Three strikes against privatizing the LCBO
I’ve worked for the LCBO for just over two years. This upcoming strike deadline is the first I’ve ever looked at being personally involved in, as LC...
Author: Reay
What I read this month
Despite it being a pretty crazy busy month, I read more in June than I have for a while. Mind you, much of that was started and stopped. But in some cases I rea...
Let people read during lulls on the job
I’ve been working two part-time jobs for the last couple of years, and both underscored something to me I hadn’t encountered much previously: Compan...
What I read this month
Being the early Doggo Times, even without a lot of work happening, I haven’t had a lot of time to read — or to post anything… regular readers ...
On creating your own niche
It’s no secret among family and friends that my income has been… let’s call it “tight” for a while. I’m ready, willing and a...
It’s (now) a dog’s life
I’ve been remiss in updating my website the last several weeks. It’s largely because this happened on April 20th… After years of discussing ge...
Need even more reason to leave all Meta platforms for good? Here you go.
Hey, you know how Facebook (now called Meta) makes a fourtune from selling oceans of highly detailed, extremely personal data about each of its users to adverti...
W̶h̶a̶t̶ I̶ r̶e̶a̶d̶ t̶h̶i̶s̶ m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶ What I’ve been reading for months
I’m the first to admit I’m a slow reader. Painfully slow, sometimes. Slow enough that I’ve lost count of how many What I Read This Month posts...
First draft of new novel: Done. ish.
I struggled with making myself work on this book idea more than any other idea in recent memory. I had the core idea for a while, and started filling it out as ...
… aaaaand we’re back!
It’s been… let’s call it an interesting few weeks. Back in mid-February, we were visiting friends in Florida. The day after we arrived, I woke...