This wasn’t a good week for fans of Neil Gaiman or Protonmail. First and way more importantly, Neil Gaiman, for decades my favourite writer, was outed as a serial woman abuser. Last I read, eight women in total have come forward with varying stories over years of abuse by him. I’ve long believed the victim…
A slow start, followed by some technical glitches with this website that disrupted by usual monthly posts of what I read — and just what did I read in February, March and April of this year? We’ll never know, because what I did remember to record either wasn’t posted here or disappeared if it was….
I recently saw a social media post about someone having just completed their goal of reading 40 books this year. It got me to thinking… hey, maybe I could do that. I don’t mean actually read-read them — at my slow pace? No chance — but get through 40 readable books plus audiobooks in a…
Whoo, boy, what a difference it’s been with these audiobooks. Both for good and… well… less good. Here’s what I got through this month. ReadThe Rhythm of Time – Questlove, S.A. CosbyFour Minutes – Brian Andrews, Jeffrey WilsonWe’re All In This Together… So Make Some Room – Tom PapaFunny You Should Say That – Gerry…
Another year done already? Craziness! As per usual, I’ve been taking in all the music I can reasonably get and adding songs to this year’s playlist (now sitting at exactly 100 songs from this year) as well as my ever-growing, various playlists for myriad purposes.Want to chill and read? Got a playlist for that.On my…
Well, that’s better… This month I decided to try going with the If You Can’t Beat’em, Join’em approach to reading. Rather than struggling to find/invent time to sit and read, I instead took advantage of using some of my busy time to listen to books instead. I just put up a blog post talking about…
While I’ve written previously about bumps in the road to enjoying audiobooks and my take on that score hasn’t changed, I have to say, when they work for me, they really work. Anyone who’s a regular reader of this site will have been lulled half to sleep lately by my monthly What I Read This…
It’s been an interesting Movember this year. For those not in the loop of the growing (ha!) movement, Movember is an organized event wherein anyone who can grow a moustache is encouraged to do so over the month of November, in order to help raise funds for men’s health research and care. One can work…
Seven years ago, Chester Bennington, the charismatic lead singer of the hugely successful alt rock band Linkin Park, killed himself. He had a history of depression and substance abuse, and had been deeply affected by the suicide of his good friend (and alt rock god) Chris Cornell two months prior. I thought, as I believe…
It was increasingly disheartening for me, as it was for millions (probably billions), as the numbers rolled in on the U.S. election night. I’d heard about the “red mirage” — the tendency for Republicans to do well early as the polls are reporting results, which can give the illusion that they’re racing to easy victory…