Summer and fall in Victoria
It’s Christmastime in the Czech Republic, though to be honest, I haven’t really noticed due to the ongoing pandemic. In
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personal
Taking it seriously
Things have escalated quickly here in Prague where the novel (though now maybe not quite so novel) coronavirus has been
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Closing down
Today is the first day that all schools are closed in the Czech Republic for the next two weeks due
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The portal will open in 3… 2… 1…
Portal and Portal 2 have remained two of Callum’s favorite video games since he was 7 years old (here he
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Comiket 97
I’ve been to Gen Con, and I’ve been to Dragon Con, and I thought they were pretty crowded. But today,
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Christmas is saved
Say what? A Frozen advent calendar?? ❄️👸🏼⛄️🦌❤️
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RIP Big Blue
Before you freak out, nobody was injured. In fact, I wasn’t even there. But two weeks ago a friend was
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Boxing Day
Happy Boxing Day! 📦📦📦 People often ask me if I still celebrate Boxing Day now that I’m here in the
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On Halloween
This past Halloween, and for the third year in a row, I dressed in an obscure costume that I doubted
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Colorful thoughts
Everyone went all freaky-nuts when they said Pluto wasn’t a planet, but when they started telling us indigo wasn’t a
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That one summer in Quebec
I’m thankful for many things, and since November is a popular month to recognize those things we’re thankful for, I
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Stranger Brews
I had to do it.
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You said what?
People don’t blog as much as they did back in the day. Nowadays people rely more on social media sites
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On the off chance
On the off chance I don’t make it through tomorrow (because hey – you never know), I wanted to mention
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The American Civil Rights Movement
A few months ago I read through several books for kids about the Space Race. Now I’m reading about the
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A world in turmoil There’s a lot going on in the world today. Syrian refugees, ISIS, illegal immigrants, Donald Trump,
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Guarding Gringotts
The Gringotts dragon at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter never fails to turn heads! Here are some crowds getting
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This evening I took a quick trip to the Carrefour, the local grocery store here in our (temporary) neighborhood in
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narcissism at its finest
I find it sort of interesting that when you do a Google image search for Brian Crawford, the first image
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I haven’t posted in a while, so here is a brief Q&A, initiated by myself, to answer those questions that
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meanwhile… I have been playing a little (but not too much) World of Warcraft, on the Illidan server I finished
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I just finished my final exam. 6.5 hours of nonstop writing (all in French no less). Export, marketing, strategy, finance…
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messages in the clouds
sometimes, I think, God sends you a sign.
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getting the car repaired, and they have Internet access, so here’s an update. I bought my plane ticket to France
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spent the weekend in San Antonio. It’s fun to see Callum interact with my sister-in-law’s two sons, one of whom
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funny coincidence yesterday – I went to the DMV (my favorite place, and yours too!) to get my driver’s license
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yesterday was a not-so-great day. Aside from having to turn in one group assignment for decision analysis and two income
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update on life
I haven’t posted in a while so I thought I’d make an update concerning my current haps. lately, I have
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improv recital
our beginners improv class is over. It culminated in a recital that family and friends were invited to attend. It
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on Monday nights I’ve been taking an improv class with one of the actors in our local improv troupe, the
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1. do you have a car? If so, what kind of car is it? I am currently driving a 1999
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