugene Reese of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama signed an Order for the A...

Khan

Nathaniel Christopher / 7 July 2010 / 4 Comments

Khan did something cute!

I keep my treat bag on the top shelf of one of my bookshelves. I used to keep a little shrine to my best friend Galina there. She adored animals so I thought it fitting to move the base of my Khan tr...

Nathaniel Christopher / 3 July 2010 / 2 Comments

Canadian Blood Services is kinda gay

In Canada gay men can’t donate blood. Actually, the life ban applies to any man who’s had sex with another man since 1977 whether he identifies as gay, bi, straight or whatever. I believe this is a h...

People

Khan, an aspiring academic, checks out Housemate's new degree.

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 July 2010 / 2 Comments

Congratulations, Housemate!

So yeah, my housemate recently added yet another degree to his “vanity wall”. He got his Master’s in science! w00t! He’s been working on his PhD for the last year or so so I th...

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 July 2010 / 1 Comment

Feeling the pinch of HST

Once a week I like to treat myself to those yummy pizza rollers they sell at Pizza Hut. I don’t care what you say… I think they’re yummy. Mmm! Usually, with a pop, they cost $7.65 bu...