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Thursday, January 28, 2021 – Dispatches from Nowhere There are a lot of other things I wanted to put into this essay. Things like how we’re brainwashed into thinking we all need to be exceptional (we don’t). I wanted to include something about the need for stability (good luck). That we don’t need to look out, we need to look in. That rampant consumerism is killing us and the world. That we need…

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#Bell Let&039;s Talk #Cannabis #cyclothymia #Dispatches from Nowhere #mental health

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 3 years

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The McRae Protocols

Oh, What A Beautiful Hot Mess! By Aaron Taylor © 2020/21 I’m a cook. It’s a simple phrase, but I have so much invested in that part of my identity I’ve convinced myself I can’t do without it. That is a lie. When confronted with stress or something novel, I gravitate to the kitchen. Cutting and slicing and mixing and roasting and timing – the aromas, the taste, engaging all my senses. It is…

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#Mellvile #Menz Spä #pizza #Ratio #Saskatchewan

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 4 years

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 4 years

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Enough

Dispatches from Nowhere

By Aaron Taylor

Sunday, September 20, 2020 – Outside Melville, Sask.

By 1700 hrs on Saturday, I knew I’d had enough.

For two days my palate had taken a beating from the well water. The whisky was going bland and the cigars were turning sour. Plus, I needed a nap.

There’s being drunk and knowing you’re drunk, a knowledge that says anything more is a waste of…

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#Cigars #Melville #Menz Spä #Saskatchewan #Scotch #The Pound

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 4 years

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Karen’s Taco

Saturday, July 25, 2020 – What A Beautiful Hot Mess!

By Aaron Taylor

“God sends meat. The Devil sends cooks.”

Thomas Deloney

I would like to present some observations from my experiences in hospitality and food culture. These are things I’ve seen and hold to be truths. That’s TRUTHS writ large in all caps because this list? They are the things I saw and experienced…

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#cooking #hospitality #theory of hospitality

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 4 years

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Yes, but is it really medicine?

I opined to Kerry this morning my most frequent observations about cannabis are a) it take away the osteoarthritis pain, b) it helps me sleep, and c) it gets me high. Notice it’s the pain and sleep parts that are important here. Getting high is nice, but I’m definitely leaning towards the cannabis as medicine side of things.

Just went onto Jeff the 420 Chef’s website and did the calculations for…

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#420 cooking #Cannabis #Cannabutter #Food

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 5 years

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Witness to an Attempted Murder in Broad Daylight

Sunday, August 25, 2019 – Dispatches from Nowhere

By Aaron Taylor

What they don’t tell you is getting older isn’t a gradual process. It hits you all at once with the grace of Saturday morning cartoon sound effects. Bam! Biff! Kapow!

For me, it was the trifecta of osteoarthritis in my hips, ‘progressive lenses,’ and a hernia to make sure I was paying attention.

Saw a picture…

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#attempted murder #homelessness #Postie #Social commentary

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 5 years

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Another kind of ordinary: Confessions of a closet pothead

By Aaron Taylor

“A few reasonable policies won’t do much good if the surrounding society is insane.”

Taras Grescoe, The Devil’s Picnic

“The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the…

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#420 #Cannabis #cooking #lifted cooking #marijuana #Opinion

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 5 years

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Friday night at the Dojo - success is personal and a matter of perspective #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #fightlikeagirl #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bslg7ctHTuQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hrohwh7etnow

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Cry in the Dojo. Laugh on the battlefield. #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsjl-JjgLpA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nvm8ttxm46h6

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Fear. Forget everything and run? No. Face everything and rise. #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjlolgAXZ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cpb3gqq4sng8

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 5 years

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The Devil whispered in his ear "You cannot stand against the storm." The Warrior laughed and said "Today I am the storm." #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjlRKcA4SS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v8dn4ayitxyy

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Friday night at the Dojo - Fight like a girl No. 6 #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #fightlikeagirl #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjkgzSghbD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10wxxhccej4j0

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Friday night at the Dojo - Fight like a girl No. 5 #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #fightlikeagirl #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjkV1GgGgb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vlly7u2qb4uy

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Friday night at the Dojo - Fight like a girl No. 4 #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #fightlikeagirl #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjkM7NA495/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lkcyte5bv37m

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Friday night at the Dojo - Fight like a girl No. 3 #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #fightlikeagirl #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsjj6qDg-nQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qwjdw72donn8

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theoriginalaaronktaylor · 5 years

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Fight like a girl No. 1 #karate #southedmontonkaratedo #genbukaicanada #fightlikeagirl #karatekata #kata #kihon #jiyuipponkumite #nofear #pursuitofexcellence #nevergiveup #karatebeginsandendswithrespect #edmontinliving #URBANYEG #yeg #yeglocal #edmonton #yegneighbourhood #yeg2019pics #yeggers #igyeg #yeg2019 #yeghoods (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsjjh3gAl8k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7e5o6kimph21

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