Despite the odds of me crossing paths with these brave avians within the sterile confines of my subdivision being galactically low, they decided to show their shriveled faces the very day after the turkey holocaust! Their exhibitionism is akin to a batch of donuts dancing the Macarena on the counter of Tim Horton’s after all […]

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My time in Qingdao has come to an end. Instead of pissing and moaning about the unending stupidity that flows like draft Tsingtao, I’ve made a laundry list of things I’ll miss, but not necessarily enough to pull me back into its slimy black tentacles. This would also make an excellent PowerPoint presentation, except that […]

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Back here in China I miss a lot of things. I miss being able to go mountain biking without necessitating the use of a machete and dynamite. I miss being able to eat real hamburgers and not having to deal with the soilent green squeezed out of tubes at McDucks. I miss having my laundry […]

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After a quick flight from Beijing to YYZ I’m back in Canada for the first time in 8 months. It feels like even less. A few notes on this little trip so far.
If you’re flying from Toronto to Beijing, make sure to get on the direct flight. The airplanes are the most modern in the […]

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It has begun. This will be my last post from Canadian soil. Trying to sleep last night was a mission in itself. For some impromptu reason a noise manifested itself from within the walls of my room right by the head of my bed, and my head. It was like there was a team of […]

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