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Mar 31, 2023
Rise Of The Sufferfests, And Are You Paying For Pain?
If you are reading this blog, then probably. According to the film’s fundraising site, “Rise of the Sufferfests is a feature documentary...

Mar 31, 2023
2013 Annual Review
I find that January is a good month to review the year before. December just gets too insane with the holidays and the gift shopping,...

Mar 31, 2023
Is Running On The Treadmill The Same As Running Outside?
Treadmills. I haven’t been on one. In a while. Mostly, due to the facial expressions of my running coach, every time I used the word in a...

Mar 31, 2023
Self-Employment: How I Tried And Failed
Leap, and the net will appear. [John Burroughs] I’m not even sure where to start with this post… So let me just show you what happened....
Mar 30, 2023
To: Prof. Ekaterina Solovieva, And How Pieces Of Paper Can Make Us Happy
Over 12 years ago, a piece of paper made me really happy. I got into Computer Science, Co-op, at St. Jerome’s University (University of...
Mar 30, 2023
Coming Out
“I show my scars so that others know they can heal.” ― Rhachelle Nicol’, Sunday Mourning Christmas Day. The toilet bowl is shiny and...
Mar 30, 2023
Unbroken – A Letter To A Friend Before Goruck Selection
*To S.S. You will not break. Ice storm. This is not the white, fluffy Winter Wonderland with soft curves and pillowy hilltops. There is...
Mar 27, 2023
That Airport Life, Quickie Massages And How Not Everything Has To Be Good
Hi, Friend. Have you seen “The Terminal”? It’s a movie about a guy who ends up living at the JFK airport after being denied entry to the...

Mar 21, 2023
My Body Is Not A Temple, It’s A Bungalow
Hey, Friend. I spent the night at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India once - one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, and a house of worship...


Mar 13, 2023
Pink Floyd, My Grandmother’s Leather Jacket, And How I Want To Tell Stories
Hi, Friend. Do you have a song or an album that you allow yourself to listen to only occasionally? Because you do not want to take it for...
Mar 7, 2023
I Just Wanted To Let You Know… You Changed My Life
Hey, Friend. I am walking from one classroom to another, carrying a pile of binders, and a lunch bag, as one of my former students stops...
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