Beware of the mailboxes

I was walking to the mailbox at work today when I slipped on some mud, lost my footing and crashed face first into the pavement below. Ouch! Fortunately, I was not seriously hurt. My face and head wer...

Nathaniel Christopher / 8 December 2008

Former foster kids telling their stories

One of the issues I’m most passionate about is the rights of people in and from government care (foster care). There are countless of books, reports, articles and other literature written about ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 7 December 2008 / 1 Comment

Portland, Oregon

Christmas is a challenging time of year for me. But instead of wallowing in something negative I thought it would be fun to create something new and positive this year. I really wanted to “jet a...

Vancouver Life

Nathaniel Christopher / 3 December 2008

One year since I saw the Spice Girls

It’s been a year since I had one of the most magical evenings of my life. On December 2, 2007 the Spice Girls performed their first reunion concert here in Vancouver and I was there. The Spice Girls p...

Nathaniel Christopher / 1 December 2008

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...

People

Nathaniel Christopher / 30 November 2008 / 2 Comments

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...

Nathaniel Christopher / 26 November 2008 / 9 Comments

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 ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 24 November 2008 / 4 Comments

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 ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 21 November 2008 / 4 Comments

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

Nathaniel Christopher / 20 November 2008 / 3 Comments

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...