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Vegan & Gluten-Free Butter Tarts
I experimented this weekend, preparing vegan & gluten-free butter tarts. I was looking online for recipes, and they all called for raisins – which I really don’t like. So I improvised. Vegan &...
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Vegan & Gluten-Free Quinoa Chocolate Cake
Again with Bridgehead. They had a quinoa chocolate cake and I wanted to try to make something like it. Chocolate Cake (Original) ⅔ Cup Quinoa 1⅓ Cup Water ¼ Cup Flax Seeds ½ Cup Water ⅓ Cup Almond Milk...
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New Home & Life Update
The last few months have proved quite busy. I went back to school for evening classes in January and then dropped out. I’ve continued working on the book (pictured below), for which I plan on printing...
View ArticleProgramming Philosophy
I’ve been programming professionally for five years now. Since I’m likely to be in the field for many years to come, what I intend on writing here is a reference to see where I was at in terms of my...
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Vegan Soft Vanilla Butter Cookies
Vegan Soft Vanilla Butter Cookies (Original) 1/2 Cup Vegan Butter (eg. Earth Balance) 1/3 Cup Icing Sugar 1 Tsp Vanilla 1 1/3 Cup Flour 1 Tsp Baking Powder 2 Tbsp Almond/Soy/Rice Milk Preheat the oven...
View ArticleCasual Violence
An acquaintance wrote a good piece the other day that discussed how violence was just another part of her everyday like brushing her teeth. She begins: So I’m playing a nice relaxing puzzle game...
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How To Tell When Someone Came Out When All You Know Is Their Name
An interesting article came out on FiveThirtyEight called How to Tell Someone’s Age When All You Know Is Her Name. Based off of only a name, you could make a pretty good guess as to when they were...
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Capital Pride & Prejudice
I think Ottawa’s Capital Pride serves as a good case study on the mechanics of prejudice. Capital Pride purports to represent the interests of the queer community in Ottawa and Gatineau. In practice...
View ArticleSocial Issues by Party
Conservatives: We don’t experience this issue, therefore it doesn’t exist. We oppose any solution that works because it would victimize us. Liberals: We don’t experience this issue but we’re good at...
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Bill C-279 & Senate Meeting
Last Thursday, I attended the meeting for the Senate committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. On the agenda was Bill C-279, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to...
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Vegan Apple Pie Bread
Bread Dough The bread recipe is irrelevant, the one listed below is one I’ve been working with. Pick one that works for you. 2½ Cup Unbleached Flour ½ Cup Whole Wheat Flour 1 Cup Water ⅓ Cup Oil 2...
View ArticleWitnessing Life Be Stolen From The Wonderful
I’m scared that some of the most wonderful people I’ve come to know won’t be here in five years. They share stories of abuse and I bear witness to a creeping apathy to life. I see them become numb to...
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Transition, Two Years Later
It’s been almost two years since I made the following comment: I’m currently spending lots of my time questioning how I see myself, in particular in relation to my body. I identify as male, that lines...
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How An Anti-Discrimination Bill Came to Legalize Discrimination
On February 25th, I headed to Parliament to attend a Senate committee meeting on the fate of Bill C-279, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity.) This was...
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“Your twenties is when you find yourself.”
I had heard about that adage come my 20th birthday. What I interpreted that expression to mean at that time and what it’s ultimately meant for me as I look back here on my 30th birthday are two very...
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When Transphobia Won
The bill informally known as the “trans rights bill” is now dead. Bill C-279 was introduced in September 2011 as An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and...
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Trans-Themed Presentations I’ve Given
In the last six months I’ve given four talks on trans-related topics. I thought I’d share three of them here; the fourth didn’t involve slides like these ones. The Trans 101: The Workplace The Trans...
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“You’ve Been Warned”
During Pride week, a beautiful mural was erected to commemorate for the transgender women of colour who had been murdered over the past year. The mural featured the names of the murdered women, among...
View ArticleTherapy / Counselling for a 4th Go
For the fourth time, I’m seeing someone to talk over my issues. The first time it was cognitive behavioural therapy to address a decade’s worth of nightly panic attacks. It didn’t help as far as the...
View ArticleMental Health Update
Mental health is a subject that I consider touchy for this blog. This is the site both prospective employers and extended family will find when they my name, and given the stigma that persists around...
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