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So the last blog posting I wrote here talked about one chapter of my life ending and another beginning. Then I promised myself that I would actually take the chance to enjoy the month of May before job hunting in more earnest in June and beyond. And I think I've accomplished that to a certain… Continue reading (F)unemployment and other adventures?

Yesterday at 10:15pm I emptied my locker, handed in my first aid room key and other items that I no longer needed, hugged folks goodbye, and left Save-On-Foods. It was my last shift as an employee of this wonderful store where I worked for 14 years. I am fortunate to say that I worked with… Continue reading Reflections on the past 14 years of employment

I don't often talk politics directly online. But I feel like I ought to capture a bit of my reaction to tonight's dramatic shift in the political landscape of Alberta, which I realized only AFTER the end of a very bizarre day (which included working 15% Tuesday, voting, some interesting observations, playing awesome arcade games… Continue reading Reactions to a really really politically important night in Alberta

So lately I've been rather tense/sore. And I know that most of it is because I've been grinding/clenching my teeth more in the last few days than in the few weeks before, but it's frustrating. I know that part of the stress is the uncertainty of the next few months of my life — and… Continue reading Stress and topics of geek goodness…

In 2015 I've already accomplished a few things: I've gotten into a habit of reading more (you can see that on my 50 book pledge), I've gotten into a exercise while watching youtube videos habit (which you can see on my fitocracy profile I quite honestly find it encouraging to find more friends using this… Continue reading Keeping up with MY expectations

I was reflective on my walk home from New Year's Parties in the wee hours of this morning. I realized that it had been 11 years since I began this blog. And that while I sometimes write every day here at other times I ignore it for perhaps months at a time. It is a… Continue reading It's 2015 folks! Into the future we continue to go!

Even though the incident that I'm going to describe below happened last week, I still find it disconcerting. I might be hyper aware of racism lately, but I think it would be nearly impossible not to notice it in this situation. And since it didn't happen in the workplace I can describe the whole situation… Continue reading On safety, racism and personal space

I blogged every single day for the month of November! This was a great way to get back into the blogging habit. While I know I'm not going to blog every day for the month of December (there's other things to write like Christmas cards for example), I think this was the kick start I… Continue reading I did it! 🙂

On a cold day like this one, one might expect me to be complaining about the weather, but I'm not. I might have small complaints now and again about being cold (for example if/when the doors are broken at work letting in too much cold air, or if I've somehow planned poorly for the weather… Continue reading Edmonton and the weather

There's a lot I could type about here (and I'm oh so tempted to just type about hanging with Cats at Parties), because sometimes it is just awesome to spend time with pets when you don't actually have any of your own (good gosh, cuddles with pets are sometimes so awesome!)… but really I'd like… Continue reading A full but wonderful day…