Category: Blog

  • Application for Athlete of the Week

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    Like most news show, City News in Toronto has a feature called “Athlete of the Week.” On this short video segment, some high school or college kid is celebrated for being able to skate quickly or dive into water. Big deal. Although I might not be “coordinated” or “fit” or “determined” or “courageous” I am…

  • Prison Correspondence

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    I was assigned a prison pen pal who goes by the handle “MotherTrucker.” When I signed up for the program– in which you correspond with an inmate– I had kind of hoped to get somebody fascinating and terrifying, like maybe a serial killer or a dying Nazi. I thought that would be cool, but I…

  • Lunch on a Monday

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    I was taking the dog for a walk today and decided to stop in at the Annex Hodgepodge up on Dupont and pick up some lunch. Chili. A chili kind of day, a chili kind of season, in fact. An Indian woman of about 50 came in after me. She had long salt and pepper…