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Further lessons for online dating from offline marriage
Not that I’m in the market (I’m still reeling from my last relationship break-up) but I love Alexandra Samuel’s latest post: Lessons for online dating from offline marriage. It’s hilarious, because it unveils a hidden truth: compatibility sometimes is not found … Continue reading
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echo chamber
Sitting in my echo-ey nearly empty apartment, first night in Vancouver as a Vancouverite. Happy, even though my feet hurt. I have to wash everything before I use it (oh the joys of home ownership, but in truth I would … Continue reading
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What do I do with Grandma’s vintage step chair?
One thing I am not attached to is my STUFF. I have too much of it. I have to pay by the pound to move it, so if I don’t LOVE it, it’s not coming with me. So I’m selling … Continue reading
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Tagged Grandma, moving, nostalgia, sale, stool, vintage furniture
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A college professor is fired – for supporting critical thinking?
Last week a college professor at a conservative fundamentalist Christian institution in the United States was fired for having the audacity to encourage the teaching of facts, science, evidence and critical thinking: Crenshaw’s [that's the professor] comments (which he confirmed … Continue reading
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Friends Sunday: Mary
I was incredibly relieved and happy when I found out I was pregnant with Mary over 18 years ago. So was her dad, because we had lost a baby girl, Mary’s older sister, some months before. Some books told us … Continue reading
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10 things to do on a Saturday night while trying to save $ for the move
Read a book. Watch Meet Joe Black on Netflix. Drool at Brad Pitt. Revise your after-moving budget (that you know you’re never gonna stick to) while drinking a Hop Circle IPA from the stash in the fridge. Text friend in … Continue reading
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How could I have known…
How could I know, when I started this exercise of 100 posts in 100 days, that I would be preparing to move to Vancouver by myself and try to set up my daughter to be on her own during that … Continue reading
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Old sports. New aches.
It was the week of doing sports-that-I-did-a-lot-years-ago-but-stopped-and-boy-am-I-sore-after-trying-to-relive-former-glory. My back still hurts from it. First was climbing – on real cliffs – outdoors. On real rock. Thing about real rock is: it’s hard. As in, I banged my knee, and only … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Climbing, Labour day, LinkedIn, long weekend, softball, sports, sunshine
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Friends Sunday: David Marlor
David is a Boston-qualified marathon runner (that means he’s fast) who came to Canada as a teenager with the thickest British accent you could imagine (think Coronation Street) and only decades later can we all understand him. Ok I’m joking. … Continue reading
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Tagged David Marlor, friendship, Grouse Grind, hugs, marathon, Running
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Let the circle be unbroken
There come a day when we all find ourselves out on the way I am my story and I’m finally flying away and that’s when the Oba said to me “Go eat of that heavy-fruited tree and sweet as a glory … Continue reading
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