A month off Coke
Well, not much else to say. I haven’t touched Coke (cola that is) for a month now. It’s been very difficult but I had to quit for the sake of my health. People always said I’d feel b...
Author: Nathaniel Christopher
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.
People
Advent Calendar
So… my housemate was recently gifted with a lovely advent calendar. For those of you who don’t know, it’s basically this little cardboard book that marks the 24 days of Christmas. Fo...
Dinner with Caitlin
Firstly, let’s start with the positive. I had a wonderful evening with my friend Caitlin. She’s a friend I made in my first month of university back in January, 2002. We lived together in ...
A dissapointing letter
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 ...
Please stop using Internet Explorer
Yesterday my brother Gino brough to my attention the sordid state of my site as viewed on Internet Explorer 6. My site looks good on Firefox or any other non-evil browser, but alas, it looks like shit...
Food and Lifestyle
Coffee Crisp
This year Housemate bought those boxes that contain: Aero, Smarties, Kit-Kat and Coffee Crisp. I’m not a huge fan of chocolate but I do love Smarties. They contain more sugar and food colour than choc...
Personal
Toilet paper burns
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 evacuate the contents of my bowels. It al...
People
My brother’s blog
Ooh, so my brother Gino finally started a blog… I basically had to set it up for him and design a fun banner to encourage him. But he’s taken off from there, writing a fun, amusing post ev...
Liquid chicken
In order to save money I thought it’d be a good idea to buy my meat in bulk. I went to Superstore last week and got a bag of frozen chicken breats. It seemed like a good idea… but it’...
Personal
Remembrance Day
Well, today was Remembrance Day. It’s a time when we remember those who died in service to “King and Country”. Like most Canadians I have many relatives who fought for differen...