Activism

Last week I received an email from a woman. You are missing one of your important jobs on the list in your blog blurb. Mommy! Ya gotta ad that because it's the most important job you will EVER have! I was on my ass with the flu at the time, which is why it's taken...
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Last November my friend Lisa and I spent a few days volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southwest Utah. I'd volunteered at animal shelters before, and I've supported the SPCA for many years, but this place blew my mind. Founded a couple of decades ago by friends – best friends – with a...
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I'm on holiday with a friend this week, volunteering at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and otherwise soaking in the stunning scenery of southwestern Utah (and a little bit of Las Vegas). Best Friends is a massive no-kill facility; we've met dogs rescued from hoarding situations, puppy mills and some surrendered by families who...
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As you well know because I won't shut up about it this summer, pancreatic cancer runs in my family on my dad's side. Because of this, my father has both participated as a subject in research into familial pancreatic cancer, and for the last several years has received regular screenings of his pancreas. There's...
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As you may know from my vague and sporadic tweets and all my allusions to stress, last week was a tough one. See, the day before we left town for Greg's grandfather's funeral, we got a call from my parents after one of my dad's routine pancreas screenings. He gets those about four times a...
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Glee got me thinking tonight. It got me thinking about hate. I had like the anti-high school high school experience. Not "anti" like "against". More like "anti" like "antimatter". I hibernated. That's the way I think of it. I put my head down and woke up on the first day of university. It wasn't a conscious...
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The Sadness I started off this morning crying before I even had a chance to drink my coffee. Last September when I went to Albany, NY, to participate in the fundraiser for pancreatic cancer research my parents spearhead every year, it was bittersweet to bump into Janice, an old high school friend. We hadn't been close...
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Last week a woman in Indiana shot off a quick blog post in response to a report in the Chicago Tribune about an Iranian Muslim cleric who said immodestly dressed women corrupt young men and spread adultery, and consequently cause earthquakes. "Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt ...
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That's how my friend titled an email to me Monday night, after hearing the news that Patrick Swayze lost his two-year fight against the disease. This just a day after my parents put on their big fundraiser to support research into early-detection tests and a cure. The event was a huge success. Well over 200...
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Image by Getty Images via Daylife Let's talk about health care. You know I'm happy with the care I receive here in British Columbia; I don't think the system's perfect, but I've had no major complaints about it, and it compares favorably against the care I got when I lived in the U.S. But I...
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