Category: Featured
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“Basic Income” Trial Ontario
So, Wynn’s government has released some details on what their “basic income” pilot is going to look like, and I’m very unhappy with how it has been set-up. I feel like they didn’t take the time to read up on what basic income is supposed to be and how it…
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My Christmas Letter 2016
Well, despite telling myself last year that I wasn’t going to move again in the winter, Annie and I moved again, but I’m getting ahead of myself… In January, I started a new job as Director of Technology at Fortrus Financial. The goal was to help modernize a quasi-financial business…
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Higher Minimum Wage is Not the Answer
In a world where automated technology is quickly becoming a realistic replacement to people, a higher minimum wage may only quicken job loss in a system not ready to help those affected. I know this might seem like an unpopular opinion, and I might be naive in my understanding of…
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The Loss of Anika
So much loss. Not even a year ago I had to write a post entitled The Loss of Lily, and now I’m back memorializing Anika. Unlike that time, I’ve been sharing my joy and trepidation about the pregnancy on this blog, hoping that it wouldn’t turn out like before. On…
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Baby B’s Gender Reveal
Annie and I decided to get additional genetic testing for Baby B, and it included the option to find out the gender of our baby. I’ve known for a week now, while Annie and our families found out last night.
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Why Buy an Electric Vehicle?
I’ve read many articles that discuss the fact that electric cars aren’t as “green” as we think and their best suggestion is to not buy any car at all. Unfortunately, that isn’t feasible for most people. We’ve become accustomed to cars, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon due…
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Long Term Depression and Anxiety
I have always been careful about how much I write about my depression and anxiety on this blog because it is public facing and attached to my name. I was concerned it could limit my job opportunities, my potential for success, and make people see me differently. The thing of…
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My Christmas Letter 2015
What a year… I don’t have a ton of blog posts written over the last year to pull from, but that doesn’t mean it was uneventful. 2015 will be remembered as a very mixed emotion year. We started by moving from Georgetown to Guelph, heading “west” meant being able to…
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The Loss of Lily
On July 12th, I wrote a post entitled, The Potential of No Children, where I described how my wife and I were starting to give up hope that we would ever have children. She had been taking medication to increase our odds, and it wasn’t looking great. The next steps…
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My Christmas Letter 2014
Before I begin looking back at 2014, here is a link to My Christmas Letter 2013, for those that are interested. I had many goals for 2014, but I’ll likely review those in a separate post. The first thing you have probably noticed though is that I didn’t blog much…
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Scream A Little Dream
After a huge amount of work on the part of the directors, sound designers and editing team, the Scream All You Want project has its first episode out on YouTube. Over the next three months, each Friday, all of the episodes will be released. I remember working on this project…
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Middle Class Strength?
The middle class has long been the standard to which most of the world’s population has strived for. The idea that we will be able to live a comfortable life and have enough left over to purchase the odd object of desire or go on a reasonable vacation. I have…
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