A highschool friend of mine, Lara, has just moved to Vancouver.  Yay!  She was here for a quick few days before setting off to Ontario for a quick jaunt with her family and friends back home, but she’s back in town.  She’ll be staying with me while she familiarizes herself with the city and gets [...]

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A friend of mine, with his partner Johanna, have recently purchased Celsia Florist on the corner of West 4th & Arbutus.  Celsia is a tender, biennial shrub, native to Crete, meaning many flowered, immortality and a desire to please.  Neil and I had the chance to finally visit this weekend.  The garden patio welcomes visitors with an array [...]

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Last night, we had friends over to celebrate Neil’s turning of a new decade.  He turns the big 3-0h tomorrow.  In ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’ the French existentialist Albert Camus comments that the age of thirty is a crucial period in the life of a man, for at that age he gains a new awareness [...]

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Wednesdays, hump days (because it is the middle of the week, silly), have become a day to celebrate. We met up with friends at the Lamplighter for a second Wednesday in a row to rock out on the mic, a guitar, a bass and a set of drums. I was completely geared up [...]

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Neil has been trying to post more regularly on hexstatik. He has recently posted a video on youtube embedded into his post that I encourage you to have a view. It’s funny stuff.

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