As of today I am no longer residing in Canada in what the US (and the book of Leviticus!!!) would call resident alien status. [Damn there goes my claim on the extra harvest from the already gleaned fields].
I am now a permanent resident (the equivalent of a green card in the States). Given that I’m currently reading Heidegger and his emphasis on place/emplacement I find this oddly amusing.
Chris Dierkes
Chris Dierkes (aka CJ Smith). 29 years old, happily married, adroit purveyor and voracious student of all kinds of information, theories, methods of inquiry, and forms of practice. Studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church in Canada. Main interests: military theory, diplomacy, foreign affairs, medieval history, religion & politics (esp. Islam and Christianity), and political grand bargains of all shapes and sizes.
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on Weekend Plans Post: Batchin’ ItDude. That's awesome! Mr. Blue Sky is one of those that strikes me as a cheat code for "awesome". Wh… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25This strikes me as a failure that would have been avoidable with skilled people in a handful of impo…
on Weekend Plans Post: Batchin’ ItThe chorus I sing with is having our spring shows this weekend. https://www.voicesofhopecc.org/conce…
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It's just... he just... like... it's such a blizzard of bull that I'm hesitating on where to even st… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25He is indeed assuming that... but I wondered if what he said about China was true. I mean, if he sta… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25If you just want to know how bad things will be bad, you can probably find a best-case scenario by l… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25That would be why I totally ignored Telegraph/Yahoo after looking at it and did my own thing.
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Congrats, Chris. Happy to have you on Team Hockey Puck. A good trade for us, I’d sayReport