I am a resident of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, who has been blogging here for nearly 25 years. I enjoy sharing my thoughts and feelings on my own online platform. From 1998 until 2017, I worked as a journalist, and I have posted most of my articles in the 'News' section of this website.
“Reach for the stars, Nathaniel,” says my friend Galina. “And don’t be distracted by the mud at your feet.” Galina gave me a reason to look up to those stars. She mapped out the universe, kept me fasc...
Today I had breakfast at the abc Country Restaurant in Kensington Square here in Burnaby. I felt like eating something “fun” so I ordered their Strawberry Waffle Supreme which is a Belgian waffle serv...
My friend Geordie lives in London, England. He and I were in the same journalism program at Langara College. He moved to the UK shortly after we finished our program but we’ve always kept in touch. He...
We have an issue with pie at my household. My housemate was visiting his parents on the island over the long weekend. He brought home a nice apple pie that his mother mother made. He kindly offered me...
Have you ever considered taking the city bus from Vancouver to Seattle? Not the Greyhound, car, or Amtrak but public transit. I considered it, found out it was possible. I was curious to see how far s...
Last night I made some perogies! But instead of boiling and pan-frying them I decided to boil and deep fry them. I thought they’d be disgusting and greasy, but they turned out okay. All I did wa...
I was surfing the web today when I happened upon the site for BC Transit which provices public transit services for communities outside of the Greater Vancouver Area. The BC Transit logo can be seen o...
“I’ve accomplished all that I’ve set out to do, and then some. It’s now time for me to leave the woods and go home, to British Columbia. I move to the Vancouver area tomorrow. Goodbye Ontario, I...
Back in 2005 my friend Shantel and I used to make tons of videos about everything we could from alcoholic dogs, posessed dolls and jilted would-be lovers. But, life intervened and we put our filmmakin...