Nope. Not talking about Portlandia. I’ve been chewing on a lot of stuff in the back of my mind about who and what I am. Like everyone else on the planet, a large part of my personality and my mindset come from both environment and experience. As an American, this means a lot of things, but […]

So, you probably have seen I’ve not been on my author page for Facebook for a while. I could blame a lot of things. Anxiety. Depression. Apathy. Fear. Overwatch. This past year has not been kind – a trend I’m seeing in the years since 2014 came to roost. It’s thrown me off my game, but I […]

Anyone who knows me could probably tell you this, but… I have a social media problem. I’m highly (or hyper) active on social media, specifically Facebook. I have both a personal and professional presence there. I have over 500 people in my personal feed. I obviously can’t keep up with all of them, but I […]

This week has been jammed full of stuff. I continue to explore more of Vancouver and have finally discovered a city recognizable to me as such on the south side of the harbour (officially known as the Burrard Inlet). If I was to compare regions, Vancouver’s Downtown is to Philly as North Vancouver is to […]

So, it’s now day seven into my trip to Vancouver, British Columbia. To say it’s been a whirlwind affair is not at all inaccurate. I pretty much hit the ground running and never stopped save to sleep in the past week. I finally had opportunity last night to stay up late, then sleep in accordingly […]

So, no one informed me exactly how vertical a place this was. I knew in an academic sense that there were mountains here. What I failed to realize was that the city is built into a mountain. And that I’d be walking up it. I take the bus from the bottom of the mountain. Which isn’t so […]