2025, A Year In Review
The 2020s keep on burning like a bad dumpster fire. It’s hard to find the highs when we saw the disturbing rise of fascism in the former home of democracy, authoritarianism rising in Alberta (with several uses of …
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2024, a Year in Review
A lot of people talked about how glad they were that 2024 finally came to an end. The worst part of this year for me was that I worked too hard and missed some of my eldest daughter’s last year at home before going …
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2023, a Year in Review
I think we’re all still recovering from COVID, or more specifically, the time warp that the lockdown imposed upon us. It’s been (almost) two years of (mostly) freedom, but I suspect our start to the 2020s …
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2022, a Year in Review
So far, the 2020s are gaining a reputation for being difficult. Heck, even the memes have starting latching onto this, where kids in the future will spend months trying to even understand the year 2020, never mind when …
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2021, a Year in Review
2020 was a rough year as we all learned how to deal with a pandemic, and a world full of people who couldn’t give a shit about anyone but themselves. But 2021 would tell us that time doesn’t fix stupid and …
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2016-2020, a few Years in Review
It’s been six years since I’ve done one of these. There’s a host of reasons why, but it can be boiled down to a simple reality: I just didn’t want to. The last few years have been … …
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2015, A Year in Review
2015 is going to be a bittersweet year for me. It was framed with the lowest point of my life, and the most time I’ll likely ever get with my kids during the summer. Most of the low points of 2015 started in late 2014, …
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2012, A Year in Review
For me, 2012 was a bad year. Between a host of medical issues (brutal chest cough that led to pulled muscles, to appendicitis, to strep throat, a couple nasty colds-cum-killer flus, and a minor outpatient surgery), …
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2011, A Year In Review
I like long years. Really. Yes, I complain about when things seem to drag out far longer than they should, or if I’m busting my arse far harder than I think I should. That’s part of being human, no? In the end, though, I …
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2010, A Year in Review
Man, it feels like a year ago since I last wrote one of these … oh, wait. (Yes, it’s a stupid joke. You should know me by now…) 2010 was the year we made contact … wait, sorry, wrong catchline. 2010 …
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2009, A Year in Review
The year past was one of the toughest ones I can remember. It’s been a year of extreme highs, some pretty darks depths; my share of awesome joys, mixed with an unhealthy dose of stress. And that’s not when you consider …
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A year in Costa Rica
This morning was cool and wet, something I can say with confidence to be a rarity here in the Central Valley region of Costa Rica. I can say this because today marks my first anniversary in Costa Rica. One year ago …
2008, A Year in Review
Hasta la vista, 2008! You were a tough year in the life, and while you certainly gave me a good run, I’m not unhappy to see you go. You’ve lead me further down the road of fatherhood, brought me back dear old friends, …
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2007, A Year in Review
I just realised — after I’d already posted this year’s review — that this is the 10th one I’ve done. Ten years already! Man… I’ve been doing this longer than I’d thought! It’s that time of the year again — to look …
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2006, A Year in Review
Wow, what another roller coaster year. Highs, lows, excitement, disappointment, joy, sorrow, laughter, and pain. Things I regret, things I wish I did, things I wish I didn’t do. Lots of potential, lots of opportunity. …
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2005, A Year in Review
Well, last year was a quiet one for information on me. Many reasons, none of which I’m going to bother to detail here. (One, you don’t need to know. Two, I really don’t feel like having to explain everything.) So, in as …
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2004, A Year in Review
2004 wasn’t exactly what I’d call a tumultuous year, but it was certainly marked with some pretty big events for me, not the least of which was meeting Alex. If there was a number one in the list, she would be it. 2005 …
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2003, A Year in Review
First off, Happy New Year everyone! 2003 was quite a year — quite a few good things, and a number of bad ones. In fact, not a lot of good ones, worldly-speaking, that is. Although not all the “Year in Review” …
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2002, A Year in Review
“Another year, come and gone” it wasn’t. This has perhaps been the single most turbulent year of my life. I had the deep low of my father’s death, coupled with the meteoric high of participating with the CBC …
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2001, A Year in Review
It’s been quite a year — but aren’t they always? I suspect when I stop having years like these, I’m gonna get bored real quick. It’s had more than its fair share of ups and downs, but it’s not what I would call a …
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2000, A Year in Review
It’s been one of those years. I really hope I don’t have to go through another one like that again. Clichéd though it be, it was a year for rediscovery — mostly of myself. I lost my self-identity in Vancouver, allowing …
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1999, A Year In Review
T minus 206 days until W-Day. And so the new year begins — the last of the second millennium, Ado Domini (or Common Era, if you prefer). It’s been a rough year for us, with many events having rocked our little world time …
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1998, A Year In Review
I’m two days late in writing this (okay, only one day, but holistically speaking, it’s two), so I apologise if anyone had been expecting me to say something. (Like anyone actually reads these things … I’m kidding, …
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