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Power-outs at work make the time drag

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I work in a corner of the city that seems particularly susceptible to power outages. They’re not unusual when the weather gets a bit hotter and people start cranking up the air conditioning. The area power grid seems to get tapped out before other areas do, and before you know it, you’re plunged into (relative) … Read more

When good music is SO good

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The province-owned liquor store I work in has planned playlists that they swap out every “period”, the segments of the year when featured products and sales change. Most playlists are pretty hit and miss, to my tastes. But this one? Oh, man, is it ever hitting. The current playlist is almost entirely classic rock and … Read more

Dear job search sites…

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Why do you make it so hard for people to find the one thing they’re looking for? I’m on ZipRecruiter as I write this — perhaps the best known job site these days — looking for jobs under the category “writer”. Now yes, many jobs with that key word have come up in the results, … Read more

My brain, the chaos symbol

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For those not familiar with what a chaos symbol is, here’s a basic version of one: The idea of it is that, being chaos, it’s as likely to go in any direction as any other. I’m realizing that there are (I daresay increasingly frequent) times when it really feels like my brain is doing exactly … Read more

Those classic November… blues?

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The new playlist at the LCBO for this period is very blues heavy. Now listen, I like the blues just fine. At no point will I hear any blues song on the radio or streamed somewhere and wish someone would just turn it off or change it to something else.But given the choice, blues also … Read more

Never rush

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I’ve been unusually stressed on a few fronts recently, and it showed over a couple of days at work when I made some… not great decisions. Not terrible, but certainly reflecting that I wasn’t on the ball. I took full responsibility for it, as I do, and came around to being a bit self-deprecating with … Read more

What I learned from my first union strike

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Our union settled with the company 15 days after we went on strike. I’ve finished my first full week of being back at work and making money again, which I’d much rather do than striking.Some takeaways of what I learned or were underscored for me, being on strike for the first time: Being on the … Read more