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I was slow to wake up Saturday morning. Slept well. I notice it feels a little cold over by the edge of the bed. Who told the dog he could sleep right across some part of bed I need? I shifted around a bit. It feels a little chilly. Wait a minute, is my nose […]
How a tube of Wasabi turned me and my dog into cat burglars on New Year’s Eve
Vegan vitriol in the middle of a Friday afternoon walk
Taking the dog for a walk is a great excuse to get outside for a hike and some fresh air but after a while the same routes get old so I started exploring some of the Secret Beaches of West Vancouver and discovered a few real gems
A quick and easy recipe if you have a BBQ with a rotisserie. A little oil and spice, onto the spike and it cooks by itself in less than an hour.
Humans are just like a virus. Invasive. Destructive. Relentless. And totally dedicated to neutralizing any and all threats so we can dominate the planet. Or perhaps not “so we can dominate the planet” but that is the inevitable result of our growth. Our spread. Our dominance.
You cannot see the other end of it. They make sure of that. A small forest of metal stanchions tied to each other with vinyl straps guides the shuffling masses. I find the entrance to the maze and am about to enter when I am gruffly re-directed down toward the other end of the Arrivals Hall. They must be sending us to another entrance that has a shorter line, great.
When 5cm of snow falls in Vancouver it’s a big deal.When another 15cm falls ontop of that – people lose their minds The predictions were all there “Winter Storm to Hit Lower Mainland”. Living on the side of a mountain in Canada it should almost be expected that you’ll get covered in snow every winter, […]
It’s Thursday night and I finally arrive home to watch the Seahawks game – tape delayed. I planned to be home for the start at 520pm but at 515pm I was still in the office so it was clear that wasn’t going to happen. In the days leading up to the game I even invited […]
Three Kids No Nanny… And I’m a Dad Trying to keep track of my own schedule is challenging enough, but three others. And at least knowing what my wife is up to. I definitely dropped the ball a few times along the way. One time I got a call at 534pm from a number I […]
A parenting philosophy from a parent still figuring it all out (See also “Happy to be Final Lasts”) You can read books about it. Amazon will deliver one in an hour by drone; or at worst, in a day. Advice on parenting can be found everywhere. Sometimes it is hurled at you unwanted, but that […]
The crazy, weird and utterly unbelievable life of the chief of a Big Oil refinery in some gawdawful place you would never choose to go Chapter 1 – You Have Arrived I did alternating 28 day tours in a Big Oil refinery somewhere in the world you would never normally choose to be. Where exactly? It […]
A friend of ours wrote a touching article recently that brilliantly juxtaposed the firsts in life with the lasts. As parents we all remember so many firsts: the first time we changed their diaper, saw them ride a bike, watched them go on a date or drive the car. But the article fixed on lasts: […]
What I did in grade 12 but could never imagine allowing my kids to do today Early in my life as a parent a buddy told me a story about parenting his kids that left an interesting impression on one of his neighbours. And me. He was a little ahead of us as far as […]
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