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So as you may or may not know (depending on how well you do or do not know me), I was a student for a very long time. Now that I'm not a formal student, I'm still trying to continue learning. And so, I keep trying to learn new things be they through social media,… Continue reading Continuing to learn

For months now, they've been predicting that Edmonton will have perhaps the warmest winter in a decade. And while that poses its own set of problems, we've had a really balmy fall. Realistically speaking there have been very few days when I've been considerably underdressed for the weather (which yes, does happen — probably a… Continue reading Folks, it's TRYING to snow…

When thinking about hobbies and pass times of mine over the past decade or so, one that has taken a lot of my time and attention since even during my first undergrad degree has been gift exchanges of various types. A personal favourite is the Secret Santa gift exchange though there are other types of… Continue reading It's Secret Santa Season!

So I'm starting the first day of my attempting to blog more this November a bit late in the day… but that makes a whole lot of sense due to two things: 1. Halloween and 2. The amazing food crawl I partook in as part of the Edmonton Tourism Rodeo Week kickoff with Yelp Elite.… Continue reading Happy Rodeo Week! (I'm so full right now)

… I figured I had best write at least one blog post prior to that point. I'm not sure that I'll reach 100% success at writing a blog post every day for the month of November (especially since I'm planning on doing Extra Life this year on November 7th and I strongly suspect that that… Continue reading Seeing as I'm going to be blogging more regularly for the month of November…

This year, for the first time in a few years I explored Heritage Festival with a group (in recent years I've visited alone or with one other friend mostly). And while it's one of my absolute favourite festivals with food, it was a tad warmer than desired by the time we all left (exhausted by… Continue reading Another great year of song and dance and food… Heritage Festival explored today

Every year, my birthday is during K-days (and yes K-days has gone through some name changes, but whatever). And every year that I can, I try to volunteer at least a shift or more at the Kiwanis slide. It is the Kiwanis Club of Edmonton's largest fundraiser and helps fund all of our activities and… Continue reading On enjoying K-Days this summer

This morning I awoke after nearly 10 hours of sleep (okay I was tired, my Kiwanis Slide shift yesterday tuckered me out more than I expected. But such is K-days and the fun of kids and adults enthusiastically conquering the stairs to slide down on the coffee sacks and run back to do it all… Continue reading On Slide the City (and other summer slides)…

So I've been waking up earlier than strictly necessary these days, and I'm imagining that my awakening before my alarm this morning has a LOT to do with the fact that I fly to Indianapolis today for Kiwanis and Circle K International Conventions. Yes, I'll be incredibly busy the whole time. Yes, I look forward… Continue reading Kiwanis/CKI International Convention this week!

So the last blog posting I wrote here talked about one chapter of my life ending and another beginning. Then I promised myself that I would actually take the chance to enjoy the month of May before job hunting in more earnest in June and beyond. And I think I've accomplished that to a certain… Continue reading (F)unemployment and other adventures?