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This isn’t giving up, this is letting go

Posted on 25/08/2025 by Reay

I went to my first Fan Expo yesterday and managed to get in one seminar led by experienced panellists. The second seminar was a bust because, whether by some mi...

art/blaugust/books/games/movies/social/tabletop/TV

First Fan Expo

Posted on 24/08/2025 by Reay

*Reporting Live From Fan Expo Canada 2025* After years of considering going to Fan Expo, we finally decided the time was right to do it. It’s one of the largest...

blaugust/music/work

When good music is SO good

Posted on 23/08/2025 by Reay

The province-owned liquor store I work in has planned playlists that they swap out every “period”, the segments of the year when featured products a...

blaugust/health/social

Naps are highly underrated

Posted on 22/08/2025 by Reay

I’m honestly not sure why naps aren’t more popular. They shake off the tiredness and recharge the batteries if you maybe had a bad night, or if you worked parti...

an interesting thing/blaugust/food/health

Get the bread that goes moldy faster

Posted on 21/08/2025 by Reay

J and I have, completely unplanned, caught some documentary shows about food and food processing recently, and bread was among the topics. Perhaps due to that, ...

blaugust/books/work in progress/writing

Still working on the 80% rule

Posted on 20/08/2025 by Reay

One of the many excellent ideas and encouragements that Amie McNee suggests in her fantastic book is to get comfortable with the idea that a creative work that’...

blaugust/whatnot

Time for a tea test

Posted on 19/08/2025 by Reay

Other than a brief dalliance with coffee in high school, I’ve been a tea drinker for the vast bulk of my life. I like the smell of coffee, and I like the taste ...

an interesting thing/blaugust/tech/Uncategorized

A physical entertainment possession renaissance

Posted on 18/08/2025 by Reay

It seems that some high schoolers these days are starting to develop an affinity for owning physical entertainment items instead of relying exclusively on strea...

blaugust/whatnot

I wish I’d learned to skateboard

Posted on 17/08/2025 by Reay

I never got the hang of skateboarding. I had one for some years and tried, for a while, to pick up at least the basics of it — Okay, so I stand here, and ...

blaugust/whatnot

Finally squaring away boxed contents

Posted on 16/08/2025 by Reay

Our finally (FINALLY) clearing out my mother’s storage lockers has proven to be a bit contagious and has inspired us to also start clearing away some un-d...

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