Category Archives: CSN:AFU Aboot Me

Looking For Part-Time Work To Supplement My ODSP, It Should Be Easy… Right?

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Gabriel

It has been a long long long time coming, but I believe now is the moment to start looking for a job. Nothing major, at least not to start with. Part-time, maybe 15-hours a week, doing something that requires a … Continue reading →

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Health Update Thirteen Years In The Making & How Canada’s Healthcare System Helped Me Survive It All

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Gabriel

I have no idea how I survived the past decade… I mean, look at those photos. Thirteen-years of health issues all put together like that, it’s remarkable I’m still able to perform day-to-day activities like a mostly functional human being. … Continue reading →

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My grandfather taught me how to build a dam instead of islands

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Gabriel

. . . When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house was in a small valley, near the … Continue reading →

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Little Victor Update | The finger

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Gabriel

. My son has learned the eternal and universal symbol for the concept of “I want”… he has learned to point, which he does a lot now. Pointing is quickly followed by him looking up at you with his huge … Continue reading →

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Little Victor Update | Time for a walk

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Gabriel

. Victor has decided he’d like to go for a walk. It’s possible this could be a simple youthful phase he’ll eventually work himself through, like wanting to learn Latin or voting for the NDP, but so far he seems … Continue reading →

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Two Victor’s Update | Crawling, biting and talking

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Gabriel

. I might be jumping the gun here, I’m not sure what the protocol is, or what exactly constitutes “crawling”, but my kid — on camera — got into the crawl position, did his frog dance, then moved one knee … Continue reading →

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