Where you will find my (documented) thoughts, worries, concerns, and issues
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Every now and then, Jeremy tells me I need to see someone in concert. I trusted him with Styx, which was fantastic, and Big Wreck (despite knowing nearly no songs) was amazing. I sucked it up for The Tea Party, which had …
Another weekend, another whim. And without any specific plan, Alex and I went to the Canmore Highland Games. It feels like something we should do, though I’m not sure why. I’m the one with Scottish heritage …
And suddenly, it’s the first day of school. But it’s a landmark “first” – it’s Monkey’s last first day of school, today she enters Grade 12. I don’t really remember my …
Alex has a thing for 80s movies. I mean, I do, too – some of my favourites are from the 80s – but she has a particular love for Top Gun. When its sequel, Top Gun: Maverick came out, we saw it in the theatre. …
I find the end of August creeps up on us far too quickly and suddenly, it’s your birthday and I’m not even sure what happened to summer. Such as it is this year, and we’re in Banff. It wasn’t even …
Somewhat out of the blue, Alex decided we should go for a hike. Now, to be fair, we’d been saying things like this for years, including some planning to go out into the Kananaskis and try some of the trails. I …
Twenty years ago, when Alex and I were dating, I’d bought tickets for us to go see Blue Rodeo, a band I knew that she liked – and I liked quite a lot, too – thinking it would be an excellent date night …
I hate my birthdays, sometimes. Because I end up planning them. A surprise would be nice. (My 50th had surprises, which I loved.) Today, I turned 52. And it was left to me to decide what we were doing. I chose to go Fort …
Today, we went into Vancouver. Last year, I went in my own to visit with Scott (and ride in his time machine). This year, it was all of us to hang out with Jen. I wasn’t too keen on trying to drive into Vancouver. …
In theory, I should be working. I say this because there are things that need to be done to keep the team moving at work while I’m away. I say “in theory” because when I checked the Jira board today, I …