One (more) win for owning collections vs streaming
My family and I finally cleaned out my mother’s storage locker this past summer. She’s still living but in a long-term care facility for the foresee...
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On pursuit of obsessions
Whoa. I’ve just had perhaps the most Can’t See The Forest For The Trees moment of my life, if it proves to be true. I’m back to baby-stepping ...
Trying to be okay to play
I have a bit of a weird thing with playing video games, in that when I’m playing them, I often feel like I can — nay, should — be doing something more productiv...
Get the bread that goes moldy faster
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, ...
A physical entertainment possession renaissance
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...
To Blaugust or not to Blaugust
I’ve just heard about a phenomenon that’s been happening for at least a dozen years, called Blaugust. In short, it’s an annual celebration of blogs, of we...
Time to Linux
A definition of planned obsolescence, per a summary from Wikipedia:“In economics and industrial design, planned obsolescence (also called built-in obsoles...
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...
Eco-friendly clothing innovation
There are times I love innovation for what it does and provides. But I really love innovation that isn’t just to make something new and useful but that ac...
Road trip to the east coast
My family and I are just recently back from a 2.5-week road trip to the east coast (specifically, Nova Scotia via Quebec and New Brunswick) to visit family and ...