One thing that Scott and I share pretty deeply is a distaste for the way that society imposes on us norms that we disagree with. Probably neither of us never fit very well into the standard slot that a young white male should fit into. Or at least as far as I can tell. And […]

On day 3 of our Toronto visit with Greg ad company, we took a ferry to Toronto Island and enjoyed a day at the beautiful park there.

We took a while to get ourselves ready, stopping at the mall for lunch and to pick up some supplies, but by the time we arrived and settled in […]

On the Canadian side of Niagara, Scott and I came upon a thin young police officer speaking with some of our fellow Americans. The American father figure, a portly mustachioed guy in a red shirt, walked up to the cop and leaned over to look across his hip. He was surprised- “You’re not armed!” The […]

The second person that I called from that Buffalo Library parking lot was Greg Rainville. This is a guy that I met on the first day of orientation and had made fast friends with. Greg finished before I did at Potsdam and moved to Toronto for grad school. These circumstances, combined with […]