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Hey Jude: Day 1

My sister and her boyfriend are on vacation this week. They’re going to Ottawa. To me this sounds like the most boring vacation possible, but she lived there for a few years, so she must be immune to the nothing that happens there. Or corrupted by it. At any rate, we’re rabbit sitting for her boyfriend while […]

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Birthday Celebrations 2009

Birthdays as a kid were easy: summer birthday summer + grandparents pool = pool parties. Messes of other kids, swimming, playing Shark and Marco Polo, a barbeque, running around like lunatics, cake, and presents. So easy. As an adult, things somehow got more complicated, and they turned out to be less fun. ((Indeed, every other day the

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Gardening prep

I dislike gardening, so it’s fortunate that I only have a small front garden, and a tiny vegetable patch in the back yard. Today I planted a little tree in the front garden, which annoyed my neighbour, who proceeded to advised me that he intends to prune any branches which cross the property line. After saying he

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New site

The inaugural post on my latest website, nicomaramckay.com, new home to all things Nico. Though if you’re reading this, you’re probably early.  Site’s not ready to be launched yet.

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