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Me, myself, and I

I got a library card the other day. I'm part of something communal, something larger than myself. I borrowed a book. A fiction book. I haven't read fiction in ages, haven't lost myself in a good story since God knows when. Over the Christmas break, I brushed up on my Rousseau - enlightening, but …

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Blackforest coffeehouse turns 40 this friday - join me at the party!

In 5 years of playing live shows, my fondest memories have been at the annual St. Paul's Blackforest Coffee House. Maybe that's because St. Paul's was my first home-away-from-home. Maybe it's the laid-back atmosphere and the heaps of black forest cake. Certainly, part of it is the company. The …

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Aspiring asceticist

I like minimalism. There's something liberating about paring life down to the essentials, shunning extraneous material goods, and taking pleasure in the simple life. Of course, the Waterloo co-op schedule makes it difficult to accumulate too much because I know I'm going to have to move all my …

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Measuring what matters

Traffic, weather, stock markets, gas prices, the value of the Canadian Dollar... Traditional broadcast media bombards us with real-time updates about these indicators throughout the day. Because we're told about every dip and surge in the stock market, our society pays attention. We watch the …

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