Child Care Provision

Here in Canada we have something called the “Canada Pension Plan” that each working individual contributes to, and based on those contributions one gets a “state pension” – very much in the same vein as Social Security, Old Age Pension etc. As the pension is calculated using some sort of arcane formula that looks at [...]

Mothers

I love my mom, as every dutiful child does. But there are moments where I am confounded by her.
My brother still lives at home with my parental units. He’s also a grown man, who is comfortable with this snazzy new-fangled thing called the Internet. He’s also studying to become an accountant and holds down a [...]

Me

I was on IM with Mr Diresquirrel this morning and it appears that there were a couple of individuals who were concerned that I wasn’t seen online or blogging for a week. Worry not my devoted mushrooms, I was experiencing the exhausting delights of a monthend. I am sorry to say that when I got [...]

Birthday Weekend

My birthday is in a couple of days, but as it falls on a work day this is the weekend to celebrate my increasing decrepitude.
Today my mother took me out for lunch. She hasn’t been taking care of her teeth for the past decade so her gums are quite sore so I had to choose [...]