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Posted on February 8, 2011 in Poetry

from the balcony silent i simply observe i’ve glazed my face with clay a nebulous goddess shiny, shellacked you wave your arms in eight directions you flail i try like hell not to do the ... [ more » ]

Crooked Teeth (Death Cab For Cutie cover)

Posted on December 14, 2010 in Cover Videos

I had to bump the key up over the original on this because the vocal range was too low for me in the original ... [ more » ]

Here Is Gone (Goo Goo Dolls cover)

Posted on December 4, 2010 in Cover Videos

I could say a lot about why I picked this song and what it means to me, but I’m going to let the video ... [ more » ]

Brian Wilson (Barenaked Ladies cover)

Posted on October 28, 2010 in Cover Videos

I’m fond of covering Canadian artists. That’s not all I like to cover, but I do like to cover them a lot. Barenaked Ladies ... [ more » ]

Rehab (Rihanna cover)

Posted on October 28, 2010 in Cover Videos

Not a perfect cut, but I did this in only 3 takes. Not bad. [ more » ]

Celebrating ‘National Coming Out Day’ — for Mom

Posted on October 11, 2010 in Reflections

I’m not sitting down to blog for National Coming Out Day (which is, according to Wikipedia, internationally observed around the world) because I’m a ... [ more » ]

‘The Social Network’: Jizz in my pants

Posted on October 3, 2010 in Movies

OK, so maybe I didn’t quite jizz in my pants, but I can’t even begin to describe how horny I have been over the ... [ more » ]

Mother (Pink Floyd cover)

Posted on September 17, 2010 in Cover Videos

I am not a good guitar player, though I can sometimes fool people with the standard 8 or 10 chords because you can do ... [ more » ]

Susan Jennifer Gawlak (1950-2010): A Tribute to a Life Well-Lived

Posted on August 29, 2010 in Reflections

My mother passed away on August 20, 2010 after a courageous two-year battle against metastatic breast cancer.  Here is the video slide show I ... [ more » ]

Susan Jennifer Gawlak (1950-2010): A Eulogy from Daughter to Mother

Posted on August 29, 2010 in Reflections

My mother passed away on August 20, 2010 after a courageous 2 year battle against metastatic breast cancer.  Here is a copy of the ... [ more » ]

Food Issues & Fat Girl Confessions

Posted on August 1, 2010 in Confessions

The earliest memory I have of a messed up relationship with food is around the age of 8.  I know what you’re thinking:  what ... [ more » ]

A Hostage Situation? Blurring Lines Between the Personal and Professional in Social Media

Posted on July 20, 2010 in Opinion

One of the most important and hot-button topics right now in debates about social media is how one’s online persona and behaviour or contribution ... [ more » ]