Evolution of my Website
The Wayback Machine and I go … well, way back. It’s got versions of my website dating back 20 years (as of February 2022, anyway) and through more than a few variations on the theme. I bought sowrey.org a …
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Christmas Trees and Parties
There isn’t a fresh, real Christmas tree in any lot in this city. They’re all gone, most of them weeks ago, at prices that would make even most unscrupulous ticket scalper blush. We learned this last week, …
Christmas Tree Fail
2021 has been a strange year for our family. The elephant in the room, of course, is COVID-19, which kept us from our “usual” activities: swimming lessons, regular outings, dim sums, movies, concerts, and …
Abolish Political Parties
The modern political party, an assemblage of people who identify with an operate under a communal banner and policy, first emerged at the end of the 19th Century, starting in the United Kingdom. They emerged as a need to …
Life in the Pandemic
On 13 March 2020, a majority of Calgarians followed a sizeable portion of the planet’s population and went into figurative isolation as COVID-19 raged across the world. So began a near-total removal from society …
Society is Dead, Long Live Liberty
O 2020, thou harsh and cruel year. I won’t recap all the things that we’ve been trying to live through this year, those are matters for history books and YouTube videos. What we’ve all experienced is unlike anything the …
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How to Work Remotely
Welcome to the Global Plague of 2020, courtesy of COVID-19. The world has not seen something like this in a century, even the polio, cholera, and various influenzas that have struck since then haven’t created the …
Healthy 10th Birthday, Choo Choo!
A decade ago right now, Mommy and I were preparing to go to Foothills Medical Centre. There, Mommy would have a caesarian section and you would be pulled forth into this world — not of woman borne! — with your arm draped …
The Story Is Key
Years ago, I started blogging because I had moved away from home and wanted those I knew and loved to know what I was up to, things I’d done, and that I was, in fact, okay. (The grand irony in that belief is that I …
Ten Years in Canada
I was born in what was once the small town of Oakville, west of Toronto. I lived there until I was 18, when I went to university, and split my time between Waterloo, Oakville, Ottawa, and Toronto, until January 1998, …