November 30, 2024 What I read this month 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…
November 30, 2024 In praise of audiobooks 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,…
November 29, 2024 So goes the Mo 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…
November 19, 2024 Linkin Park rides again Seven years ago, Chester Bennington, the charismatic lead singer of the hugely successful alt rock band Linkin Park, killed himself. He had a history…
November 18, 2024 A harsh revelation about Trump’s victory 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…
October 31, 2024 What I read this month … or more like What I started to read but put down in favour of something else, which I then also put down, and…
October 30, 2024 New game: Spirit Island I’ve opted to ditch the Isolation Day count for new games we play, given we’ve been out of isolation for a while now so…
October 22, 2024 My growing appreciation of Tool For those not into progressive metal music [glances at most family and friends] who may not have heard of the band Tool, here’s the…
October 21, 2024 Those classic November… blues? The new playlist at the LCBO for this period is very blues heavy. Now listen, I like the blues just fine. At no point…
September 30, 2024 What I read this month September proved way better than recent months in terms of reading time. Finishing books was a whole other issue, mind you. I didn’t get…