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I attended Alberta Ballet's production of "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" on Friday night.  It is a new ballet set to the music of Sarah McLachlan.  In my late teens I listened to a lot of Sarah.  The album "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" will always remind me of being 18 and 19.  I remember my mother wondering why I liked such depressing music (ironically, she loved the music in the ballet, and has no recollection of me even listening to it).  Read more >

A few weeks ago, my daughter came up to me and handed me a note.  The note said she wanted to talk to me about something important.  She wanted to have sex with her boyfriend and wanted my help to get on the pill.  There was more about responsibility and being mature or something, but to be honnest, I didn't get past the sex part. First I went into my bedroom, shut the door, cried and yelled and had a bit of a panic attack.  Then I composed myself and asked her to come for a drive with me.  Read more >