

I SEE WHY THEY CALLED IT A STING
So there was this news story a while back. It caught my attention as the top news item of the day on my newsfeed. The article was about...
Jul 8, 20128 min read


FUNDS
Recently I had some money I wanted to put away and, really, never think about again. I was convinced to talk to someone at my credit...
Mar 13, 20129 min read

TAKING OWNERSHIP
You may or may not have noticed that owning a car is one of the entry points to respectable society. And if you turn on the television or...
Feb 13, 20129 min read


SAMASOURCE: LIBERATING FORCE OR TROJAN HORSE
In 2008 Leila Janah, an attractive, young, globetrotting Harvard graduate founded a not-for-profit called Samasource. She introduced the...
Dec 9, 201120 min read


A COURSE IN DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION
Bob, I am willing to rewrite my proposal, to clarify and rework my project; however, I don’t know where to start. To be honest, I am...
Nov 8, 20117 min read


FOR OUR SINS
First, if you don't believe that Jesus of Nazareth (“King of the Jews”) was the Messiah, or that he awoke from the dead, and that our...
Aug 8, 20112 min read


RECYCLE RECYCLE RECYCLE
So, let’s talk about recycling. Do you recycle? Of course you do, you're not some kind of barbarian! When Vancouver first implemented its...
May 11, 20117 min read


THERE ARE TWO OF ME AND ONE OF THEM IS YOU
(Landa went to sleep early, the same way she did every night. She awakes in a hospital room.) Nope. [twelve minute pause] Nope. [eight...
Nov 5, 20097 min read


WHAT MORE COULD ONE WANT?
It was Wednesday February 7th, 2001, when Munro and I landed in Singapore. We arrived just after midnight, after more than nineteen hours...
Jun 2, 200965 min read


ONE-SIDED
Saturday 01.01.2000 CNS, Breathe deeply. Keep your eyes well ahead. Watch the skies and be very careful what you wish for. Stay...
Apr 9, 200838 min read
THE END OF THE BEGINNING
My ex and I had been together six years when she was given an offer to do her PhD in Australia, all expenses paid. Though doing a PhD was...
Dec 20, 200710 min read


LIKE A BIRD
A predominantly true story: “Do you know this game that came out some time ago, called 'Spore'?” Sue asks. Marcus hesitates, adjusting...
Nov 9, 20079 min read


COMEDY
Following the style of T.S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, I've attempted to create a dramatic stream of consciousness...
Sep 28, 20073 min read