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Gun Control in Canada- What’s the Solution?
We aren’t like the United States with its Second Amendment, nor do we have the level of gun violence per capita that they experience, but with a recent mass shooting in Canada, our government is making moves to try to show that they are doing more than paying lip service to the issue, but their…
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Walking – April Health Challenge
In April, Annie and I decided to move a bit more. I probably do around one to two thousand steps per day, but could I ramp that up to two-hundred thousand in a month? As I do with most challenges, the first part was the easiest. I was doing nearly ten thousand steps per day…
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Tracking Mood – March Health Challenge
In March, Annie and I decided to track our mood several times a day on a scale of 0 to 10 to see how we were feeling. Little did we know the world was about the change. I had long wanted to do mood tracking and when I mentioned it to Annie, her eyes lit…
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Avoiding Added Sugars Retrospective – February Health Challenge
In February, we tried to avoid added sugars. This meant that we could have things like 100% orange juice, but not many other things. You’d be amazed at how many things have sugar, but also how poorly you can still eat without added or processed sugars. My wife continued to join me in this challenge…
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Retirement Savings and Depression
I never expected to live this long and now as I near forty, I am freaking out a bit over the idea of living into retirement. When I was in my twenties, I got married, we bought a house, I even took a government job far from that home to try to set us up…
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Wallace – My Artillery (Evnovo) Sidewinder X1
So today, I received the main part of my new 3D printer set-up, the Sidewinder X1. This isn’t the 3D printer I thought I was going to get, but I’ll get to that story soon. I’ve been wanting a 3D printer for several years now and watching the features increase and the price decrease until…
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Intermittent Fasting Retrospective – January Health Challenge
In January, I decided to try intermittent fasting to see if it would help me lose weight and feel better. I decided to do something difficult and stick to a 18/6 schedule where I don’t eat for eighteen hours per day, and only eat for six. My wife joined me in this challenge, while working…
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Canadian Federal Political Platform Imaginings
As I did with a quasi-Provincial level platform, I wanted to spend some time thinking about what a Federal platform for me would look like. I started this before our last election and have been working on it on and off for a while now. I am sure there is still a ton of learning…
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Health Tracker 2,000,000 – Building a Simple Web Tool for Family
My sister-in-law wanted a simple tool to track water, fruit and vegetables, and protein intake kind of like what she and others are used to with WW (WeightWatchers) and so my wife asked if I had the skills to build something like that. It seemed like a cool and quick little project, so I started…
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1 Million Calories Final Summary
Well, as I write this, 2019 is ending and so is the year I spent tracking my calorie intake for my 1 Million Calorie Challenge. I fizzled out on a bunch of parts of the project that I thought I was going to enjoy, like recording videos, taking photos of food and really sticking hard…
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