My roommates and myself have discovered that we each have a specialty. One roommate is a fantastic cook. Chicken. Burgers. Asian dishes I don’t know. Waffles. Pancakes. You name it and he makes it delicious. He had a small food…
Month: May 2013
Yesterday was the graduation of a coworker. Undergraduate graduation, which made me feel old as my ten year reunion is this fall. Go figure. A few of us met up after for dinner at a restaurant called Dark Table. It's…
Today is Memorial Day in the US. For most of my life, it has been a day of BBQ and relaxation. After 9/11, however, it took on a different meaning. Most of my Mizzou classmates knew someone who had been…
I'm a very well programmed American. It is the last weekend of May, and my brain is rejoicing A) that it's Friday, and B) that it is Memorial Day weekend. The first real holiday since New Year's Day. Hold on.…
Communication is one of those words that gets tossed around everywhere. Family. Business. Everywhere. When something goes wrong, there's generally a failure to communicate. We use the word so often we assume we know what it means. We assume we…
As part of a creative exercise for a week-long creative writing course I’m taking in June, I need to create some character sketches. These need to be based off five words others use to describe me. In the comments, list…
New neighborhood, new streets to explore. I had to brave Metrotown on a weekend to pick up a red shirt for Ultimate. Metrotown is a gigantic mall. The Directory doesn't make a whole lot if sense so there are these…
This post has been sitting in Draft for a little bit. I came across an interesting article in BusiessWeek that has brought me back to it. The article, “10 Reasons Why You Have to Quit Your Job This Year,”, makes…
Tomorrow is "Election Day" in British Columbia. I can't vote, obviously, so I've paid little attention to it. My roommates are going to vote though, so there was some discussion about the election. Apparently there was a debate, in Chinese,…
I saw the eye roll! Perhaps a smirk as well. I was right there with you until I heard this. You'll not doubt recognize a line from it: "That shit makes me bat shit crazy!" One of, if not the,…