I’ve thought about posting this topic for some time now. Not because it is a pressing issue in my life, but because I’ve had my share of “run-ins” that have left me wondering how to deal, and subsequently, how to process my experiences. These incidences have either registered as a direct experience, or via a situation that I have experienced vicariously through someone else. I for one don’t go actively searching for ways in which cultural clashes have manifested themselves, nor do I spend my time trolling through other people’s race-grievances in the media. At the same time, I am…. [ Read More ]

ithinkyoushould. Get some Sleep. I’m tired. My eyes are itchy with fatigue, but for some reason I cannot turn off my computer. I just want to read read read and then write just a little before I turn out the lights. There is nothing compelling going on except for the fact that I feel like I need to share. Maybe it’s the chocolate. I ate two bags of those Cadbury Mini Eggs thingies. Lethal! It’s almost 2am but here I am stuffing myself with cheap-tasting Easter Chocolate Treats. Belgium chocolates these are not, but the “artificial flavour, and “colour (with…. [ Read More ]

ithinkyoushould. Have a little Dear God moment. You may “believe,” and you may not “believe” but I think you should invest in a little “Dear God” moment every once in awhile. A Dear God moment has nothing and everything to do with what your religious beliefs are and what your preference in people it’s simply a conversation between you and God. It requires no formal introduction or a particular instruction from a person who appoints himself a leader, or even a church. It’s simply between you and God. A long time ago growing up in Winnipeg as I did,  I…. [ Read More ]