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Here’s a little story for you. The game is: guess the age of the author. Email me with guesses, or leave a comment! It was an arranged marriage. She didn’t love him, he didn’t care. It was all based on the money of his father’s business. She felt uncomfortable with it. “Do it for your [...]

When the weather is nice, I take out my rollerblades, find a smooth bit of view-inspiring pavement, and start sweating. If you’re in Montreal, I have found no better path than the Lachine Canal 12.3 km path. Just watch out, at one point if you don’t cross the bridge to the other side, the pavement [...]

After 1 year of preschool, 7 years of elementary school, 5 years of high school, 5 years of Bachelor’s stuff, and 1 long ass year of Masters stuff, you would think that somewhere along the way, through 18 years of schooling, I would have managed to play THIS song at the year end: Sadly, it [...]

What a lovely Wednesday evening… finished my work by 10:00 pm (yup, working two jobs… still barely paying the rent… something is wrong with how society is structured… I’m digress , happy to have a couple hours for photo editing, made some tea, snuggled up to the computer (ok, not really) and then… *insert ominous [...]

Another Bill Hicks interlude:

If you haven’t read The Catcher in the Rye, just go read it, and I mean NOW! And don’t do what so many of my students have been doing: reading the Sparks notes for the assigned reading the day before the quiz, and then whispering in Arabic during the quiz to help each other out. [...]

Another continent that I haven’t set foot on (yet!!). But Bill Hicks describes it best. One of my favorite comedians. Check this out: My apologies to my favorite Aussies

Whenever I get back home from being away I go through a surreal few days. The moment I walk through the door of my apartment my senses seem to kick into overdrive and I become hyper aware of every detail of what are my “normal” and familiar surroundings. For example, today: I sniffed the air [...]

So I finally retired my 2005 model Blackberry (yes, the one with the scrolly wheel on the side). I always liked it better than the later models which had that round button that resembled a piece of female genitalia. Plus, the old Blackberry felt sturdier. Anyway, I’m now glitzing or glamming or slamming or some [...]

Had to share this song, I “love” it