Posted in Life Update, Mark on May 30, 2006 | 6 Comments »
As I picked up Mark at his school today, I found out that he was in a fight. An older kid was beating up his friend so Mark picked up a stick and hit the kid hard enough to leave a big scratch. Apparently he was to tell the teacher that his friend was being beaten up. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The other night Jordon and I watched Munich. You don’t really enjoy a film like Munich, you experience it and reflect on it and then you are glad you watched it (although there was a lot of production mistakes in the movie)
How accurate was the movie? There is a lot of debate over it and [...]
Posted in Technology on May 27, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Several weeks ago Microsoft had an [...]
Posted in Life Update on May 26, 2006 | 8 Comments »
As I have posted before, my depression is back. After skipping some doctor’s appointments and some encouragement from Jordon, I finally went and talked it over with my doctor. She prescribed me a mild anti-depressant called Cipralex (nothing like reading about all of the nasty side effects that a drug you are about to take) which [...]
Posted in Jordon, Sports on May 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Stats like this kill Jordon but more people watched the WNBA on ESPN2 than watched hockey on OLN this season.
To put those numbers in perspective, more people watched the 13 WNBA broadcasts on ESPN2 last year than the NHL on OLN this year. And NBC’s poker series, which preceded the network’s [...]
Posted in Guyana on May 22, 2006 | No Comments »
Three day celebration by Guyanese ex-patriates in Canada
Three days of festivities, which kicked off yesterday and will end tomorrow, have been planned to commemorate Guyana’s 40th independence anniversary in Canada.
According to a press release from the Guyana Consulate General, the
Guyana Independence Festival Committee in Canada has planned to make [...]
Posted in Holidays, Mark on May 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Mark turned six on Friday and it was full of holding parties, opening presents, and having a good time. Jordon and I gave Mark a new bike for his birthday as well as a kids sized football. Lee got him a bat, ball, and a soccer ball. We later had the boys over from his [...]
Posted in Holidays, Jordon, Mark, Photography on May 14, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Happy Mother’s Day everyone. It is a hectic day around here but in some ways strangely relaxed. This is the first Mother’s Day that doesn’t involved me going to Spiritwood or working at Safeway. This morning I got up, took all the hot water in my shower because it is my day put on a [...]
Posted in Guyana, News on May 13, 2006 | No Comments »
He is running political campaigns in Guyana
Observers say the CARICOM country has suffered as a result of race voting. Since the country gained its independence, the PNCR, with its predominantly Afro-Guyanese support base, and the now-ruling People Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), with its predominantly Indo-Guyanese support base, have [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2006 | 5 Comments »
My friend Darren Friesen has two good posts about his depression here and here.
Some of you have noticed that I haven’t been writing here much at all lately. I have intended to, but haven’t had the strength or desire. My depression seems to have it’s way with me these days. I [...]
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