Double take

Strangest thing yesterday: I was taking the bus to an English lesson after work yesterday. I agreed to take on this group at some company on the other side of the city because a) I could use a little bit of extra cash, b) it’s only 5 lessons and c) the company right across the road from [...]

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Holy heck!

Wow, there must be something in the water.  Or maybe not, because this seems to be a trans-continental phenomenon.  Maybe the planets are in line, or a radioactive asteroid is affecting us all. This week, around Monday,  I found out that my best friend Sarah got engaged to her long-time boyfriend.  The next day, I [...]

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In order to serve you better…

I have some nice pictures of native flowers from various hiking trips that I wanted to print and frame.  We don’t have any decoration in the bedroom, just a big white empty wall.  I thought they’d fit perfectly.  So I took my USB stick to the local drug store, which has kind of a photo-ordering [...]

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semi-annual update

Time to post again.  Geez, time is just flying by, isn’t it.  I’ve been so caught up in planning for the wedding, gathering documents for my next visa application, and so one and so on, that I hadn’t even noticed it was the middle of April.  April!  Holy hell, it’s only three more months til [...]

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