Thank you the_nita for reminding me - today marks the 90th year since the Halifax Explosion. Let's hope this isn't portentous of the second of two exams I write today.

"'Cause I wanna burn like Halifax Harbour..."

Oh shit, it's also 18 years since the Ecole Polytechnique massacre. Yikes. Bad day all around.

Happy Guy Fawkes Day, everybody!

I don't know about you, but I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

On a totally unrelated note, as much as spam in my school e-mail account pisses me off, subject likes like 'True masculinity is impossible without a substantial volume of male meat' do sort of brighten my day.

Livejournalling is more fun than wastewater assignments. Probably not surprising to many of you ( Read more... )

It's getting to that point where I'm so busy that I'm looking for any available excuse not to do schoolwork. Posting to livejournal has come up as such an excuse.

First off, I encourage everyone to check out Modern Drunkard Magazine. It's wonderful and hilarious and inspiring. Sift through the archives for the series of articles where they pit ( Read more... )

This'll probably be my last post from Calgary (hallelujah!), so I think it's time for a few lists. I give you...

Ten Best Things About Calgary10) The guy selling the 'Underground Press: Calgary's REAL Street Paper ( Read more... )

A week from today, if all goes well, I should be back in Ontario, probably somewhere around Wawa. Maybe Sault Ste Marie if I'm lucky. Sure, there are a few things I'll miss about Calgary (see upcoming post where I'll list the 'Best and Worst of Calgary'), but I really need to get home. The dry air and Tories out here are getting to me ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRUMMAH JEN!

21 years, eh? Congratulations, now you can drink in the States rent a car in Canada!

In lieu of drinking black coffee and staring at the walls, but being bored and unwilling to sleep, I decided to type my name into Google.

The usual returns: hockey players, a computer company from England, staff at a middle school, etc. etc. But there was search result that really surprised me:

Eighth item on the listAfter the initial "How the ( Read more... )

I'd have blogged sooner, but pretty much nothing interesting happens to me out here ( Read more... )

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