The new phone I went with was…
… a Pixel 5. Not the current flagship Google Android unit, but one generation removed from it. Here’s how the decision happened, in brief:– It...
Author: Reay
Isolation Day 653 Game: Kids Against Maturity
A recent iteration in the fill-in-the-blanks card game genre, Kids Against Maturity is geared as a kid-friendly version of the insanely popular Cards Against Hu...
Isolation Day 651 Game: Uno Flip
Santa was kind to us this year. And among the games we got was a quick one called Uno Flip. A nice twist on the classic Uno card game, here the players use both...
Happy Jolabokaflod!
For several years now, my wife and daughter and I have celebrated Jolabokaflod, the Icelandic tradition of giving books to each other on Christmas Eve. The phra...
Top 10 favourite songs of 2021
Despite the craziness of this year–hey, don’t tell anyone, but planning a reno and then moving out while purging a ton of belongings that was long o...
On the doorstep of being 50, he writes a new resume. Or does he?
I’m applying for a job. Since my daughter was in pre-school, I’ve been working at a temp services agency while being a stay-at-home dad. Essentially...
Winter walk
We had a surprising accumulation of snow this past Sunday. It was my favourite kind of snowfall–big flakes that come down steadily but without driving or ...
Writing less, more
I recently read this (short!) post advising–with good reason–that people should write shorter stuff but more often. It struck a chord with me. I do,...
What I read this month
I’m home. It doesn’t look like it yet–I’d say there’s a solid 85% of our stuff in the house that isn’t where it’s ulti...
The frustrating (and futile?) search for ethical digital companies to support
My phone is dying. It’s a Samsung Galaxy S8, which was not quite the best one available from Samsung at the time, because I’m one of those types who...