The Buy Canadian movement: Perhaps worthy, but sustainable?
I’d like you to cast your mind all the way back to… er… a month ago — was it only that recent? — when Trump started his second ter...
Author: Reay
4200? Time for a reality check
I’ve changed email service providers. It’s for reasons I won’t bother getting into here, and I didn’t do it lightly, but it was somethin...
What I read this month
Wow. Well… shows what I can do when I set my mind on something and actually stick to it. At the end of my Top 10 books of last year post, I mentioned that...
A one-two punch of disappointment
This wasn’t a good week for fans of Neil Gaiman or Protonmail. First and way more importantly, Neil Gaiman, for decades my favourite writer, was outed as ...
Top 10 books of 2024
A slow start, followed by some technical glitches with this website that disrupted by usual monthly posts of what I read — and just what did I read in Feb...
Challenge… maybe accepted?
I recently saw a social media post about someone having just completed their goal of reading 40 books this year. It got me to thinking… hey, maybe I could...
What I read this month
Whoo, boy, what a difference it’s been with these audiobooks. Both for good and… well… less good. Here’s what I got through this month. ...
Top 10 songs of 2024
Another year done already? Craziness! As per usual, I’ve been taking in all the music I can reasonably get and adding songs to this year’s playlist ...
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 str...
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, when they work...