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Sucka**ary Enthusiast

I unscrew the needle plate of my sewing machine with a nickel (I had a tool for this included with the machine but I didn’t realize I had it until after I’d finished). Yes!! It is STUFFED with lint! I thought I was doing well at maintaining my sewing machine but now I see that I totally suck at it. Whoohoo!!!

Suckassary: The act of sucking at doing something.

I, Petra, am a sucka**ary enthusiast.

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Band Lightens Mood After Ferry Jumper


Headwater playing “Freight Train” on a BC Ferry (April 16, 2010)

Some months back I had a shocking experience of being on a BC Ferry when someone jumped off the boat. The alarms went off, the ferry swung around and rescued him and took him back to shore for the ambulance to pick him up before we went on our way to Victoria. My fellow passengers and I were reeling after this for the voyage we thought would be peaceful and uneventful. I tried to get back to reading and listening to music but it was hard to shake the heaviness of what had happened. Then I heard something…

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