Farewell to Steven Smith


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I'm sick. 2nd degree hacking cough and a head full of mucus.

The cold came on fast Friday afternoon and evening, during what turned out to be an 11 hour shift. Nevertheless, I hoped on my bicycle for home come about 02:15 Saturday morning, then got back on it at about 11:15 for a return trip and another 11 hour shift on Saturday. I returned home a ( Read more... )

Down three goals at the end of the first half, playing short-handed the entire game and forced to accept a sub from the opposing team when their captain - and only girl playing - went down with a knee injury, the @UOttawa-A's of the Ottawa Footy Sevens Recreational Soccer League faced inevitable defeat with heroic defiance.

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• Temperature (as of 1700 hrs, game's end): 34 C


• Feels like: 41 C


• UV Index: Bloody high


• Left knee: Skinned, a little bloody


• Right knee: Skinned, dripping blood

An ode to empty hands and an empty mouth

I knew the anniversary was coming up fast; I didn't realize I'd over-shot by nearly a fort-night, until I checked the review I posted last year - as it turns out, exactly one year ago today.

If the chronology in that piece is to be trusted, it has now been 376 days since I butted my final cigarette.

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Smokers of the world unite!
You have nothing to lose but your jones(ing)!
Book Review:
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking

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