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 so on, and so on, and so on… am I ri...
Author: Reay
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 using that metric doesn̵...
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 scoop.*. When the worl...
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 will I hear any blues song on the radio or...
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 through one book ...
What I read this month
I’ve been pretty slammed this month — hey, when you’re still trying to work as much as you can to make up for being on strike for two weeks, a...
Ain’t no party like a beige.party party
When I first joined Mastodon in 2019, it was via a server — an instance, as it’s called — named mastodon.social. In part, joining that particu...
Never rush
I’ve been unusually stressed on a few fronts recently, and it showed over a couple of days at work when I made some… not great decisions. Not terrib...
The trickiness of effective email addresses
I have a weird name. For those outside my family and group of friends who haven’t known me forever, the first one is pronounced “Ray” and the ...
What I learned from my first union strike
Our union settled with the company 15 days after we went on strike. I’ve finished my first full week of being back at work and making money again, which I...