Khan
Khan’s bath
Today I gave Khan a bath. I’ve been putting it off for months as I hate seeing cats suffer in the water. But today I buckled down and bathed the kitty. Cats produce detergent in their saliva so ...
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.
Campbell River walks away from homophobia
You don’t have leave your hometown if you’re gay. This was the resounding message at the second annual Walk Away From Homophobia in Campbell River May 15. Hundreds of people of all ages an...
Food and Lifestyle
Nasty Coke
I went to the Safeway to buy some Coke. Unfortunately, the 12 packs of the name brand stuff were not on sale. I noticed the Safeway brand, however, was on for $2.50. I’ve had PC brand cola in th...
Burnaby
Public service announcement
This poster is plastered on all the bus stops, lamp posts and telephone poles in my neighbourhood. Seeing as it’s a public service announcement I feel it’s my duty to post it online. IR...
Reflections on my recent trip
I was up in Campbell River for two days and had a fantastic time. It’s a beautiful place with wonderfu lpeople. Two days wasn’t enough time… it was very hard to leave. Growing up C...
Campbell River
My housemate Dave and I are heading up to Campbell River this weekend. I’m looking forward to it. We’re leaving in about half an hour to get on the 8:30 sailing to Nanaimo. From there we&#...
Culture and Politics
Victoria Beckham’s early career
I collect old bars of soap. I have a really neat collection, including soap from the 1930s in its original packaging. Today I noticed something rather familiar on the label of a bar of Camay soap from...
Khan
Khan’s newest friend
My buddy Shantel came calling today. I thought Khan would sort of hide from her, maybe pensively crane his neck in her direction. But no. She sits down on the couch and he immediately hopped into her...
Vancouver Life
Russian British Columbia
Earlier this yearI devoted a lot of time and energy to an article that I wrote out of simple passion for the subject: Russia’s colonial exploits in British Columbia. Everyone knows that British ...
Food and Lifestyle
Housemate eats expired food
I always tease my housemate about his superhuman ability to eat anything. “You’re a human garborator,” I tell him. It can be disgusting, expired, stale, or just down right nasty and ...