blessings

11Nov09

Yesterday, Electronic Arts – the video game empire which keeps Colin employed, a roof over our heads and warm food in our bellies – laid off approximately 1,500 employees worldwide.
On the same day, Sprint laid off approximately 2,500, Microsoft laid off approximately 800 and Adobe announced that they’ll be slashing their workforce by approximately 680. [...]

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just when i thought my sanity was completely restored …

08Nov09

I don’t let much bother me these days.
Sixty straight days of rain? There is beauty and cleansing to be found in rainfall.
No money? At least the bills are paid, we have a warm home and lots of good, healthy food. Heck, we even have the Canucks Pay-Per-View season’s package and for that I feel truly [...]

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assault of the senses

17Sep09

You know how music can take you back?
A few songs do that to me – instantly transport me right into the past, a moment, a feeling. There have been and remain to be songs I couldn’t and can’t listen to; the feelings and emotions they induce are too strong.
For example, in my early [...]

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it’s like this and like that and like this and uh…

09Sep09

So, I stayed up till 1:30am last night writing a massive post – totally serious, opinionated, issue-y and TMI – and so out of the realm of me.
A Youtube video shared on Facebook sparked this massive irk and that rarely happens. I couldn’t care less about ‘issues’ unless they’re your individual issues or my [...]

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