Monuments (The Run Diary #13)
The view from Riverdale Park, where I often end my long runs. This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here....
View ArticleSilence (The Run Diary #12)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. Silence in its most meaningful sense is not an absence of...
View ArticleOwnership (The Run Diary #11)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. Freezing in the lead-up to the start of the Scotiabank...
View ArticleDo Councillors Dream of Electrified Rail?
Typical morning on the TTC. Image via BlogTo. 1. Each morning, I board the 24 Victoria Park bus, which I take to Victoria Park station. At the station, I’ll take the westbound train to Bloor/Yonge...
View ArticleOpen Spaces (The Run Diary #10)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. At the Collingwood half-marathon finish line with fellow...
View ArticleJoy (The Run Diary #9)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. From an especially humid summer run. This was only 5k. Joy...
View ArticlePhilanthropy (The Run Diary #8)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. The group I run with is called Tribe Fitness and they are...
View ArticleReinvention (The Run Diary #7)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. The group I run with is called Tribe Fitness and they are...
View ArticleMy Own Private 30K (The Run Diary #6)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. The group I run with is called Tribe Fitness and they are...
View Article26 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice
2014 marks twenty-six years on this planet for me. As I've done for the past two years, I'm once again taking the opportunity to look back at the people, events, ideas, and experiences that have...
View ArticleAffirmation (The Run Diary #5)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. The group I run with is called Tribe Fitness and they are...
View ArticleExperience (The Run Diary #4)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. The group I run with is called Tribe Fitness and they are...
View ArticleValidity (Review of 12 Years a Slave)
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave. Image via Roger Ebert. As always, potential spoilers ahead! “When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child...
View ArticleIt’s Complicated (Review of Her)
Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore Twombly in Her with Scarlett Johansson in his pocket. Image via Wired. Warning: Potential Spoliers Ahead! Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) writes letters for a living. He...
View ArticleAging Gracefully (The Run Diary – February 15th, 2014)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. The group I run with is called Tribe Fitness and they are...
View ArticleUnconditional Love (The Run Diary – February 8th, 2014)
This is part of a diary I’m keeping on this blog about long-distance running, which I’m calling The Run Diary. All pieces can be read here. *** “There can be no fairer spectacle than that of a man who...
View ArticleUphill (The Run Diary – February 1st, 2014)
Getting up hills is the necessary evil of long-distance running. Inclines provide a form of resistance training that strengthens one’s calves, quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes, all of which when...
View ArticleAn Atheist Reads the Bible – Part 3 (Rocky Road to Redemption)
Part 3 of my series An Atheist Reads the Bible. This piece covers the first half of Acts of the Apostles. Other pieces in this series can be read here. 1. Preaching to the Converted The most iconic...
View ArticleRespect (Fighter of the Year, 2013)
1. Theatre of the Unexpected Going into 2013, we knew a few things about Timothy Bradley. First, we knew that Tim Bradley was an incredibly skilled fighter and supremely conditioned athlete. Second, we...
View ArticleWhat’s Really Truly Absurd About Rob Ford…
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is saying a lot of insane things. The entire month of November, which began with Ford’s admission that he had indeed smoked crack-cocaine during his tenure, while in a drunken...
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