The Daily Grind - Not as Grinding Anymore

On Monday I started teaching my first course for a local non-profit group. I’m pretty excited about it — not only am I helping people figure out what they want to do when they grow up, but the students are…
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Spring Cleaning goes to the dogs

Whee! It’s that time of the year again — doggy bath time. We typically hose down the dog about once a year. Back in the day when she rolled around in piles of rotten poo we had to do…
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Sunday Evening Rituals: Let us Ingest Tenderness

As soon as Sherry and Regan arrived in front of our house last Sunday, we went on a mission to fill their bellies and hearts with tenderness. So we started by feeding them them pork tenderloin. “Umm … so tender,”…
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eBook Love

So a few summers ago I tramped around the province on my bike, subsisting mainly on peanuts and other root vegetables. The experience was much like my current bout of unemployment — a never-ending delight. For your enjoyment and mine,…
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Blogs - As Forsaken as Typewriters

The blog has been quietly hibernating for most of last year, so it’s time for the cleansing rituals to begin. Spring cleaning and all that good stuff… Here’s what’s got to change soonish: A new projects page will highlight…
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Media 2.0 - Same Human Filth, Shorter Sentences

I’ve hated twitter for the longest fucking time with almost the same burning passion with which I’ve hated Facebook. Any “social service” that only serves up a vapid, vacuous burst of meaningless self-involved conversation should go bankrupt and fall off…
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