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Film Review: American Fiction

9/10. Excellent. Because my partner managed to snatch tickets to the free showings of the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice awards. American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson, is a dark postmodern comedy. But not the highbrow comedy of Wes Anderson or Woody Allen, that results in a little snort…

American Fiction

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American Fiction

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Sep 21

Girlmath, or How we cope

A few weeks ago, my partner first mentioned the term ‘girlmath’ to me. I’m not privy to whether it’s a term that’s been around for a while, something that only recently began making rounds on the TikTok, or her original idea. Either way, she presents it as a logically inconsistent…

Girl Math

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Girl Math

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Sep 15

Fiction: Merchants in Venice

I originally intended for this to be a two part post, but because I missed one a couple of weeks ago, I’ve made an omnibus post. “Yeah, just give them the standard reseller discount. Thanks Tony.” “Tell him not to forget to restock,” chimed in Rose. “Oh, yes and please…

Short Story

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Short Story

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Sep 7

What I think about when I think about death

I don’t. I don’t think about death. I’ve been fortunate enough not to experience significant loss in my life so far, and I’m frankly not at the age where I consider death as a practicality: if my life ended soon, it’d be premature and unexpected. I don’t believe in an…

Aging

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Aging

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Aug 31

Why I live downtown

Recently, someone asked me rhetorically why I lived downtown, if I didn’t eat out, if I didn’t go out, and frankly, if I didn’t work crazy hours into the evening. The original discussion aside, I’ve thought about this for a few days. …

Toronto

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Toronto

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Aug 17

Fiction: Bacchus

It was eight in the evening on Friday night, and Tom was already in bed. An anomaly for him, but it would nice to get some much-needed sleep. The problem was, he was expected at a pre in an hour. He got off work at four, went to the gym…

Short Story

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Short Story

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Aug 10

Turn of the century optimism as viewed by a young millennial

It doesn’t seem that long ago that the world seemed to be a place of limitless possibility. As a younger millennial, the aughts and early teens were also the years when I was young and naïve, but I think I wasn’t alone in this fever dream. We had solved most…

Millennials

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Millennials

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Aug 3

A diatribe against roller bags

I hate roller bags. You know which ones I’m talking about, the trunks with a telescoping handle, on either two or four wheels. The ones that scream traveler no matter who’s carrying them. The ones that make an annoying clicking sound when traversing any sort of bump on the road…

Suitcase

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Suitcase

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Jul 28

Fiction: Matches

What’s your favourite book? Hm, one I recently read that I liked was The Quiet American. What about you? I think my favourite book this year was Firebrand. It’s written by a Canadian author as well! Cool, what’s it about? Timothy mindlessly exited the conversation and then clicked back into…

Short Story

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Short Story

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Jul 20

OK, Boomer

A few months ago, I was at a large gathering for the birthday of a friend with whom I had few mutuals. I ended up sitting further away from him, and conversation was both uninteresting and intermittent, so everyone started pulling out their phones to check their various messages and…

Ipad Kid

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Ipad Kid

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