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Posted on February 15, 2012 by Mike

Wow. I think that sums it all up for me.  Just wow. From the 2.5 months of hanging on, waiting for this job that was given to me to finally be unblocked after being put on hold at the last … Continue reading →

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#canadawrites … and I giggle…

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Mike

So, CBC Books was holding a “Break-up” contest on Twitter and they had Tabatha Southey (@TabathaSouthey) a Writer and Globe and Mail columnist as a judge.  For 12 hours (10am-10pm EST) folks were invited to basically tweet “dear john” letters.  The prize? … Continue reading →

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It’s starting to feel real…

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Mike

For the last few weeks now, pretty much since the holidays, the end-date of this first phase of my current project was set in that the return date was one of two days: the third or fourth week of February. … Continue reading →

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Home, Sweet Home…

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Mike

I’m sitting here feeling a little dumbfounded, or perhaps more in a state of shock. For months now, I’ve been sitting in my room here in Emeryville, trying to put to words all the gamut of emotions that I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Wandering through the Past

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Mike

I spent most if not all of tonight re-living about 7 years worth of memories. It was basically a high-level reading of over 1000 blog entries and I found the experience quite fascinating.  Why fascinating? Is my life that unbelievable … Continue reading →

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The Day The Lights Went Out…

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Mike

Not much more I can add to today’s blackout from so many online sources as a protest towards SOPA and PIPA but feel free to read Wikipedia’s thank you message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup?new=yes For my part, I knew of today and understood the … Continue reading →

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Comic Dreams

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Mike

This weekend, as I was folding the laundry, I was struck by the number of Superhero t-shirts my little boy has. I smiled at the fact that (a) he loves superheroes as much as I did when I was growing … Continue reading →

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Starting over…

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Mike

So this morning, in an effort to try to make commenting on this site (at least on the portal site) easier I tried to install a few authentication plug-ins. I tested the google, yahoo, and WordPress ones but couldn’t get … Continue reading →

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A New Year

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Mike

Indeed, it’s a new year, and I still haven’t manage to figure out a way to make time to put my thoughts down I wanted to speak of the holidays, and how wonderful it was to be home this year … Continue reading →

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I’ll be home… for Christmas…

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Mike

I leave work and start walking to my hotel.  It’s a cool but very nice and sunny day so my jacket is open and I’m strolling along, my eyes squinting from the sun, and I look at the people around … Continue reading →

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