Monthly Archives: June 2010

Random Thought on Public Spaces

It looks like summer has finally arrived. It’s finally warm here in Edmonton—hot even. And I’m loving it. I’m walking a lot. Especially since I now work downtown, I walk everywhere. I walk on my lunch break. I walk on my coffee breaks (when I take coffee breaks). I walk to check the office mail [...]

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The Power of Nightmares

I rarely remember my dreams. When I was a teenager, I actually thought that I didn’t dream, because for a period of several years I didn’t remember a single dream. It turns out that everyone dreams all of the time. Even if you never remember a single dream, you still dream at night. That’s just [...]

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An Open Letter to the Gap

Dear Gap, I like you. I do. I may be 10-20 years later to the  party than the rest of North America, but I’ve come to realize that you sell great casual clothes for a (usually) reasonable price. I’m not so much for the $50 shirts, but when you send me a 30% off coupon, [...]

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Starting From Scratch

Sometimes, I think it would be the best thing for me to just give away everything I owned, except for my bed, a few sets of clothing, and some dishes. I could start from scratch, uncluttered and unencumbered by stuff. Occasionally, I wish that my apartment would just burn to the ground. Not because I [...]

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