January 2003
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Who fares well on Welfare?
There is a gap, aggravated by the government and media, between how welfare recipients are perceived and the realities of living on social assistance. I know because I’ve been there. I am still there. Comments from Canadian politicians illustrate a theory that these misperceptions are being used as an excuse to reduce welfare spending by the government. Life on social assistance can be...
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Water, water nowhere
There are some things that truly do not make their presence felt, until there is an absence involved with them. Take, for example, water. I woke up this morning only to find out that the water in my building was off - at least the water in my apartment was off. I assume it was off for everyone else, since I heard no pipe clanging or tap squealing like I normally do. The walls here are so paper...
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Rules of Life
I don’t think it’s much of a secret anymore, how some of my rules for living have changed, particularly over the last several months. Before then, I think I’d have liked to have thought I had some kind of rule set to govern myself or to give as advice to others, but I was flailing around in the dark, just reacting and acting as the moment took me. Perhaps I still am, but along...
