Sometime last week I was told that today was the day my file - my application - would be looked at by Waterloo. Of course, at the time, I assumed that today my wait would be over - I'd have my yes and I could finally move on from this bizarre in-between stage I've been floating in for the past couple months. I just sort of assumed they'd look at it ( Read more... )

There is something undeniably special about Montreal.

It is, at first, difficult to put a finger on. It's a vivaciousness in the air, crisp and clean and fresh. It's in the way the people walk and talk. It's the kid yelling out and dashing across the street to a friend, the motorist leaning on the horn for a full thirty seconds trying to clear the ( Read more... )

And their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed; and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.

Ok, so I'm a science kid. I'm in biology. My world is made up of equations I don't really understand and a lot of incredibly specific facts I ( Read more... )

Let me preface this by saying when a conversation turns to any even slightly sketchy gray-area moral issues I’m pretty much useless. I certainly have opinions, but usually about halfway through my argument I realize  hey, the other guy makes a pretty good point. And then? Then I’m just confused ( Read more... )