New clothes!
So… I desperately needed new pants. I have two pairs of jeans that fit and both are full of holes. One pair has a pretty big hole in the under-croch area. If I’m wearing a decent pair of u...
Tag: BlogPosting
Wisconsin Pasty Recipe
This recipe comes from my crazy friend “Dr. Kamino” from Wisconsin. It’s for a pasty, which is a popular meat-pie thing in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. It is the funniest recipe eve...
Personal
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...
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 ...
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
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...
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
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...
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 ...
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 ...