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...
Category: Self-improvement
Building a gazebo on Vancouver Island
This weekend my friend Dave and I worked on a gazebo in his mother’s back yard. When I say “worked” I actually mean “constructed”. His mother lives in a secluded area just north of Nanaimo. He needed ...
My first time in a US Government office
It’s my first time in a US government office. A burly old man in a security outfit keeps watch over the waiting room. I scramble up to him, breathless, and before I can spit out some frantic words he ...
US border hell
Back in October I finally proved my claim to United States citizenship and received my passport the following month. Some day I might like to move to the States. So, if I ever find an opportunity down...
Nathaniel holds a successful dinner party
I had a wonderful dinner party on Saturday night. There was no real occasion for it. But I guess I’m trying to do “normal” adult things. I love having my friends over but never make a good enough excu...
Caught Stealing
I was at the Harewood Arms Pub Liquor store in Nanaimo the other day when I saw this, the biggest anti-shoplifting sign I’ve ever encountered: This is a liquor store in the neighbourhood of my y...
The upside of having the flu
I don’t know if I should blame the gradual change in my diet or my recent illness, but over the last two weeks I’ve shed 10 lbs off my weight. Over the last three months I’ve been ea...
Cooked a roast… for the first time!
Tonight I cooked a wonderful roast for the first time. Last weekend my friend Geordie cooked himself some roast beef. He made it sound easy. I always assumed that making a nice big roast was a long, d...
I didn’t graduate!
Back in 2000 I graduated from high school… or so i thought. I passed all my courses, had all the right credits, marched up on stage and received a vynal green folder with a class photo and a cer...
Visiting Ladysmith
Looking for tombstones - unearthing live relatives.