Author Archives: clubfredbaja

Worse Than Death

Posted on March 16, 2016 by clubfredbaja

Anniversary season has begun. “This time last year…” But that is not why I’m writing this. Well, it is and it is not why I am writing this. Two important movements are happening in North America right now, both of … Continue reading →

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AWKWARD

Posted on March 1, 2016 by clubfredbaja

In Madame Porges French class, in Burnsview Jr. High, I once eavesdropped on a conversation about The Who. The conversation was not conducted en français, as it really should have been, but the participants were two of the cool kids … Continue reading →

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18 Things No One Told Me About Being an Adult

Posted on February 25, 2016 by clubfredbaja

I don’t know if this is a list of things I wish someone had told me when I was young or if people told me these things and I didn’t listen. Or maybe it’s a list of things about being … Continue reading →

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Sins of the Grandfather

Posted on February 19, 2016 by clubfredbaja

My Grandmother, on my mother’s side, lived with me for all of my childhood and to this day I do not know my grandfather’s name. While organizing some of the boxes I kept from my Dad’s place, I came across … Continue reading →

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Our Story

Posted on February 16, 2016 by clubfredbaja

My swirling thoughts have been swirly-er than usual lately. Traveling through the lands to the south of my lovely-yet-frigid homeland always puts me in the path of people with different—sometimes wildly different—perspectives and views than mine. For all our similarities, … Continue reading →

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Panic in the Control Room

Posted on February 5, 2016 by clubfredbaja

February 2, 2016 Today I’m writing from the base of Mount Shasta, in California, in the world’s most comfortable chair, looking out over a trout pond ringed by patches of snow and sturdy pines. This is the second-to-last stop on … Continue reading →

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The Future is Insane!

Posted on January 22, 2016 by clubfredbaja

Fast cars don’t impress me. Yeah, I like driving them and I certainly wasn’t complaining while zooming around the track at 100mph at the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, but you won’t find me ogling a Lamborghini or a … Continue reading →

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Bounce Bounce Bounce

Posted on January 16, 2016 by clubfredbaja

At a tennis lesson two weeks ago, the coach gave us a little talk about the importance of positive self talk while on the court. Even the best in the world are not immune to those moments when flubbing an … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing Magic… Why I’m done with Star Wars

Posted on January 13, 2016 by clubfredbaja

Raise your hand if this scenario sounds familiar… You go to a place. Maybe the place is a bar, or a restaurant, an annual event, a hotel, a vacation spot, a party. Any kind of place, really, where other people … Continue reading →

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Why Your Weight Loss Resolution Will Fail

Posted on January 7, 2016 by clubfredbaja

We are one week into the New Year, which means we are one to two weeks from most people giving up on their New Year’s resolutions. Maybe that sounds cruel but I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. … Continue reading →

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