I’m sitting in a meeting in Fruitland Park, Florida, (near Leesburg, which is significant to

But overall, I don’t think I can do meetings/conferences in the US anymore. It’s not that I don’t find a lot of the people (but not many of them) to be pleasant and considerate. It’s all the cultural assumptions in the language of the meetings that get me ( Read more... )

Well, as I am quite famous for doing, I have managed to rob Bourbon Street of all its charm and allure ( Read more... )

Man oh man, what a day.

I'm down in New Orleans, with Brian
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OK, so the lovely post I just wrote got deleted... I know it's a small thing, but it makes me feel a little Job-ian of late...

I just got back from the wonderful intergenerational Christmas Eve service co-hosted by my congregation, Trinity St. pauls and our sister congregation Bloor St. United. I was lucky enough to have the company of
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Thank God for the Scissor Sisters.

It's snowing here in Riverview.

November 6th.

The Rascal Flatts was the first.

Then, the municipally enforced law that says leaves and grass will only be picked up if collected in clear green bags. Any other coloured bags will be left at the curbside. My mom watched as the new neighbours packed up their leaves in a  clear blue bag. "It's not my place ( Read more... )

Or do straight guys wear earrings more than homos do nowadays?

OK, it's definitely time to head back to Toronto: I just realized I'm starting to learn the words and music to the Rascal Flatts

I'm having a pretty good time in Riverview, NB, visiting with the parents thanks to a canceled retreat over the weekend, which would have been in Tatamagouche. But now, thanks to the physical manipulation of Jesus in my personal history, I get to sleep in my old bed, eat barbecue and play cards with my parents.

today, I played in a cribbage ( Read more... )

So far I've figured out that I'm a fake who apparently is into cyber. From what I'm told, anyway.

I had been talking to a sexy guy a few weeks ago, all fairly innocent and flirty, and at one point he had a credit card in his mouth, which was following a few cigarettes ina  row. I made a comment about oral fixation in a cheeky fashion, and his ( Read more... )