Slicer Sled to the Rescue!

I found the best invention EVER! Yes, better than sliced bread! (but maybe not sliced bagels, as those are harder to cut) It is called the slicer… it is a sled that you can use in the winter, and the summer! It has specially fitted ice packs that allow you to sled on ice even [...]

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New Year, New Resolutions. Six Goals.

I have never been one for resolutions, but for some reason this year feels different. I am really excited about this year, I have a very good feeling about it, and I think that perhaps making resolutions could just add a little bit of spice to it.
I was going through some of my old files [...]

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Tone and Voice in Writing

I was wondering what sort of ideas people have on the importance of tone and voice in writing. I personally find short sentences to be very cold and unfriendly, and find that I am more likely to interpret their content as negative even when it very well might be meant as positive. Does anyone else [...]

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Frank Jewellery

After going around and seeing some work of artists around Vancouver in the Eastside Culture Crawl, I thought I should take the time to recognize the work of some of the very talented individuals I know.
I would like to focus this entry on the work of a good friend, Arleigh, who has created some stunning [...]

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Education Generation

I am writing this to solicit your help in promoting an amazing cause. I am working with a team of youth (we are all volunteering our time, resources, thoughts, etc to this project) for a terrific non-profit called Education Generation. What I am asking of anyone reading this is to go to the website, sign [...]

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Reunion with an old friend

Last night I got a call from an old friend, Dave. He said he was near to downtown and wanted to meet up. I haven’t seen Dave since right when I got back from Colombia, so it has been over a year! I love that he just randomly called me, yet earlier yesterday I had [...]

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The Coming Movie

I think it is about time that I write a quick post to tell you about an independent Canadian movie called The Coming that I am working on right now. The producer, Nicky, is super busy so I offered to help her with some of the music licensing for the film. On November 11 there [...]

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Congrats Donovan! Bronze Medal Winner in Beijing!

My friend Donovan Tildesley just got back from winning a bronze medal in Beijing! We met through a mutual friend and then became good friends later during a Children’s Lit course in the Summer of 2005 at UBC (we both graduated with degrees in English Literature). I had the opportunity to speak with him briefly [...]

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