I want to hug Michelle Obama!
Everyone who’s handled Canadian coinage has rubbed their palm against the Queen’s unfaltering visage. But few of us will ever have the opportunity to make physical contact with the woman behind their ...
Tag: BlogPosting
Minimum wage laws = theft
www.theonion.com/content/files/images/Cartoon-Minimum-Wage.jpg As of April 15, 2009 British Columbia will have the lowest minimum wage in Canada and BC premier, Gordon Campbell, has no plans to increa...
Khan
Flower eating cat
Last weekend my friend Janean bought me a lovely spring flower. Not just a cut flower but an actual plant. She is a biologist so she knows exactly how all the plants and animals of this world work. Bu...
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...
Travel
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...
Modern Cafe, Nanaimo
So… if you read my last post you’ll know I had a horrible dining experience on Sunday night. On Monday morning my friend and I decided to take positive action in order to recover fr...
Epic fail at the Dinghy Dock Pub
I was in Nanaimo this weekend visiting friends. I had a wonderful time for most of the trip. Unfortunately, I had the worst restaurant experience of my life. I have this strange phobia of being held ...
Burnaby
Drama at the McDonald’s!!
Okay… so I took a nap this evening. I crawled into bed at 4:34 p.m. I was just hoping for an hour or two of relaxation, but when I opened my eyes it was 10:41 p.m.! “Shit!” I thought...
People
Glosette chocolate covered peanuts
So… I’ve been really sick this week. I think I have the dreaded flu. So, I’m staying home from work tomorrow as I don’t want to make my co-workers sick. I left work at 11 today...
The best Translink complaint letter!
Okay, the best thing about waiting for the bus are the notes people sometimes leave on the shelter. Sometimes it’s a nutty religious thing, other times it’s an angry note but today I foun...