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We live our lives as a dash. Not the dash of salt that we put on our food. Not the dash to catch the bus so that we’re not late. The dash might seem to us short or long, or too short or not long enough, but it’s the same length for everybody.  We measure…

It’s about 2:30 in the morning, and I’ve been awake for at least an hour.  I don’t know what initially woke me from dreamland; maybe it was a bad dream or the after-effects of last night’s dinner. I slowly open my eyes.  I’m still wearing my wristwatch; I press the illuminated button.  2:35.  I release…

This is beyond pitiful.  It’s disgusting and it’s horrid and it’s inhumane.  And I spent a few days in internal contemplation, as to whether or not I would blog about this. But it’s a story that needs to be told. There is a roadside zoo in Three Hills, Alberta called the GuZoo.   Here’s the link…

It’s 9:00 am, Friday morning.  I’m at the hospital, waiting for my gastroenterologist Dr. Dreyneaux to perform my colonoscopy and endoscopy, so I expect to receive an anesthetic that will knock me out with the equivalent force of going three rounds with Oscar de la Hoya.  The nurse sticks an IV into my right hand,…

We don’t remember the moment we came out of the womb.  At that point in our life, our brain hasn’t completely grasped the concept of air and light and time and cold.  All we can grasp is the feeling of existence. We learn and we grow.  And somewhere, maybe around the age of two or…

This happened about a week ago, and I’m still trying to figure it all out. It’s Monday night at Brown’s Brewing in Troy.  I’m waiting for my upstairs trivia table (#21) to vacate, so that I can get there and have my dinner and wait for my trivia teammates Jeremy and Alexis to arrive.  There…

It has never been easy.  Life never is.  The perfect life is only a fantasy.  Truly the perfect life is what you make of it.  What you assemble.  What you create.  It’s your choice.  It’s your decision. But sometimes the decisions work against you.  Sometimes your plans go astray, and they’re outside your control.  A…

Toronto policeman Sgt Ryan Russell was remembered yesterday for his bravery and his service.  Thousands of policemen and well-wishers showed up at his funeral, and along the procession route – the first Toronto police officer to die in the line of duty in nearly a decade.  He gave his life in the protection of others.…

Let’s be frank about this.  My blog may be many things, but it’s not a dating / relationships blog.  It’s neither a foodie blog nor a political blog, which means that I don’t draw three-fourths of the Times Union blog traffic, but I digress. That being said – this is an observational blog.  And I’ve…