Hello everyone! I sit down once more to shuffle forward my tedious narrative of this life on the west coast and as I do so, I am reminded of the dichotomy that exists within this life, considered within the bounds of this virtual memory. Firstly, my life exists as it is lived out in the present, in what I imagine to be reality: I breathe, I walk and talk, I interact, however imperfectly, with life and with those lives around me. Secondly, shadowing what preced...

Hello everyone! It has been a long time coming, but I have finally weeded out some focused spare time in which to type out a recollection of some of my initial experiences in my latest, longest occupation here in Vancouver. As a wise, Irish (oxymoron?) brewing company, among others, has been known to state, 'good things come to those who wait'. Whether anyone does actually await these calamitous compositions and quite whether any of this could ever be labelled...

Hello everyone! The Olympics concluded, Vancouver and its inhabitants settled down into a more regular, modest tempo, the kind flush with a persistent anti-climax, made fragile by the knowledge of all that went before. I complied also, the urgent need for new accommodation and new employment dispelling any lingering nostalgia for that fantastic February. My situation straightened out with my existing landlord, I readied myself for the move away from my spartan...

Hello everyone! Well, interesting as that previous, pensive little episode was (for me at any rate), it is time once more to return to my rather mundane, linear litany of experiences during the awe-inspiring fortnight that held the Olympics last February. Although the singular, straightforward narration of events may strike as being somewhat dreary, hopefully the events being described will help to make up for this tedium. As the Olympic dream finally arriv...

Hello everyone! I have often - many times every day in the greatest scheme of things - had cause to marvel at the complex diversity of the human psyche; whilst some choose to become doctors, others become soldiers; where some stand firm, others crumble; as sure as one needs coffee, another prefers tea and a third enjoys both, whilst a fourth avoids each of them. On a personal note, this marvellous reminder is triggered every time I get onto the subject of my r...