Because moulds are for playdough, not people.
If you’re not from Canada, you may have heard we had an election recently, if for no other reason than John Oliver – Canadian election calling our “short” election period “adorable” and imploring us not to re-elect Stephen Harper, with the help of Mike Myers dressed in a mountie outfit driving a snow plow. In any case Canadian […]
Read More Canadian Election HaikuI write for many reasons. The idea of this blog in particular was to write to break moulds. To write about people breaking moulds, and the experience of breaking them. But what happens when we are the ones who get broken instead?
Read More Getting BrokenTonight I’m “breaking the mould” of what this blog is normally about to post something completely different. The world became a little dimmer today when Stringy’s light went out. Stringy, aka Daniel Rempel, was… well, you’ll see. This story is dedicated to him, as well as all his former campers, fellow staff and volunteers whose hearts are […]
Read More COMIC: Campfires In HeavenWelcome to the debut of the “Breaking Moulds” comic! This is something I’ve been meaning to start for awhile, and finally got the time/motivation to buckle down and do it! Also the inspiration, thanks to “I.T. Guy” – this is a real thing that happened this week. I’m used to the micro-aggressors that occur when […]
Read More Breaking Moulds Comic Debut: “I.T. Girl”Nope, it’s not Viagra. Someone has finally gone and invented the Birth Control Pill for men. And who? America, and its progressive, forward-thinking scientists? Germany, with all its brilliant minds? Switzerland, with its groundbreaking work at the scientific mecca of CERN? Japan, with all of its futuristic inventions?
Read More The Pill For Men That Women Have Been Waiting ForI recently attended a talk by writer/artist/designer Douglas Coupland where he mentioned offhand – as though it were common knowledge – that Google is becoming sentient. As he describes, Google the company is currently sending out its minions to collect information on anything from anywhere to add to “Google” the online entity, because it apparently expects “Google” to […]
Read More The Google HeartI’ve always been a little skeptical of the status quo, a skepticism which is probably an inherent pre-requisite to mould breaking. So what of New Year’s Resolutions? Every year, it seems, people return to this practice en masse, often making the same resolutions year after year, failing to fulfill them sooner and sooner each year. My […]
Read More On Fresh Starts and New Year’s Neurosis“Tis the reason…” quipped the cover of a shopping guide for a retail establishment that should have known better. As if the insanity of Boxing Day shopping wasn’t enough in Canada, I’ve returned after 4 years living in Japan to discover the tendrils of America’s notorious Black Friday sales creeping north of the border as well. It is clear that […]
Read More Rethinking the “Reason”The cop car that just blasted up the street outside my office window must have been going over 200 km an hour, and even as I reflect on this, the phone rings urgently: “Something is happening downtown. I don’t know what but it’s something very serious.” As my colleague speaks, more sirens, police trucks this time, blaze […]
Read More Rethinking Remembrance: Ottawa Shooting AfterthoughtsClang Clink Clang Clink Clang… I wince with every rattle of the shopping cart at first. The sound seems to reverberate off the storefronts announcing my presence. Could it possibly be any louder? Clink Clang Clink CLA CLANG!!! Okay, yes it can apparently, thanks giant sidewalk gap. If everyone wasn’t staring at me before they certainly are […]
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