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Critical Mass is growing. We’re preparing for a (hoped) massive expansion, but also have organic growth to contend with.
This is what led Critical Mass to have to hire a new Project Analyst. And luckily for me, it’s my friend Graham.
You might remember Graham from a couple train chases, specifically my last hunt of 6060 (see [...]

Today, I did the one thing that most guys dread when they get into a relationship.
I met the parents.
This was something Erin and I had discussed several times over the last week or so. It sounds like a huge deal, I’m sure. It means I’m getting serious — why would I meet her parents otherwise, [...]

Just when you think it’s safe not to worry about having to put out any additional funds for home improvement, the proverbial crap hits the fan.
Or in this case, the sewer line.
For the record, it wasn’t *my* sewer line. It’s my neighbours’. As you might recall from a previous note about my house (see Strange [...]

Once in a while, someone notices you. Sometimes it’s just a pretty woman walking down the street. Sometimes it’s a friend you haven’t seen in a long time. And once in a while, it’s your entire company.
This year, starting in our Town Hall meeting in June, Critical Mass decided to implement a kind of “employee [...]

Way back in early August, I learned the awful truth that Therese and Stuart were moving to Montreal, ne’er to return. (Okay, that’s an assumption. They might, but I ain’t holding my breath.)
Needless to say, I suddenly ran into the problem of living in the big city of Calgary without any close friends. (Okay, that’s [...]

There is nothing harder in life than saying goodbye to a loved one. This evening, I had to make the hardest choice of my life. This evening, I had to put my beloved Siamese cat to sleep. A year and a half and one day ago, my father passed away. Tonight, Spaz goes to join [...]

It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a year since the day the CBC Television 50th Anniversary VIA Rail Train departed Vancouver on its epic 33-day trip across Canada. It seems like it’s been a lot longer.
I suppose part of that is because I live in Calgary, isolated from nearly everyone else on the [...]