Sep 19, 20173 min read
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
I was reading a book about infinity. In it, the author, not a physicist, deviates into a discussion of the quantum world. He explains how...
Jul 10, 20175 min read
OK
This Omar Khadr case is far more interesting than the banter in your local or national paper, on the evening news or on Twitter. What I...
Jul 2, 20175 min read
GAFF
"You're not like the other boys", a voice said from over my left shoulder. That had to be the cheesiest pickup line ever, I thought as I...
Jun 18, 20175 min read
DIMENSION FOUR
I don't like to think of time in the conventional manner. I once read a definition of time as, “a measure of change”. I always liked...
Jun 15, 201712 min read
ON THE VALUE OF MIRRORS
Since 2016 there's been much said about Nazis. Yet, somehow, despite all the talk and tweeting and counter protesting I feel we've...
Jun 6, 20172 min read
LEGACY
On this day in 1944, D-Day, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade landed on Juno Beach in Nazi-occupied...
May 12, 20178 min read
NOT I
iTunes – that place billions of people acquire and consume their music, movies, podcasts, and such – is essentially unusable, as far as I...
May 1, 20172 min read
"I'M ON A DIET"
I wish you could see what I'm seeing. I've now had three friends, in three very different situations, living in three different...
Apr 17, 20174 min read
WHO'S AT FAULT?
The Globe and Mail recently published an article entitled "Why female cooks stay out of the kitchen", authored by a Toronto restaurant...
Apr 15, 20174 min read
A RIDGE CALLED VIMY
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. All week CBC has been flush with related articles, reports, videos, and...
Mar 16, 20178 min read
HOUNDINGS (UPDATED)
In August 2016 I shipped my belongings from Ontario to Alberta on Greyhound. The shipment was in two parts with two separate tracking...
Mar 14, 20176 min read
HOW TO FUND A WORKER CO-OP
We’ve spent two years getting a worker-owned co-op from conception to construction. The business is a for-profit bakery in the heart of...
Feb 27, 20172 min read
PMURT
Nobody wants to hear anything more about the US election or about its victor; but, just for the record, I'd like to make two...
Jan 20, 20173 min read
MEASURING WITH NO STANDARD
I don't think I understand the pending march on Washington. Some have said they're marching in the name of justice and in opposition...
Jan 10, 20175 min read
QUESTIONING QUESTIONED QUESTIONS
I've been mildly criticized of “never asking questions” of other people. This has been brought up several times over the last few years...
Nov 3, 20168 min read
WE ALL LIVE
At 37 I've watched many acquaintances and friends and much of my family die. I feel like I've seen the gamut, and in everyone from the...
Oct 30, 20166 min read
DAVE DIED
In early 2016 my father officially retired and at the same time his cancer started acting up. His blood was funky and his liver was...
Sep 26, 20163 min read
HOW TO BREAK A THING
The following is just the sort of thing I see that stops me in my tracks almost every day. Today I was walking past a large corporate...