A civilian Canadian helicopter team in Afghanistan tries to get to the bottom of his customer’s request that his crew fly alone into one of the country’s most dangerous territories, Kajaki Dam. Meanwhile, the crew is being berated by the Country Manager for “being chicken shit.” But there’s brave, and then there’s stupid…
Archives for July 2010
In Other News, Sorry About Your Grandmother
…I live in fear of the sorry-about-your-grandma pause. In fact, I’m so afraid of it am I that until very recently, I attempted to avoid the pause altogether. If a friend came to me with heavy emotional troubles, I would give them all the hugs they needed, and sit there gazing soulfully at them, afraid to speak. If they talked, they talked; otherwise, it became an emotional staring contest. And I played to win.
Incredible (and Sometimes Edible): How to Live with Weeds
Sometimes it seems as if the only certain things in the garden are death and weeds. Gardeners are constantly battling those tough, sneaky and promiscuous plants that insinuate themselves into any scrap of bare ground. But what makes a weed a weed anyway?
Arrival
What I really want is for him to play on his own for a bit so that I can focus on acclimatizing. But he is a child and continues to poke me. He orders me around in that oh-so-charming-and-irritating way that only a three year old can do until find myself at wit’s end and I tell him that I’m not going to play trains anymore.
Savasana Mouse
Nathan Thompson shares an incident during a yoga class that perfectly illustrates just how much the mind the mind likes to make up stories — the bigger the better — to explain what we don’t understand.
Gallivanting ‘Round Ghana
A 15-year-old boy travels to Ghana and encounters kings, priestesses, sacred crocodiles, juju magic and malaria.
Girl Meets Canada: We Have Achieved Take Off!
The ongoing story of a girl and her van on an epic journey across Canada. So, did I mention that I’m driving across Canada this summer? I think I may have failed to do so. I’ve been thinking about it for so long, I just assumed that everyone else knew. The whole world. Hi, world! […]
The Other Side of Me: The Tone
I found a deep heavy Tone inside me a few months into my work with Sue. The Tone is deep and scary. It’s the Tone of Jaws, the one they play right before horrible, unthinkable things happen. The Tone makes me want to curl up in a ball and hide.
Life As A Human Likes…
Life As A Human Likes is a weekly feature of fascinating, enlightening, fun or just odd blogs and other web gems that enliven the experience of being human. This week, we feature a bit of a mixed bag…something for the dreamers, something for the schemers and something for the …um… wieners.
National Frickin’ Pride
This actually happened to me while waiting for a 155 bus on 6th St here in New Westminster, British Columbia. There is a notable Anglo-Saxon word beginning with ‘F’ which played a large part in the dialogue. Since this is a family blog, I’ve rendered that ancient and well-traveled word of Germanic (ig)nobility with some […]
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