Where you will find my (documented) thoughts, worries, concerns, and issues
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I found out this morning that I’m worth keeping. Needless to say, this is a big boost to not only my esteem, but also my ego. What’s all this stemming from? The Radical restructuring. Today will forever be known as …
I’d always thought that the “Welcome Wagon” was a euphemism for a group of well-natured people who would come to the door of folks new the the neighbourhood and welcome them into the community. Little did I …
As some (or all) of you know, Allison and I got engaged during our trip to New York. While we’ve told nearly everyone we know, we haven’t told everyone yet. More importantly, we haven’t set a date yet. There is a reason …
Summer has begun its slow end — the Pacific National Exhibition opened this weekend. I can only assume that its Toronto counterpart, the Canadian National Exhibition, also started this weekend. As back home in Ontario, …
This weekend just passsed was the BC Day long weekend (for those of you back in Ontario, that’s a fancy way of naming the Civic Holiday) — we get the first monday in August off to enjoy the weather and get out a little …
Today, for those of you who know me, is my birthday. For those of you who don’t, you’re excused. (Just keep in mind that you now know, and I expect to hear from you next year.) Today was also day from hell. Aside from …
Last Wednesday (1 July 1998), I celebrated my first Canada Day outside of Ontario. Until that day, I had always had the luxury of being in the same time zone (and twice being in the same city) as the National Canada Day …
Today I severed the last vestages that tied me to my birthplace. This morning, I went to the local CAA chapter (known as BCAA), and turned in my car’s license plates. I thus separated myself from the suit-and-tie ideals …
Last Sunday (7 June 1998), we finished moving Allison out of her basement suite, and into my apartment. This was for a few reasons: First and foremost, Allison was going in for exploratory surgery, and wanted to …
The fallout from the round of layoffs a week and a half ago came to a rather disappointing end — one of our lead programmers decided he didn’t want to work for corporate America, and quit. Just as the game he was working …
Well, this is my first crack at a proper Branch entry. Hopefully these will go as well as I hope they do… My weekend got off to a bit of a rocky start — my company laid off 12 people in our Vancouver office. The …
Once again, I’ve left writing too long, and probably forgotten details of the events of my life. So if I forget anything, I apologise in advance… A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was high time that I started …
This entry is long overdue — I should have issued this sometime last week. But it’s been one of those weeks where I’ve barely had time to check my email, let alone write any. It all started a few weeks ago, when I heard …
It’s been an interesting few days. This weekend, as you already know, was Easter. This was the first time I was not in Ontario for Easter. I had been away from home before — usually on co-op terms (although university …
First and foremost, I apologise for not writing sooner. It’s been over a month since my last message, and I can safely say that in those four weeks, I’ve been so busy that I can group my life into three categories: Work, …
Greetings from Lotus Land! (I still have no idea why people call it that — nowadays you could reefer to it as Grass Land … yes, I spelled “reefer” on purpose.) Undoubtedly you’ve all heard the trials …
Today is the big day — I finally get my apartment, and I can make a trip to IKEA so I can put something in my apartment other than myself! At any rate… The weather out here has been really good lately. It’s been …
We arrived late last night, no thanks to our most punctual airline. We made the mistake of taking a charter flight. What made it worse that the charter airline sub-contracted another charter airline to fly us to …