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Hello, World. Again.
Back in the saddle after a 14-year hiatus
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Hello darkness my old friend
I’m sitting here feeling a little bit ridiculous with one of those Biore nose strip things on. I’m grappling with a lot of weird feelings these days, and awkwardness even when I am alone is a new one. My abrupt disappearance from the web was facilitated by the re-emergence of depression in my life. Back…
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Go Gently, My Darling
Another day of sadness in a week of sadness. Today, my baby darling cat Tigger “Mr. T” passed from this world into the Summerland. After a brief battle with what we think was cancer, my brother and I took him into the vet this morning and said our goodbyes. I held him as he rested…
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Rest in Peace, Lady
I have had a wonderful, beautiful dog named Lady. She was a Spitz/Lab mix, medium size with the cutest splotches of dusty-brown on her furry white coat. She always looked like she was smiling and would wag her curled & feathered tail every time she saw you. She was a love hound–she could never get…
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A Little Busy…
You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been around much lately. For good reason! I am busier than I think I have ever been in my life before, and I’m grappling with a lot of change at the same time. All this adjustment I have to go through is very draining. At the end of the…
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Concert Recap
Well, the concert is over. As a concert, it was good. As a night, it took a turn for the worse. I thought I did everything right… the night was going ok, BB and I were making smalltalk in between songs about random things. Aside from a few awkward silences it seemed like he was…
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The Garbage Strike Blues
For those of you that don’t know, Toronto is in the midst of a city workers union strike in which garbage pickup, city maintenance, summer camps, etc. have all been stopped by the striking union. More information. This garbage strike is really getting me down lately. We’re into day 25 of it here with no…
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Bad News At Work
I found out recently that we’re not getting raises this year. My boss said that it is due to the economy however they hope that this freeze will only be temporary. It doesn’t really make me feel any better. I was supposed to have a salary review back in July; I even did all the…
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Happy Birthday?
You know, I’ve never actually had one? A happy birthday, that is. I’ve always been let down and disappointed by people (and in some cases the weather too) other than my family this time of year. I’m left feeling insignificant, overlooked and downright ignored on the one day that I feel it is acceptable to…
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Appreciate your Freedom
My grandad is an Allied Forces veteran from World War Two. He was in the amphibious assault unit on D-Day, when the allies launched the largest single-day invasion of all time, at 6:30am on June 6, 1944 on the beaches of Normandy, France. My grandfather was blown out of the water by the enemy as…