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,…

I've caught myself repeating this phrase often as the weather has turned from rainy to (at the risk of jinxing it) sunny in Vancouver. It hit 80 degrees back in Chicago before we cracked 60 here, and it was perfect…