Category: Life Musings
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End Daylight Saving Time!!
This weekend just gone was a double dose of frustration and anxiety inducing activities for parents over most of Canada. When did Halloween turn into an event in size and scale that rivals Christmas? Kids now require their parents to purchase “real” costumes; it is no longer acceptable to dress your kids up as hobos…
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Things I Used to Think Were Cool
Sometime ago, I wrote a blog post detailing things that I used to think were stupid but now realize are more useful than they are stupid. Somewhat related to that blog post is this post, where I look at a number of things that I used to think were cool but now realize were actually…
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For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
Although I am not able to attend the Gateway Theatre presentation of For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, I have a trusted friend going in my stead who will report back to me on how the show worked. In brief, this play, an audience favourite at Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Ottawa, is…
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Pythagoras and Other Important Lessons
There is a thing going around Facebook about what people did or didn’t learn in school. The theme of the meme is about how people learn pointless things while at school but don’t learn important things like, how to pay taxes, how to vote, how to wash their hands or how to be good citizens.…
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Life In The Burbs Vs Life Downtown
I was asked by a friend who lives in downtown Vancouver what the big differences are between living in the burbs and living downtown. It is interesting to think about the differences. The first difference between living in the burbs and living downtown that I thought of was the fact that in the burbs it…
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Cook Your Life – A One Woman Show
Although I have been going to the theatre for many, many years it is hard to believe that I’ve never seen a one-man or one woman show. Yesterday evening that all changed. I went out to Richmond to the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival where I saw a one-woman show called “Cook Your Life”. Let me go…
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Emergency Preparedness
One of the most important things to have on hand in case of an emergency situation that leads to a power failure is ready to eat food. My favourite item for this is Chef Boyardee ravioli. Another food item that you can have on hand for emergency situations is canned beans. Sure these foods…
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School is Back!!
On Tuesday, September 8th, thousands of parents will celebrate as their little darlings return to school. When children return to school, it is much like a zombie walk. There are hordes of people of every size and look staggering along, staring down at the ground in front of themselves or staring into the glowing device…
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Things I Used to Think Were Stupid
The other day I was thinking back to how I used to think about life, back in the old days when I was much younger, and without children in tow everywhere I went. You might say back when I was blissfully ignorant of the realities of being a father. As an example, I used to…
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Inside Out: Pixar Is Back In Fine Form!
What better place to be on a sweltering hot summer evening than a movie theatre. Our Movie Dude Toth made the right choice and spent an evening in the theatre watching Inside Out; here are his thoughts on Pixar’s latest work. Hey, it’s the Movie Dude Toth daring Pixar to “hit me with your best…