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Far-From-Weak Birthday Week

Posted on September 30, 2015
in Travel
by TVA

Yesterday was my birthday. I celebrated 46 years on this planet by driving to Toronto from Ottawa and eating large amounts of small-town pizza from Greko’s in Gananoque. For those of you not in the know, Grekos, in spite of having a fantastic website make a slice of pizza that is loads of crust, cheese and heart-attack creating stomach fun. Okay, they’ve got a new one.

But my birthday was just that…a day. Some people decree they are having a “Birthday Week” in order to hide their day-drinking. Others will announce they are having a “BIRTHDAY MONTH!” These are the people in the office that show you pictures of their pets in costumes, demand mandatory participation in Karaoke, and refer to Tim Hortons as “Timmy Ho-Hos” during the Christmas season. Only.

I just wanted a day to celebrate my birthday, not a cluster of them. However, the entire week leading up to it, turned out to be wicked great. Here’s why:

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This is Not the Blogpost I Wanted to Write

Posted on January 8, 2015
in Views
by TVA

This is not the blogpost I wanted to write. Not in the least. I was hoping to start the year by writing something optimistic, something with a nod to the fact that 2014 was a never-ending Vine of a guy getting hoofed in the nuts by...

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Tune #5: “The Left Lane”

Posted on September 26, 2013
in PocketTunes, Podcast
by TVA

Again, still on vacation at this point, this was made, I just realized, on September 11, 2013. No significance on the date. This is the fifth Created using Figure by the good people at Propellerhead....

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Tune #4: “Deep Flutter”

Posted on September 16, 2013
in PocketTunes, Podcast
by TVA

Dropped while away on vacay, I created this post-gym at a coffee shop. Despite being at the gym, it sounds somewhat optimistic. I'm finding more and more the hardest thing about this experiment is not the song creation, it's the title. And this is the...

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