Perhaps analogous to Thoreau’s adage that “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” is something like “inner city-dwellers live in varying levels of constant fear.”
I say this as someone who recently moved to a pretty rough neighborhood in Winnipeg, where the fearful whispers of people who find out that we live in “that neighborhood” […]
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So, here I am, packing up my home of the last 1.5 years, getting ready to hit the road. In the past two weeks, I’ve presented a graduating B.A. Honours Thesis, graduated from SSU with a B.A. (Honours, First Class), went on a 5 day trip down to NYC, and now I’m packing up to […]
I’m probably not going to be posting very frequently over the next couple of weeks as I’m back home in Winnipeg over the Christmas holidays.
Here’s something to entertain you in the meantime. You’ll laugh until it hurts!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk4woNRD7NQ[/youtube]
My wife told me that my last post was difficult to understand. Well, that makes two of us, which is why I put it out there. Going back home after spending some time away has this funny way of making you think about all kinds of things about yourself, and I’m still trying to process […]
It’s incredible what a short visit home will reveal to you about yourself. I’ve been gone from Manitoba for the past year and a bit (except for a Christmas visit) and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect with friends and family. But as I’ve already alluded to, it’s interesting how a return such as […]
In the latest harbinger of doom, Jac and I witnessed the most unlikely “wedding” on Friday. What initially appeared to be a stagette in Winnipeg’s Kildonan Park turned out to be a wedding with the bimbos on one side and the ‘roid boys on the other.
It was like watching a car crash in slow motion: wanting […]
