They say one can’t have cake and eat it too. Well, goddammit, I want my cake, and I want to eat it too. Isn’t that the point of having a cake? Isn’t the purpose of the cake consumption? If I wanted something to admire for its aesthetic value, I would buy a sculpture, or a [...]
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cake
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
father
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My father is nostalgic. Things were different, he says. People were different; people cared about what you had to say. They paused and listened, sometimes cocking their heads in interest. We sat and talked long into the night over steaming glasses of black tea, pausing only to refill the samovar, throwing kindling into the stove [...]
why i suck
Posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Self-deprecating… humour? I guess. I lied. I’m not the ideal man I describe in my decree of eligibility. Yes, it’s true, in the course of dating and especially when painting a picture of oneself to that end, we all have a tendency to exaggerate – sometimes ridiculously so. Indeed, I was poking fun at this [...]
Leave Timmie alone! Why won’t you all just leave him alone?!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Canada Day is in two days. Yes, Canada has a birthday, too, and it is three days before America’s birthday. It is close enough that we can mooch off of America’s spotlight a little, but not so close – or after – July 4th that it would seem like an afterthought. Like we heard the [...]
