Exposed: How Canadian Blood Services Betrayed Donors and Patients
Canadian Blood Services promised plasma would stay in Canada — but a secret deal with Grifols proves otherwise. Here’s why Canadians should be concerned.
Category: Life
Anything that is to do with my life that doesn’t fall into work or play
Parotidectomy at TGH: a Miracle of Modern Medicine
I just had, what I would consider a miraculous experience. I had surgery and I remember none of it. While I was unconscious I had a parotidectomy.
MAID in Canada: The Struggle for More Personal Choice
Analyzing the debate around MAID in Canada, and why personal choice must remain paramount.
Still the Luckiest Unlucky Man
I am still the luckiest unlucky man. The second round of biopsies proved far less efficient than my first experience. I waited over an hour before being called into the same operating room as before. Unlike my previous visit, there was no organized preparation—no changing clothes or being assigned a …
Still the luckiest unlucky man: An Unexpected Diagnosis
I am still the luckiest unlucky man. I suppose it is a matter of perspective but knowing how bad things can get makes me appreciate when they are not that bad. Medical Journey: An Unexpected Diagnosis Last October, I visited my doctor about an issue with my bollocks. I consider …
Terrible eCommerce Experience at Costco.ca
I have worked on the internet for a very long time. I remember the birth of Google. I remember when Flash intros were all the rage. I even remember page view counters and GeoCities. I have built my own websites, including e-commerce sites. I write multiple programming languages and scripts. …
Toronto the Inconsiderate
Toronto has been know my a lot of different monikers; “Center of the Universe, Hogtown, the Big Smoke, the 416” and more.
Canadian Blood Services apologizes
Over the years I have written about the homophobic treatment of gay men by the Canadian Blood Services. I have railed against the injustice of their screening questions and pointed out that even when gay men were allowed to donate the 5 year abstinence required essentially negated the policy. For …
Returning to Canada
So I have decided to return to Canada. Finding good work in Japan is too difficult, especially where we live. We are in a small town in Tochigi about 2 hours by train North of Tokyo. It’s a very beautiful area, with very large trees and some of the best …
Wood firing: a potter’s challenge
To set the scene, I was invited again this year to help fire a wood fired kiln. It takes days to do, involves dozens of people and my shift is from midnight to 2 am. The Shigaraki kiln is the size of a uHaul truck and there are 5 ports …