Malcolm's Ramblings

So the first draft of Goodbye Sol is being posted as we write it on my wife’s blog. So check out the Goodbye Sol category on Ananee.WordPress.com if you are interested in Goodbye Sol. We are trying to post each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until the story is done. We have written over 10,000 words Read more

I feel like smaller companies where I’m able to leverage all of my skills are the best for me and my experience so far at Fortrus Financial only serves to reinforce that feeling. In my first month at Fortrus Financial, I’ve had the opportunity to use everything I’ve learned and all the financial advice I’ve Read more

First off, for any of you that haven’t seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, please skip this post as there will be spoilers. The movie was released five weeks ago, and while I feel like those that are real fans of the Star Wars universe will have already seen it, I don’t want to ruin Read more

So I’ve sought out counselling a few times over the course of my life when my depression has gotten to be more than I feel I can handle on my own. I have a poor memory, so I’m going to do my best to recall some information, but please note that I might be forgetting Read more

So, Annie had me come with her today to go to Victoria’s Secret and during our visit, I whispered to her, “imagine what a guy’s version would look like.” So then, over the next hour or so, I considered what a viable version of Victoria’s Secret would look like for me. I call it Popular Read more

This Christmas I was really fortunate and received many amazing gifts, but during a discussion with Annie, I realized that there is something that I constantly struggle with and it could be the opportunity for a perfect gift: memories. My memory for life events is really horrible. I can remember maybe five or ten days Read more

Annie and I have been planning out a new collaboration story project for a few weeks now, and I was hoping to start writing it before 2016 started, but it took until this past Friday for the first page to go up on Annie’s blog. The story is called Goodbye Sol, and it will be Read more

Starting a new job gives me the “first day of school” jitters every time and as I arrived at Fortrus Financial for my first day, I was a bit nervous regarding what would be expected of me, and how I could provide value. Thankfully, after some great conversations with Matt, the President of Fortrus Financial, Read more

Annie has been asking me if we can buy a TV for the last few years and we have both always found a reason to delay. With the passing of our daughter, money that was being saved was freed up and a strong need for entertainment made the impulse buy happen. Though for me, an Read more

This past year didn’t see much effort put towards this blog, as I posted only fifteen posts, the smallest number since starting this site, and many of them have been this month. The top three most read posts were The Loss of Lily, Distributel Internet Tech Support Review, and Macro Photography. Only The Loss of Read more