Recently, a friend of mine was posting to social media about society's prejudices against him doing supposedly childish things. This reminds me a lot of the whole geek-shaming thing, where people try to demarcate boundaries between what is socially acceptable and what is not. Well you know what? There's nothing stopping this grown woman from ( Read more... )

On Tuesday night, Jon and I had the chance to join many Yelp Elites (and plus 1s) for a really excellent night at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre for opening night of their new show, Back to the '80s. Because it was a Yelp Elite event, it was time for full-blown costuming, and so I did the best I could with what I had in my wardrobe. I managed to make ( Read more... )

While I rarely post strong views in full-fledged blog posts about current political issues (those are more likely to be followed on Twitter or talked about in person or something but not nearly as likely to make up a full-fledged blog post), I think now is a good time to type about some of my understanding of Canadian politics as a kid ( Read more... )

For months now, they've been predicting that Edmonton will have perhaps the warmest winter in a decade. And while that poses its own set of problems, we've had a really balmy fall. Realistically speaking there have been very few days when I've been considerably underdressed for the weather (which yes, does happen -- probably a fact related in part ( Read more... )

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 some amazing folks -- not all of whom I was fortunate ( Read more... )

I don't often go to Remembrance day ceremonies in person. I did as a child, and as a teen, both in the city I lived in and in my school, in so far as they existed and we were encouraged to attend. Even today I still have In Flanders Field memorized and was able to recite it around 11 am before observing my own moment of introspection. As a teen I ( Read more... )

Lately, most mail is junk or packages. And I adore receiving packages in the mail in the form of surprises from redditgifts or in the form of extra goodies in something I ordered, or even in the form of subscription boxes (yes, I currently subscribe to two: NerdBlock and BonjourJolie, though I'm very tempted by WhimseyBox as well...). Even ( Read more... )