The wit and wisdom of Nadia Yvette Chambers!

Today is my friend Nadia’s birthday. Nadia describes herself as a 37 year old transsexual atheist masochist kernel programmer who currently lives and works in the New York City area. I’ve ...

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Nathaniel Christopher / 3 October 2012 / 4 Comments

Housemate leaves me a note in WordPad!

Housemate has creative ways of getting my attention. The other night he went onto my computer, composed a note in WordPad, and left the window open so that I’d read it when I came home. He’s done this...

Nathaniel Christopher / 10 November 2011 / 2 Comments

My brother looks just like Emily Carr!

Emily Carr (1871-1945) was one of British Columbia’s best-known artists and my brother Gino looks just like her see: Here’s a video about Emily: And another video that Gino did about media...

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Nathaniel Christopher / 25 July 2011 / 2 Comments

“No more labels, just you, wonderful you.” An article by Galina Pembroke.

Yesterday was my dear friend Galina’s 36th birthday. While she is gone from this world she lives on in the hearts and memories of those who knew and loved her either in person or through the man...

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Khan, an aspiring academic, checks out Housemate's new degree.

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 July 2010 / 2 Comments

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...

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Nathaniel Christopher / 21 April 2010 / 2 Comments

Being green with penny stamps!

A couple weeks ago I visited my old friend Steph in Nanaimo. We went to a silent auction at the Royal Canadian Air Caedts hall where she won some yoga stuff and I won a $50 gift certificate to Future ...

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Nathaniel Christopher / 2 November 2009 / 6 Comments

Is my housemate a white out thief?

Housemate has some white out. My legal team has advised me not to say that he stole it, but I’ve done a thorough search of the house and have thus far been unable to procure a receipt for it. Fu...

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Nathaniel Christopher / 2 November 2009

Shantel, Nathaniel and the ghost

Something kind of spooky happened the other day during a visit with my good friend Shantel. We were having a conversation about my father, a somewhat intense one at that. I’m thinking of doing some wr...

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Nathaniel Christopher / 5 October 2009 / 2 Comments

Coffee Memories with Galina

Back in the mid to late ’90s Galina and I would sometimes write stories together. This one, entitled “Coffee memories” was written for this contest through Second Cup. They wanted pe...

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Galina Pembroke July 24, 1975 - September 12, 2009

Nathaniel Christopher / 21 September 2009 / 6 Comments

My eulogy to Galina

I want to offer my deepest gratitude to the Mid-Island branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association for putting on Galina’s memorial service. They did an incredible job. It was very difficul...