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About Gabriel

I’ve lived in more than fifty places. I've been paid to pick stones out of fields, take backstage photos of Britney Spears, and report on Internet privacy issues. My photos have been published in several newspapers, and a couple of magazines.

You Can’t Handle The Tooth

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Gabriel

. No wonder I wasn’t gaining any weight, all the food I was jamming into my mouth was falling straight into that hole. That crown was seven years old and still going strong when the tooth was finally pulled from … Continue reading →

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There Is A Connection Between 59 Percent Voter Turnout And Four 36 Day Elections In A Row

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Gabriel

Voter turnout has been taking a nosedive over the past fifteen years because 1. the Canada Elections Act put a 36-day minimum on campaigning, and 2. the federal parties figured out that if you have $50 million dollars to spend … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving An Election And Health Care

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Gabriel

It’s Thanksgiving in Canada today, and tomorrow we vote for a new federal government. Election dates in Canada are selected by our Prime Minister whenever he’s ready to give’r so the timing is a coincidence, but taking a day off … Continue reading →

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Scrum Time On The Hill

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Gabriel

. That’s former Fisheries Minister and Liberal MP David Anderson being called out by a reporter during a post-Question Period scrum. There are two types of reporter on Parliament, the yellows and the blues. I was a blue. The yellows … Continue reading →

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Self Portraits I Can Barely Tolerate 002

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Gabriel

. The only reason I was able to take this shot was because of the quality of the drugs they had injected into my face. My dentists prescribe to this wondrous new ideal of “no pain clinics”. Which is exactly … Continue reading →

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Just Another Hand Of God

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Gabriel

. This was a pretty remarkable day for cloudscapes… weird, I had no idea cloudscapes was an actual word. Cloudscapes are occasionally cool, and really easy to shoot but… there’s something weird about getting a feeling where it’s absolutely necessary … Continue reading →

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