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I was so late with all my Movember actions this year. It’s likely an object lesson in delays begetting delays: I was late taking the shot, then late getting it into my computer with my regular periodical bulk uploads… But enough describing delays to further delay. Shared with a couple of Movember supporters that this year didn’t […]
They were the first CFL team I ever watched live. It was the summer of 1999 and a live football game was among the many exhilarating new things I was experiencing in my first year of truly living + working on my own in Vancouver, away from my Toronto family. When you watch the Saskatchewan […]
I’m thinking about this as my next iPhone case. Any thoughts from my blog-reading peanut gallery? Please feel free to comment design suggestions here. Better yet, here’s a link to the AI file if my design is making you feel twitchy enough to diddle with it yourself on Illustrator. If you’re in that […]
I made a suicidal situation even worse. Even with really good intentions. A friend had a grad school colleague take his own life, leaving behind his wife and two children. She confided her hurt and her massive whys to me. And I provided the perfectly wrong response. What it was: a cogent explanation of why […]
One could consider it pro hockey’s toughest loss, ever. Especially after two highlight reel career moments didn’t point to an ending like this. Vignette 1: From the very first moment December 21, 2005 marks the Vancouver Canucks debut for a promising young player & former captain of his Western Hockey League team. On his very first […]
Something that’s stuck with me over several years (and now seriously dates me) is the John (Cougar) Mellencamp song “Hurt So Good” and the notion that you can be hurt, but it can be a good thing. This Hallowe’en, I was reminded of that notion as I experienced a hurt that I can look back […]