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Adjust, dammit
The other day I was running on the treadmill at the gym and listening to a podcast of a recent episode of This American Life. This is not an easy thing for me as I have to hold onto the … Continue reading
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The Bucket List Festival
The Bucket List Festival. Somehow those two things – bucket list and festival – don’t seem to fit in the same sentence. But they do and I’m the proof of that. The Bucket List Festival is in its second year. … Continue reading
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Tagged BC Cancer Agency, Bucket List Festival, Cancer, Dr. Pippa Hawley
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The new me
That’s the new me. Stuck in a Toronto Hospital, full of rods and bolts, a successful – almost – Frankenstein with two long scars and a tough blood infection that’s taking it’s time going away. The surgery went brilliantly. My … Continue reading
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Roadtrip…
I apologize in advance for the long post… Here’s how it came about. I went on a short roadtrip yesterday, which had me thinking about long roadtrips and that had me searching for notes I made when I spent a … Continue reading
Sleepless Nights
I flew back from Las Vegas last night. Here’s the story. Paul got me a great cheap flight back home for today’s chemo, but it was from Vegas and our place is in Palm Springs. That means a road trip … Continue reading
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Tagged Aretha Franklin, Fillmore 09-23-70, PBS, Soul, Van Morrison
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On comments
I was told when I started this that comment management can be a pain in the ass. And it is. I really don’t know the protocol so I figure it out myself. I try and ensure all opinions are represented. … Continue reading
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If I had known I would be out of the internet zone
I would have let you know. Sorry about that.
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It gets better
Okay, only sort of political. But check out Dan Savage’s ‘It Gets Better‘ project supporting gay teens. Lot’s of Canadian content too. I see the BC Teachers Federation have posted their own youtube video to the site. And you thought … Continue reading
In Honour Of…
…Labour and the fact that I can’t quite figure all this bloggin plug-in stuff out and when I apply my labour it still doesn’t quite work but then it does, so to celebrate here’s something that has nothing to do … Continue reading
Good News or Bad?
That depends on the reader I guess. But to paraphrase the wicked witch of the west, ‘I’m shrinking, I’m shrinking’. Or rather the tumours are shrinking. The pics from the radiation are in and the tumours are reacting, which accounts … Continue reading