Vancouver Life
Canada Post is misleading
I got this letter in the mail today and noticed something odd about the label. It says “Celebrating 150 Years Service to BC”. I assume this is a Canada post message and I’m a l...
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.
Food and Lifestyle
I’m a Bisquick warrior!
Okay, so the other day I bought a big box of Bisquick. That’s this disgusting biscuit powder that includes shortening, baking soda and flour in a convenient Betty Crocker box. I saw a bunch of ...
People
My housmate hates Dixie!
My housemate doesn’t have anything nice to say about the South. He always says nasty things about Alabama and Georgia and refuses to read the Alabama newsletter I put out. Well… he certain...
How to get free Coke
I drink a lot of Coke and so when I run out I get a bit crazy. I usually keep an emergency stash of Coke for times like this, or failing that I always have lot of cans and bottles that I can cash in t...
How to get good food for free
Okay, so I went to the food bank today. I went there a few weeks ago and they were out of food. So I came back earlier today, at about 8:45 and waited an hour until they opened up. By that time the li...
My lodestone
I was digging through my files today when I unearthed a gem. It’s an old Nanaimo bus schedule from 1998. Actually, it’s a bus schedule for Nanaimo and region, this is the Parksville side, ...
Happy Labour Day
Happy Labour Day people! I celebrated the big day by sleeping… I went to bed at a normal bed time and woke up at 5:30 p.m. I got well over 12 hours of sleep. I suppose I needed it. The night bef...
Three years back in Vancouver
Gosh, the years just fly by. it was three years ago today when I left Ontario and moved back home to British Columbia. Since moving here on August 31, 2005 I’ve lived in the same apartment with ...
Personal
My ceiling collapsed (for real)!
I have the neighbour from hell. There’s this guy that lives above me that periodically floods my apartment. I don’t know exactly how or why he uses so much water up there, but it’s d...
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