The Problem with RTO
1,285 days ago, many of us were sent home to face an unknown future. Most of us had no idea that a couple of weeks would turn into over two years, that thousands of people in Alberta alone would die, and the long-term …
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COVID
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Covid. Dammit.
I still say it was the Best Birthday Week Ever. But … well, fuck, I caught COVID. I assume it was Stampede, the timing is the only thing that makes sense. But I’m the only one who caught it, everyone else …
To COVID or Not to COVID
We flew back from England on Sunday. It was a long day. On Monday afternoon, I started to feel … off. For me, that’s somewhat common for flying, I often don’t feel great afterwards. Especially with …
Happy 2nd COVIDversary!
Two years ago, we went into hiding from a rising pandemic. At the time, we were bracing for at most a few weeks of remote operations, with hopes that things would return to normal fairly quickly. Hoo boy, how wrong we …
The End of COVID and a Return to Normal
Today, Alberta dropped almost all of the COVID restrictions that we’ve been living under for the last near-two years. (I’m ignoring the boondoogle that happened in summer 2021 – The Best Summer Ever …
Protection, Freedom, and Assimiliation
It’s really hard to keep quiet anymore. For over a month, Canadians have been terrorized by groups of “protesters” demanding their freedom. I’m using the word “terrorized” …
Traveling in the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been … I don’t want to use the the word “unprecedented”, because it’s not entirely true. If you look back far enough, there are similar scenarios: SARS in 2003, while never declared a …
Be Selfish with COVID
I don’t have COVID, I haven’t had COVID, and I’ve been doing everything in my power to not get COVID. But I’ve known more than a few who have had it. People I know and love, my friends… And …
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 …
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 …