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Ticks suck

Ticks suck

I jump at every tickle on my skin. My scalp tingles under my hat. I have the constant feeling that something's crawling up my leg.
Digilantism and the death of Sunil Tripathi

Digilantism and the death of Sunil Tripathi

As I fished about for a subject to perplex readers with this week, news came that the police had pulled the body of Sunil Tripathi from a river in Providence, Rhode Island.
Mourning the Boston Marathon

Mourning the Boston Marathon

Like many others around the world last Monday, I was gripped by a deep sense of dread as news of the Boston Marathon bombings began to unfold.
Election wishlist

Election wishlist

Politicians of all stripes are universally famous for overpromising and under delivering (e.g.
Trivial Tribulation

Trivial Tribulation

Though it isn't quite over, I'm ready to allow that this has been a pretty interesting winter. "Interesting" in the pejorative sense that people increasingly use the word to describe things about which they haven't quite made up their minds.
The penny drops

The penny drops

So... a penny-less Canada.
Guilty pleasures: A coming out story

Guilty pleasures: A coming out story

When I moved from New York to Vancouver two summers ago for an internship at The Province I had just gotten out of a five-year relationship. He headed one way across the country and I headed the other.
School was school

School was school

I went to an interesting high school in Toronto. Per capita I'd say we had the highest ratio of slackers, as well as the easiest access to drugs and alcohol, of any high school in the city.
Awesome in the real sense

Awesome in the real sense

David Kawapit Jr. is a name that everyone who cares about this country deserves to know.
Word war, too

Word war, too

What's in a word? Well, by dint of existence, generally something. Rarely little; more often much. Especially if that word is a label.