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  • Daily Prompt: This one’s too easy

    Daily Prompt: This one’s too easy

    I live in downtown Vancouver: what do you think? There are massive differences between people who have a medical issue such as drug and alcohol addiction and are in desperate need of treatment and rehabilitation (resources are scarce and overburdened here, in fact, enabling addiction appears to be the treatment); a person with legitimate mental-health…

  • “Giving Tuesday”: A report from the field

    “Giving Tuesday”: A report from the field

    That’s the face I wore in Vancouver on Giving Tuesday. It was like hanging a Renoir in a Dadaist museum. Also, I’m not sure what Samsung filter is making my forehead look so enormous, but I’m determined to find it. One of the most satisfying things about having some of my writing online is being…

  • Daily prompt: Decisions

    Daily prompt: Decisions

    I can’t answer this, because I haven’t had to make a hard decision. I am a decisive person, and when I make up my mind about something, that is that. Getting rid of poisonous friends in my life, dumping terrible partners, quitting a horrendous job, eliminating certain things from my diet, writing detailed or direct…

  • Daily prompt (that I don’t tackle daily).

    Daily prompt (that I don’t tackle daily).

    As you can see by the header pic, I’m currently reading a book called “The Game of Life and How to Play It.” I heard about it several months ago–I can’t remember where or how–and, intrigued, I decided to place a hold on it at the Vancouver Public Library. Surprisingly, there were about 8 people…

  • When you keep forgetting you’re almost 50…it means you’re almost 50.

    When you keep forgetting you’re almost 50…it means you’re almost 50.

    That, friends, is a picture from nearly 13 years ago.  I was in the best shape of my life, having worked very hard on sobriety and my physical / mental health for an entire year, and wanted to photo document the outcome with the help of a friend in Victoria who was also an aspiring…

  • I can’t stop laughing at American Democrats. (or, Trump Derangement Syndrome just went full supernova) UPDATED WITH FUN FOOTAGE!

    I can’t stop laughing at American Democrats. (or, Trump Derangement Syndrome just went full supernova) UPDATED WITH FUN FOOTAGE!

    Image taken from the never-dull, world-famous Democrat meltdown of 2016. I’d like to know how last night went for her! They got exactly what they deserved after the amount of vitriol, lies, seething, condemnation, brainwashing, manipulation, and outright hatred they have been peddling these last several months, from the mainstream media to the voters themselves. …

  • Non Desistas, Non Exieris

    Non Desistas, Non Exieris

    Right. After much consideration, contemplation, and consultation, I have decided that there is no way I am walking away from this blog.  No.  Fucking.  Way.   Remember that essay I wrote a few weeks ago about incels?  Yes, they are a complete nuisance.  Worse than a nuisance; they are extremely harmful.  There’s nothing like a guy…

  • The Highly-Paid Hole Standers of Vancouver [UPDATED WITH NEW LUDICROUSNESS!]

    The Highly-Paid Hole Standers of Vancouver [UPDATED WITH NEW LUDICROUSNESS!]

    (Earnest crow-eating as an introduction:) Look. You need to know what is happening in Vancouver, and pretty much every city, town, village, and community in Canada. This country has cratered and collapsed all the way to the molten core of the globe we call Earth; Canadian citizens are howlingly conflict-averse and unflinchingly passive; and there…

  • This one’s a challenge, WordPress bot.

    This one’s a challenge, WordPress bot.

    1.) My cat, Annie, forever and always. Among her other perfect qualities, she very patiently lets me smooch her nonstop. 2.) Eggs for breakfast. Hard-boiled, soft-boiled, scrambled, poached, made into an omelette…they really are the perfect food, healing for both brain and body. 3.) My parents, almost 80 years old and with the energy and…

  • Was today typical?

    Was today typical?

    Sure. Now, please define “typical” for me. I’m not ever going to share intense details of my personal life, I’m not going to talk about my struggles, I’m not going to brag about my small victories, and I’m not going to give details about what I ate, thought, or did. This is a stoopid writing…