I've never found it difficult to make friends. But it took me almost thirty years to figure out how to keep them. Okay, that's not entirely true. There are a lot of people I consider to be friends, and if you asked them about me they might say the same. Other than the fact that [...]
Month: March 2014
10 (okay, 11) Movies I Like
It's Friday afternoon, and I'm thinking about movies. This isn't a best-of list. It's just a quick list of 10 films (that somehow became 11, and I can't bring myself to cut any) that were worth the two hours or so that I invested to watch them. I liked each of these movies for different reasons, but [...]
Bucket List or Bucket Filled?
"What's on your bucket list?" I've heard it a thousand times, and for most of those enquiries I struggled to provide an answer. But I don't anymore. Hey, no offence to Morgan Freeman or Jack Nicholson or any of my friends who are happily flitting about checking off their do-before-I-die lists. It's a good movie [...]
Camper Van Chronicles (Part 1)
I'll start by getting my hypocrisy out in the open. Our Okanagan Class "B" camper van, for all its wonders, takes us 14 to 15 Miles Per US Gallon on a flat stretch of road with the wind at our backs. It costs $120 to fill the tank in Canada, and, despite my leanings to the [...]
To Blog or not to Blog…
And I choose... to blog! Welcome to my world. Please feel free to follow my journey and watch this space for my thoughts, both deep and shallow, on a variety of topics. If you want to learn more about me, check out my About page, or stop by my Contact page to say "hello." Mark [...]
Mark of Words 