Nov 28, 2022Member-onlyBorderline Personality Disorder and Social MediaCan there be a healthy relationship? — It happened. Twitter collapsed in ruin. Like so many others, I’ve been watching ringside as Billionaire Rocketboy singlehandedly set the platform on fire. And like many I’ve been genuinely sad about it. I used to like Twitter, and I long ago recognized it for the valuable tool it has been…Mental Health11 min readMental Health11 min read
Nov 22, 2022Member-onlyBorderline Personality Disorder Killed My Writing Career.Now perhaps it can resurrect it. — The last article I wrote for Medium was posted June 8, 2020. Exactly a week and a day before I received a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). The diagnosis stopped me in my tracks as a writer. In an instant, my drive to write had evaporated. Everything I thought…Mental Health10 min readMental Health10 min read
Published in Age of Awareness·Jun 8, 2020Member-onlyStoicism vs. Bushidō: When One Language Isn’t EnoughWhen our own cultures constrain us we reach out to other languages — often in surprising ways. I was recently having a conversation with one of my Japanese friends about philosophy, and was surprised to learn that the English adjective “stoic” (ストイック, sutoikku) is now common parlance in Japan —…Stoicism12 min readStoicism12 min read
Mar 23, 2020Member-onlyVautours de minuitDepuis longtemps, je vous ai senti prête, en arrière de mes épaules ratatinées en attendant mon dernier souffle, sifflant la vieille…French1 min readFrench1 min read
Feb 11, 2020Member-onlyAm I Really An Alcoholic?Or am I just REALLY bad at delayed gratification? At the beginning of this month I was forced to clamp down on a habit of mine. …Addiction5 min readAddiction5 min read
Published in Age of Awareness·Feb 4, 2020Member-only10 Reasons Why Japan Should Join The EU10 Reasons Why Japan Should Join The EU #Brexit, meet #Japenter. On February 1, 2020 the United Kingdom officially parted ways with the European Union — exactly one year after the EU signed a historic free trade agreement with Japan. Could it be that since the UK announced its intention…News11 min readNews11 min read
Published in The Amiskuan (ᐊᒥᐢᑯ ᐃᔨᓂ)·Jan 16, 2020Member-onlyJohn A. Macdonald and Other DevilsWhen it comes to controversial historical figures we should “add, not subtract.” There’s something about our society’s recent move to rename buildings, neighbourhoods, and other monuments long named after historically problematic figures that I find troubling. …Canada13 min readCanada13 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Jan 6, 2020Member-onlyReputation Management in Stalin’s USSRNikolai Bukharin’s 1938 show-trial “confession” demonstrates the importance of choosing your words wisely for the history books. Imagine you find yourself in the following situation. You’re on trial for a crime you not only didn’t commit, but on charges that don’t even make any sense. The entire trial process is…Russia15 min readRussia15 min read
Published in The Amiskuan (ᐊᒥᐢᑯ ᐃᔨᓂ)·Dec 18, 2019Member-onlyThe Case for Cree SyllabicsKing Sejong, the neon signs of Ginza, and a potential indigenous-futuristic vibe for Edmonton’s city streets There’s something about big Asian cities that virtually every westerner finds completely electrifying. A lot of this is the sheer volume and energy of the crowds and the mystifying mishmash of ancient and ultramodern…Language18 min readLanguage18 min read
Published in The Amiskuan (ᐊᒥᐢᑯ ᐃᔨᓂ)·Dec 13, 2019Member-onlyFrench: Canada’s African LanguageThe language I learned in school no longer seems so European these days. When I was a high school student enrolled in the French Immersion program, I always looked forward to my French language classes — if for no other reason because there was always a good chance that our…Africa23 min readAfrica23 min read
