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So, in addition to being a panelist at the upcoming Northern Voice conference on Friday, I’m also going to have a booth at the Northern Voice Non-Profit Expo on Saturday! When I saw that NV was, in fact, having the Non-Profit Expo as part of the conference again this year, I decided to apply to […] →Read more
How, exactly, did the weekend go by so fast? I fully expected this weekend to be low key and then, somehow, it got super busy! Hence, I’m writing my first blog posting of the weekend at 11 pm on Sunday night! So, a quick recap: Friday night – went out with Kalev, who is in […] →Read more
So, I made a really big lump sum payment on my student loans this month. Combining my tax return along with the amount of money I made from teaching two courses (after I used some of it to pay for my braces) meant I could make a $9,000 payment on my student loans. $9,000! Making […] →Read more
My spring/summer hockey league started up last night, with a 5-4 victory! And two points for me! For the summer, I have joined a team made up of some players from the team I play on in Burnaby in the winter, plus some players from other teams, including two other players from the team I […] →Read more
Like so many people, today I am mourning the loss of Derek K. Miller. Derek passed away from cancer yesterday and, at his request, his final blog posting was published by his family and friends after his death. I mentioned Derek here on my blog a little while ago when I wrote about going to […] →Read more
Remember how I discovered last year that you get a medal for running the 8 km race at the BMO Vancouver marathon and why the hell would you run 42.2 km ((A full marathon)), or even 21.1 km ((A half marathon)), when you could just run 8 measley km and get a medal? Yeah, so […] →Read more
As you would entirely not be able to tell from my blogging of late, today is a federal election in Canada. But despite my lack of blogging about the subject, I (like a surprising number of Canadians this time) have actually been quite engaged in this election: reading the actual platforms of the parties (as […] →Read more
Is it just me, or does Shea Weber, captain of the evil Nashville Predators, look *a lot* like serial killer Dexter Morgan? I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the team Weber plays for is called the “Predators.” →Read more
I submitted a grant application today. More specifically, I submitted *this* grant application today: It may look small, but I can assure you that many, many hours of time and much blood, sweat and tears went into the crafting of that baby. And, if I do say so myself, it is made of sheer awesome. […] →Read more
I saw this on the menu at Milestones the other day. I can just picture the evil marketers who came up with this one. “Hmm, how can we profit from people’s heartbreak?” →Read more